Toolbox — For Training and Youth Work
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Exercise
To find the root causes of the problem/issue in resemblance of peeling of the petals of the lotus blossom flower in which each petal opens another one underneath.
The problem or issue (main theme) is written in a circle in the middle of the flipchart paper. The group is suggested to find the main causes of the problem/obstacles preventing to solve or deal with an issue. It is important that the group would agree on the 8 main causes/obstacles. These 8 main causes are written in circles around the main problem like satellites.
Each of the 8 main causes/obstacles are written in the middle of separate flipcharts and became the main cause/obstacle. The participants are asked to form 8 groups to work with one of the cause/obstacle and to define 8 causes of the main cause. As the result the whole group finds 64 root causes of the main problem/issue which are mostly interconnected. (please see downloads)
After this process it is possible to continue working wit root causes to develop a strategy for further steps
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http://toolbox.salto-youth.net/1229
This tool is for
Any. In ideal case divisible by 8.
and addresses
Project Management, Conflict Management, Organisational Management, Youth Participation
It is recommended for use in:
Action 4.3 (Training and Networking)
Action 5.1 (Meetings of young people and those responsible for youth policy)
Materials needed:
At least 9 flipchart papers and markers
Duration:
Depending on a group size from 30 to 60 minutes
The tool was created by
Adopted and Experimented by the youth policy WG of the Network of Multipliers of the EC Youth in Action Programme
in the context of
The tools was used during the seminar while working on the reasons for low influence of young people on youth policy
The tool has been experimented in
International Seminar "Participation of young people in the process of youth policy development", Ukraine, March 2010
The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Andriy Donets (on 31 July 2010)
and last modified
31 July 2010
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