Capacity building workshops are discussion groups, similar to focus groups and participatory scenario building workshops. They developed out of the basic focus group.
Problems and Purpose
Capacity / imaging (participatory) building workshops are a large family of focus groups aimed at creating visions on the future development of social dynamics.
Origins and Development
Participant Recruitment and Selection
How it Works: Process, Interaction, and Decision-Making
Generally, once instructed by a general facilitator, the participants are divided into groups, where they engage in discussion, elaboration, planning, and drawing tables. They can elaborate massages in theatrical scenes, and/or collages of images, scripts, and narrations. Typically, the work in the groups is not moderated, but free and spontaneous. Then the results are returned to the plenary and discussed again with the help of the facilitator, who can guide in-depth analysis or selections of options.