The DSW training centre in Kampala, Uganda was the place for 45 youth workers from Austria, Germany, Kenya, Poland, Tanzania and Uganda to meet for five days open space technology training (21.-27.06.2009). This training was part of the “Wor(l)d up!”-project: 6 countries, 2 continents, many different partner-organisations working together to strengthen Civil Society, Citizenship and Democracy by supporting dialogue and communication through participation of young people.
The open space training design is based on the experience of previous open space trainings and consists of 4 phases spread over 6 days:
phase 1
- Introduction of the training design
- Planning session including the finding the theme:
“sharing ways to take part – technologies, conditions, challenges & needs for youth participation in different realities”
- set up of the open space, voluntarily
- open space
- action-planning
The participants experience a “whole” open space, as the key prerequisite of getting into the spirit and methodology of open space technology.
phase 2
- open space with the theme: “open space on open space”
Reflection on the experience of the “first” open space and “nuts and bolts” of open space against the backdrop of what people just experienced.
phase 3
- open space with the theme: “I, open space facilitator”
- action-planning
This open space focused on the different aspects of the role of the open space-facilitator
The open space and the action-planning were facilitated by the participants themselves. The work of both teams was evaluated by the trainers and the entire training course in a structured feedback-exercise.
phase 4
Questions and answers that emerged throughout the training, feedback and evaluation, planning of the future
Self-organised reflection, reading and studying was supported through “learning spaces”, reflection groups and an open space library.
Read more about the results here –>
and find some pictures in the article below…
Trainers were:
Yaari Pannwitz, Germany
Kasia Szajda, Poland
Dominik Ringler, Germany
