Tools for Empowerment of Selforganised Youth Collectives

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tools for empowerment of selforganised youth collectives

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THANKS TO

Publisher: This publication is compilation of Kulturlabor Trial & Error e. V., materials presented and created Braunschweigerstraße 80, 12055 for, during and after seminar and Berlin, Contact: email@trial-error. Training Course tools for empower- org, www.trial-error.org ment of selforganised youth collectives, that was curated by Kulturla- Editorial team: bor Trial & Error e. V. with financial Sabine Wiesthal, Ruta Vimba, support of ERASMUS +KA1 mobility Mariia Servetnyk, Agniezka Dragon project for youth workers and took place in Berlin and Brandenbug, Training course team: Germany in spring 2017. Ruta Vimba, Sabine Wiesthal, Ivan Felipe Martinez, Mariia Servetnyk

... the opportunity to realize the Thanks to the Team of Kulturlabor This publication is assembled under the Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC Training Course sustainABILITY 2.0 Trial&Error: Sandra, Jule, Agniezka, 4.0) Licence, except when otherwise noticed. This means that you are welcome to use texts, tools for empowerment of selfor- Ewen, Michael, Jenny, Mayaan, Ju- photos or whole publication, as long as proper attribution to the original source of the material (name and publisher of this publication) is given. If You are in doubt, please let us know - email@ ganised youth collectives possible. lia and Sebastian! trial-error.org. We would appreciate to know what You do with our work. Project was implemented with the friendly support of the Erasmus+ Thanks to the crew for the flow, Thanks to Zoe for the uncompli- programme of the European Union. The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an power and passion. cated and healthy food, to Kinder- endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission wald Tegeler Forst and the peace- cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. Thanks to the participants for your ful wildpig-neighbors. openess, participation, distribution, devotion and critical mind. We will do it again! 4 sustainABILITY 2.0: TABLE OF CONTENT 5

TABLE OF CONTENT

INTRODUCTION 6 The NO-game Idea Intercultural Communication ERASMUS+ Program Participating organisations ORGANISATIONAL REFLECTION 46 Implementation Field visit Fundrising & Finances GROUP DYNAMIC 28 Volunteer Management Opening Happiness Management Icebreaking & Teambuilding Commitment & Motivation Morning impulse Sociocracy & Desicion making Energizers Cooperative Counselling Base groups Future journey Open Space TABLE OF CONTENT CLOSING 52 PERSONAL REFLECTION 42 Evaluation & Fazit Youth Pass Ceremony INTERPERSONAL LEVEL 44 Outro 6 sustainABILITY 2.0: INTRODUCTION 7

The idea to organise a training teers, staff), what kind of financial course “SustainABILITY: resource resources exist, how they can be management of selforganised manage in order to support sus- youth collectives” came during the tainable functioning of collective, evaluation of the training course what kind of material and spa- “SustainABILITY-towards efficient cial resources are available, what INTRODUCTION selforganisation of youth collec- are the most efficient way to use tives”, which took place in Novem- them, how do collectives use their ber, 2015 in Brandenburg. online resources. One of the most urgent topic which The Training course will serve as a was raised during the discussions platform for peer sharing through was resource management - how exchanging best practicies, prob- the collectives establishing and lem situations and possible solu- maintaining different kind of- re tions, learning from members of sources, how to manage human other collectives, as well as ignite resources (e.g. members, volun- new cooperations and collectives.

Sustainability objectives: adaptation • explore new tools for a more • reflect on concepts, successful social integration techniques, experiences and of marginalized youth feedbacks • raise awareness on subjects, • to extract and dissiminate the create European exchange knowledge gathered during space and Networking the project • improve youth workers • to ignite political awareness skills especially on social and public proactivity on integration and cultural topic. 8 9

ERASMUS+ Program

Erasmus+ offers opportunities to er societies and cultures, including ITY project as a mobility for youth Projects of this type can last from 2 organise projects for the mobility of learning about diversities, tolerating workers is aimed at developing exist- days up to 2 months (excluding travel young people and youth workers. and appreciating them. Along with ing and acquiring new competences time). There are no age limits for the Within Key Action 1 (KA1) Mobility social learning through intercultural (knowledge, skills, attitudes) for per- participants. Projects for Young People and Youth approach, mobility also ensures ex- sonal and professional development, A more detailed explanation of the Workers, actors from Programme change of ideas and enriching expe- networking in the field of youth program, its opportunities and con- Countries can apply and participate riences. work, including such activities as ditions You can find in the ERAS- in mobilities - educational, cultural KA1 support projects that deal with • seminars, MUS+ Program Guide - https:// and social activities, as well as inter- mobility of young people (i.e. learn- • training courses, tinyurl.com/erasmusprogramguide national cooperation and exchange. ers) and mobility of youth workers • networking events, (please check for the latest version). Aim of such mobilities leads to open- (i.e. those who work with/for young- • study visits, and ness in communication with oth- sters and teach them). SustainABIL- • job shadowing/observation periods abroad. 10 sustainABILITY 2.0: ORGANISATIONS 11

Kulturlabor Trial & Error e.V. Berlin, Germany

The applicant organisation, Kultur- media. labor Trial & Error e.V., is a berlin We aim to share knowledge be- based network of artists, journal- tween different networks and ists, designers and activists resi- individuals, and provide informa- dent in Berlin. The organisation tion that encourages an active ap- was founded in May 2010 and the proach to life. nature of Trial & Error is to work in Self organisation is one of our inclusive and horizontal structure, main approaches, highest ideals to promote sustainable develop- and biggest challenges. ment and activate social ties with- The process to overcome the ob- in the local community, to facilitate stacles of nowadays issues like sharing and exchanging with skills, concentrating on what´s important knowledge and goods. Our main for us, keep things together and aims are to promote Do-lt-Your- not getting lost in the flood of pos- self culture, active citizenship and sibilities and obligations made us sustainability. We work with these working on the topic of how can self organised collective sustaina- Check out: Contact details: themes, through hands on practice bly take place in this fast moving www.trial-error.org [email protected] and non formal education. We im- and achievement orientated soci- www.mastazine.net pact and reach young people with information about global issues, ety. by using creative means and new 12 13

CULTURAL AND FOLKLORIC ASSOCIATION “LOS YERBATOS” Spain, Asturias

This Association was created in 1997 important, we facilitate access to in Bimenes, a little town of rural area musical training in the rural world. in Asturias, Spain. The most important project for us, We promote, recover and diffuse we have done: The music disc with the traditional music and asturian songs investigated in the town, the culture, mainly traditions and music film about the rural life in Bimenes of Bimenes. In addition, we promote in twentieth century, participation the asturian language. in European project “Entramus” In association we created a tradi- with others music schools the oth- tional music school with 3 teachers ers countries, and Cultural exchang- (1 for bagpiper, other for traditional es with others groups. We not only percussion and the last for dance). dedicate to music and asturian cul- In total we are about 50 people. ture also we collaborate with others Los Yerbatos are formed by people collectives or groups. of all ages but majority are young And now, we are organize the ac- Check out: Contact details: people. We through traditional mu- tivities of the 20 anniversary of the www.facebook.com/yerbatos sic gets a large number of people, association and this summer we will mostly young people, gather and in- participate in folk festivals and in volve in cultural activities. And more typical parties in Asturias. 14 15

WEMSICAL Serbia

The main goal of Youth and Cultur- common humane cause through al Association “Wemsical Serbia” education and activie citizenship. is to connect the youth, young adults, and young professionals in the cross border area of Hungary and Serbia. Wemsical Serbia tends to do this in close cooperationgary. Wemsical Serbia realizes its ac- itvities through active citzenship, youth work, engaging the youth in solving social and cultural challenges, breaking the barriers of prejudice, connecting the youth in Serbia and Hungary, creating common dimensions for cooperation, development of local communi- Check out: Contact details: ties, enhancing the cultural offer of www.malomfesztival.com [email protected] smaller rural areas and communi- fb/wemsical.serbia ties with the engagement of local people and raising awareness of a 16 17

BELGRADE RAW Serbia

Belgrade Raw is a photo collective through organizing workshops, ex- founded in 2009 with the idea to hibitions and educational events explore social, urban and political Belgrade Raw had organised and aspects of city life as well as the participated in many exhibitions state of the community through and various manifestations and capturing everyday life of Belgrade festivals in Serbia and abroad. In using photography. the last four years Belgrade Raw Belgrade Raw uses photography to organized four “Photo-fair” events. document cities and give a coun- In 2013, the collective was a cura- terpoint to unfounded over-gla- tor for Artget Gallery of Cultural murous representations of the city Centre of Belgrade and the first that are overwhelmingly present Belgrade Raw book was published in Serbia, as well as to unbalanced, by the Slovenian publisher Ros- overly negative views that we have tfrei. In 2014 the series of- work often seen coming from the inter- shops on documentary photogra- national media. We also focus on phy called Serbia Raw was started Check out: Contact details: empowering people, both pho- by the collective and since then tographers and the public, to use it was taught in 6 Serbian cities, www.belgraderaw.com [email protected] documentary photography as a and also in Munich as part of the www.facebook.com/BelgradeRaw www.facebook.com/serbiaraw tool of documentation and explo- Fotodoks festival, under the name ration of society. We do this Munich Raw. 18 19

NGO “Communication without borders” Kharkiv, Ukraine

Our mission well as volunteers, who often Movement towards civil socie- come up with their own great ty, based on sustainable devel- ideas (matching our Statute ob- opment principles, with young jectives). Activities are subjected people as community proactive to three main directions: members, open to new knowledge, experiences and connec- • Sustainability and environ- tions in the spirit of democratic mentalism values and humanistic worldview. • Volunteering and activism Target group Open minded young people from • Community development Kharkiv region (15-35 y.o.) eager to learn and gain new experienc- We always pay attention to es, both sharing our ideas and non-formal education and raising still hesitant. awareness through volunteering Check out: Contact details: camps, trainings, workshops, info http://ngo-cwb.blogspot.com/ [email protected] Activities campaigns, eco-parties, non-for- +380955212413 Activities are initiated and carried mal education fairs, street ac- out by organization members as tions. 20 21

QUELLKOLLEKTIV Nürnberg, Germany

The QUELLKOLLEKTIV was creat- tects, musicians, activists, writers, ed in 2013 from an interest rep- organizers, publishers and others resentation of the tenants of the who create culture in their work Quelle building, a former mail-or- or in their leisure time. We repre- der-house with 260,000 square sent, promote and support a live- meters of space. The move to the ly regional cultic scene and strive 2,000 square meter small heizhaus for affordable spaces for cultural of the building at the end of 2016, creators. We fight against intellec- is officially a “compromised solu- tual provincialism and against the tion“, after the building was sold ongoing of creative heads. And we to the large-scale investor Sonae wish for the metropolitan region Sierra. We, as a network, run in- Nuernberg to become again one side the Quelle building the gal- of the most attractive locations for lery and event location heute: _ culture-builders in Germany. and supported and organized a series of initiatives and projects. Amongst others, our own annual Check out: Contact details: Sommerkollektion, a festival of art, www.belgraderaw.com culture and music. Our members www.facebook.com/BelgradeRaw www.facebook.com/serbiaraw are educating and performing artists, designers, craftsmen, archi- 22 23

CINEMA PERPETUUM MOBILE Minsk, Belarus

Cinema Perpetuum Mobile (CPM • develop and strengthen con- for short) is an annual internation- nections between film-makers al short film festival. and Founded in 2011 in Minsk (Be- • film-making communities all larus) by a cinephile community around the world. Kinaklub.org, it celebrates it’s 6th Cinema Perpetuum Mobile reach- edition in 2017. es the audience not only in Belaru- sian regions and cities, but in oth- Cinema Perpetuum Mobile sticks er countries as well. It is you who to its goals to: help us bring independent cinema • promoting films by young and to more and more people, and our independent Belarusian au- community is growing due to the thors in Belarus and interna- principles we incorporate in our tionally mission: decentralization (hori- • searching for new forms and zontal structure of the festival), tendencies in cinema on the self-organization (volunteer basis, edge of amateur and profes- grassroot initiative), transparency Check out: Contact details: sional film-making; (possibility to join the community http://filmfest.by/en/ • exploring social issues via cine- at any time, and contribute to fes- matographic language tival organization). 24 25

PRIMOLIO RADI VIDI PATS Italy Latvia

THE VOLUNTEER SCHOOL PARAISO Ukraine Spain

KA-MATRIX IZONE Croatia Ukraine

TACKA KOMNIKACIJE Serbia 26 sustainABILITY 2.0: INTRODUCTION 27

IMPLEMENTATION

DAILY STRUCTURE something he can offer on a paper. The daily routine started with After this there is a round where breakfast, followed by the morning everybody presents his idea and impulse where the group comes lay down his paper in a circle in together to detect the mood the middle. In the end everybody WHERE MAIN IDEA of the group, share important can write his name on the topics The Training Course (in the The storyline could be described announcements and inspire they are interested in to see how following: TC) took place in the with a spiral check from the inside participants for the day. During the the open space can be organised Kinderwald Tegeler Forst where we to the outside morning and afternoon sessions in an adequate way. had 3 houses with different spaces That means that we first started there was a coffeebreak followed for different uses: There was the with the self reflection of what you by energizers to motivate for the BASE GROUPS chillout-house, the seminar-house want and where you are, what you following session. Inbetween the The idea of the base groups is to and the kitchen house. need and what you do. From there 2 hour lunchbreak provided to have a constant sharing group to have a look on the outside, eat, take a rest or whatever the which reflects on the day, gives WHEN the interpersonal dimension to praticipants were up to. Between space to share feelings and The whole TC started at the 17th finally the bigger dimension, the 5 and 7pm the open space took thoughts and takes care of each of march till 26th of March 2017. organisation. place. In the evenings before or other. Everybody of the organiser PROGRAM after the dinner the base groups team is supposed to participate in Day 1: Arrive, Get to know participants were invited to meet. one base group to have a concrete Day 2: Teambuilding, Get to know organisations relation to the participants Day 3: Self-organisation, Self-reflection OPEN SPACE feedback to be able to implement Day 4: Bounderies, Intercultural communication The open space provides wishes and critics. Beside this it Day 5: Trial & Error e.V., Field visit, Fundraising participation of everybody who helped to ensure daily tasks: Day 6: Finances feels like offering something, • megaphone crew Day 7: Volunteer & Happiness Management, Commitment & Motivation experimenting or opening space • cleaning shower and toilets Day 8: Sociocracy, Team roles, Decision Making, Cooperative Counselling for exchange. • helping in the kitchen Day 9: Future partnerships, Review and Evaluation of the TC, Closing With the technique school • evening surprise Day 10: Farewell of freedom everybody writes 28 sustainABILITY 2.0: INTRODUCTION 29 GROUP DYNAMIC The following actions, games and methods aim to welcome the participants, get to know to each other, break the ice and create a common team spirit. OPENING

WELCOME ROUND INTRODUCTION TO THE TEAM environment, where we as a metaphor for the «clima« in • Everybody tells his name (others AND THE PROGRAM group and every one of us feels the group. Collectivly the group respnd: Hello „name“) + country + Trainers were introducing comfortable. brainstorms about the rules or something else they want to tell participants to the program Time: 20 min conditions that are necessary for the • Information about location, through short ‘day by day’ Needed: yellow paper, pens “seminar sun” to shine. If everybody self-organisation during the TC, overview on each activity. Description: agrees on a suggestion it´s part of upcoming program points,... Then the team-members were Facilitator uses sun as a the sun. If not, it will be discussed. introducing themselves and their BUBBLE PARTY or “TALK TO ME responsibility. ABOUT…” Purpose: to encourage random TC SUN communication, create ground Purpose: to agree on the for exchange, break the silence rules collectively to ensure Time: 15-30 minutes working and learning Needed: Papers, masking tape, felt pens Description: This method is taking a shortcut to interesting conversations, good to quickly get beyond the standard questions when people meet each other for the first time. Its especially good in a semi-informal setting such as dinners or a networking event. 30 sustainABILITY: GROUP DYNAMIC 31 GROUPICE BREAKING DYNAMIC

Following games are supposed to get to know to the whole group, which ICEBREAKING & TEAMBUILDING countries they come from and a litle bit of a personal immersion. BASE GROUP DIVISION Needed: Spacious room, tape First introducing the idea of base Time: 30 minutes groups, then dividing the groups: Description: Participants were asked to identify Directions on the ground themselves in one of the following (north, east, south, west). categories. They have to show Participants have to stand on the courage to step forward with their position which they concerns. self-estimation whilst not really • Where do you live? knowing the group. • Where have you been born? 1. the 6 most sociable persons • Where do you wanna live or 2. the 6 most creative travel? 3. the 6 most chaotic After each question as ask a few 4. the 6 most structured participants (or all of them) where 5. the rest must be the 6 most they stand and why. intelligent persons After this 1 of each category will THE «BOX» be formed as a base group. Purpose: getting to know, Finally the organizers distribute break the country-separation themselves after these categories Needed: room, box marked to the base groups. with tape This method challenges people to Time: 8-12 min step forward at one point without Description: explanation or possibility to Participants come together compare or check. in teams of their countries. Then the trainer asks one question after SOZIOMETRIC CONSTELLATION the other and everybody whom Purpose: ice breaking, getting it concerns comes together in the to know „box“ (in our case: on the couch). 32 sustainABILITY: GROUP DYNAMIC 33

Questions can be about the all answers for each question, country, family, competences,... sais Bingo! Then answers will be • do you have siblings? prooved by the trainer infront of • do you have 2 parents? the group. • are you from a minority? ... Learning outcome: COMMUNAL PORTRAITS This games helps to think Purpose: get to know out of the box. No matter which Time: 30 minutes culture or other categories, there Needed: Paper, pens, music are always people who have Description: something in common. We used Everybody writes his name it as a method to get to know to on an empty paper and lays it into each other. the middle. Then they take another paper and draw the shape of the BINGO face of the person they took. Same Purpose: get to know procedure again. (Next: eyes, nose, Needed: Bingo card with 20 mouth, hair, assecoires, finishing questions art). In the end the group comes Time: 30 min together in a plenum, presenting Description: their portrait and some words. Everyone gets a Bingo card In this game you take a closer look with 20 questions - each in a small to other participants. Beside this cell, like Do you like gardening? the portraits can be used to stick Have you been in Berlin before? together the persons from a base Can you whistle loud? Participants group as an orientation.together have to find a person who can give the persons from a base group as positive answer for each question an orientation. on the Bingo card. Who collected 34 sustainABILITY: GROUP DYNAMIC 35

To bound a group together evolution (1. unicell (?), 2. NATURAL MANDALA they need to have sucessful crocodile, 3. rabbit, 4. monkey, Purpose: get together in experiences during a challenge, 5. homo sapiens). First you stillness, get in touch plus a high fun factor. This is what start to move like a unicell(?). with nature around, we did: Find another unicell and play work together as a SchnickSchnackSchnuck. The team even when EVOLUTION GAME winner will reach another state you are in small Purpose: Energizer of evolution, continue moving groups Time: 15 min in the crowd, looking for a Time: 1 h Needed: space partner of the same state and Needed: Description: There are 5 play again. Always the winner nature states of reaches the next evolution Description: state and the looser will fall one In small step down – until everybody groups they finished the evolutionline. have to create one natural TURNAROUND THE CARPET mandala. Each Purpose: loose fear of group will decide being close together by their own which and bound base grops is their contribution to together the mandala. They have Time: 20 min 15 minutes to discuss what Needed: small sheets and how they will fulfill the where the group task. Then they have 45 minutes to It hardly can stand on collect and create. There is space provides the Description: definded where the mandala will experience that different groups Participants come be made. As soon as they enter the bring different things into a together in their base mandala space they cannot talk commun creation. groups. The task is to anymore. So the different groups turn around the sheet will create the mandala together without touching the with nonverbal communication. ground. 36 sustainABILITY: GROUP DYNAMIC 37 GROUPICE BREAKING DYNAMIC

DIX IT! WEATHER FORECAST MORNING IMPULSE Blitzlicht with Dixitcards (Cards This is a method to keep track of with pictures). Everybody takes the emotional well-being of all one card and tells his name and the participants in the morning. how he/she feels and if there is In a big round every participant any relation to the card. describes how they are feeling in a weather analogy, e.g. “For me it NAME DANCE is still cloudy and windy but I feel Standing in a circle with music in that the sun will be rising soon.” the backgrund one after the other will introduce his name and per- GROUP DANCE sonal dancing move and we will Sometimes it´s just enough to put keep moving like this till the end of on music and dance til everybody the round (song;). is there;)

STRECH IT! Waking up the body through streching together. One after the other will introduce a streching exercise which everybody will join.

GREEN AND RED LIGHT Group sitting in the round. There are two packs of nuts – one red and one green one. Each participant is choosing one or two nuts, depends of the feeling and answer for the question: what drives you (nut from the green pack) and what blocs you (red pack). 38 sustainABILITY: GROUP DYNAMIC 39

ENERGIZERS

NAME BALL NINJA catch the runaway. If he ca, the Group stand in a circle. One person Group stands in a circle. One per- sitting person stays, if not, his the has a ball, sais the name of some- son starts to be the Ninja and one who has to blink. body and throws the ball to this makes a NInja-Move towards an- person. After a while there comes other person with the intention to MASSAGE CIRCLE another ball, so that there are two touch him. If touched you are out. Group stands in a circle. Everybody lines at the same time. Then the next person in the circle turns to the right and gives a mas- is the NInja and so on until one sage to the person in front of. After JAMES BOND Ninja won. a few minutes direction change. • Group meets in a circle. One per- • son in the middle, who points SWINGING ROPE suddenly to somebody in the cir- 2 persons are swinging a rope. The cle and demands one figure like group has to cross the swinging ENERGIZERS washing machine, blender, toaster, rope without being touched. First James Bond, ect. Then this per- one by one, then in pairs, then son and his two neighbours have in small groups then the whole to create that figure. Anyone who group. makes an error has to come to the middle. PARTNER CHANGE Half of the group sits in a circle. The other half stands behind one sitting person. Only one person ha s an empty chair. This person behind the empty chair has to get a partner through blinking to another person sitting on a chair, who will immediately stand up and run to the empty chair. The standing behind person tries to 40 41

OPEN SPACE

The idea of base groups is to built TASKS OF REFLECTION EYE CONTACT small communities to feel save, to • Expectations on the TC and There are a few free chairs, always reflect in small groups and to pro- get to know each other 2 facing each other, in the room. vide the self organisational needs • personal, organisational and The participants enter and take a during the TC. global learning aims of the TC seat. When 2 are in front of each • Youth work - What is it? other they start eyecontact for 5 TASKS OF SELF ORGANISTAION What´s your relation with it? minutes. Then they change plac- • cleaning effects of ERASMUS + es to have another partner. In the • helping in the kitchen • Report field visit end there is an exchange about • breakfast • Happiness management in the the experience. • evening surprise base group • time keeping REFLECTION WALK Participants stand in a line. With every Yes and No-question they go BASE GROUPS eather one step forward or back- ward. In the final position the reflect and feel about their position. Even the comparation with the others is part of that reflection.

BURNOUT informal exchange about experiences and healing ways to prevent or treat burnout.

FUNDING Discussion in group with specialist (more experienced participants) about different examples of funds and fundraising initiatives: party, crowfunding, art residency, Europ for citizens; 42 SustainABILITY: PERSONAL REFLECTION 43

PERSONAL REFLECTION

When we talk about a wellworking 9. if there wouldn´t be regulations of what you Description: The 3 questions create, i would … 1. What´s your ability? Tell me what you´re self-organisation, we need a well 10. if i could rule the world i would ... This exercise comes from the really good in! working self. That´s why we first shamanic tradition and is used in 2. How do you bring it into this world? 3. Who are you? offered a few methods to dive a This exercise makes people coaching to explore something bit more consciously into yourself like your «call«. The participants come closer to what they really After this the group comes to get a greater impression of who want and to get in touch with other get together in pairs (A, B). A will you really are, what is important ask B 3 questions, repeating each together in a circle and each „visions“ which can be inspirative partner presents his/her partner for you and where are your limits. but as well challenging to share question til getting an answer and listen actively. When finished with in one sentence. such ideas. This exercise is based on the idea CLOZE TEXT the 3 questions, repeats questions that everybody has a specific gift. Purpose: experience the CORE COMPETENCE again. After 10 minutes they space which is not reality yet, change roles. By focussing on these questions Purpose: provocate to find the your attention will be brought discover your dreams and truth, to share the truth, to widen your horizon back to yourself and your gift over get to a point and over. With being introduced in Needed: a fiphart with the Time: 1 h cloze text, paper, pens the plenum you have the chance to hear what the other person Time: 1h understood and to „stand out“ Description: Participants fill out the being presented like this in the incomplete sentences, come group. together in small random groups of 5 and share their results and For some people it is really hard their feeling about their answers. to talk about their strenghts and theirselves and they feel Questions uncomfortable. It can bring up 1. if i would have enough money i would .. a process or feelings of shame 2. if i would have more courage i would.. and resistence. It s important to 3. if i would have more time i would … 4. if it wouldn´t be too late, i would ... thematize this fact and underline 5. if i would only have one more year to live the aim of really get closer to your i would … core competence and if there is a 6. if i would be able i would … 7. if i would allow myself i would … resistance to look at it. 8. if it wouldn´t matter what other people think i would … 44 SustainABILITY: INTERPERSONAL REFLECTION 45

INTERPERSONAL LEVEL

BOUNDARIES INTERCULTURAL on the ground, so that means that PAIRPAINTING Nonverbal space-discovery COMMUNICATION people who are allowed to sit on The group is separated in 2 and Moving in space, pay attention to ALBATROSS the ground are highly honoured. stands in 2 lines back to back. One different levels (myself, the others, A hidden theatre scene: Thats why they get peanuts as a group is shown one drawing for 5 the space) and «playing» around While the participants are waiting fruit from the earth. And not sitting seconds. The other group another with it. in the seminar room (aka a country with both feet on the ground is like one. How do I feel? What do I observe? called Albatross) the trainers enter not appreciating the earth. That´s Then the whole group will see How much space do I need and the room, dressed up like a king why they ZSCH at the people. another similar drawing to the one how do I interact with space of who takes place in the middle of before which they have to draw others? the room at a chair, while his wife Aim: The «show« opens up an together without talking. AIM: learn about yourself, discover sits next to him on the ground. exchange about typical patterns of others and space more consciously Another persons walks around in our interpretation and that there AIM & LEARNING OUTCOME: and get in touch with your own the circle looking at the participants is much more under the iceberg sensibilisation of different views and other private space, social and making sounds like HMM and than we see. and misunderstanding because space and borders. ZSCH at specific people. The king of not knowing what the other feeds his wife with peanuts and thinks. THE NO-GAME after she touched the ground with Groups comes together in small her forehead he touches her head. groups of 4 persons. One starts to be the „rejector“. The others will After the «show« partcipants are try to convince the person to not asked what they saw and what say NO using different strategies. they think about this culture. Usally After 3 minutes they will change people interprete discrimination the role until everybody was the of woman, because of sitting on „rejector“. Afterwards they share the ground, etc... their preceptions and experiences. AIM: Experience yourself saying explaination: NO, observe the way you say NO. Tzhe satisfying sound of HMM was Realize in which areas it´s hard meant for people whose feet are for you to say NO and receive on the ground and ZSCH for the feedback of the group about the ones who have their legs crossed. way you say NO. The story behind is that the culture of Albatross puts a great honour 46 SustainABILITY: ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL 47

ORGANISATIONAL LEVEL

FIELD VISIT @ TRIAL&ERROR INTRODUCTION ERASMUS +KA1: LEADERSHIP STYLES When the last one receives the tap- Introduction to the place: space, youth workers, EVS, youth game session inspired by „Theat- ping from the driver they have to goals, activities in trial&error. exchange, job shadowing, EVS. re of the oppressed” exercises by pass it to the front. There will be a Augusto Boal and from contact im- delay until orders reach the front. FUNDRAISING KNOWHOW CHECK WHAT IS IDENTITY? provisation. Let people change their positions The group stand in a circle. There Group discussion about the topic. AIM: observing reaction to diffe- (let driver move to front), until ever- will be YES and NO questions Identity of the organisation and rent roles in leading and following. ybody had a chance to drive. The (like: Do you have experience projects – examples how to make last driver gets the special task to with crowdfunding? Do you a good project identity (f. e. BLIND BUSSES park the busses in a corner. have experience with finding Logo, good description of goals one person stands behind another ---> reflection sponsors?) Who answers with YES and needs) and how to deal with and is the driver, the other one is goes forward (more or less). This identity – what is relevant. Green part of a bus. Introduce how to method gives a quick overview washing is an example of building steer the „bus”: tapping who has which experience. identity of the organization. (Arni) on the head = forward, tapping on left EXAMPLES OF FUNDRAISING FINANCIAL AND BUDGET shoulder = left, open discussion and list of What do you need for the tapping on the different examples how to finance budget? open question and group right shoul- the projects discussion der = right, Simulation of discussion between tapping on person who apply for the grant FINANCE MANAGEMENT the back (Arni) and fundgiver (Ruta) Group work. Participants gather in = back- Open discussion about techniques country groups and create poster wards. Not and how to formulate the goals how they manage to sustain the tapping = and needs (Arni) organisation work. Questions: to stop im- needs (rent, employment, mediatly. FUNDRAISING TECHNIQUES insurance), resources (funds, Now take Check following answers: Why, personal, any other examples), 4-5 people Who, Where, How, What, How model of your organisation (funding in one bus. much? Greenwashing examples of examples: donations, workshops, Only the driver funds and grants. municipality erasmus+) can see (others have closed eyes). 48 49

FOLLOWING PALMS 3. Make the concluding question giale Beratung) is a systematic con- key-question (group listens) leading and following partnerwise to make sure everyone is on the versation in which a group of 5-10 3. Comprehension questions Participants divide in couples. same basic level of understanding persons consults each other in 4. Formulating the final key-ques- One is leader, other follower. The the concepts. diffrent roles (1 case-giver, 1 mo- tion leader is holding arm in front of 4. Sociometric position: draw a derator, consulters) with the help 5. Hypothesis of the group (ca- the face of the follower, the fol- line and ask the group to place of a preset conversation structure se-giver only listens) lower has to follow. After a while themselves according to how they to develop mutual solutions. Every 6. Case-giver comments hypothe- the couple switches the positions. see themselves in their collective. step around 5 -10 minutes. Rules: sis (group listens) Divided in couples, participants 5. Closing the activity with a feed- no discussions, no interpretation, 7. Collecting solution suggestions repeat the same exercise, just this back round. follow the sequence (case-giver only listens) time, the follower can clap hands AIM: to provide brief introduction The conversation structure: 8. Decision (case-giver decides) and change the roles. This time di- in the concept of bottomup and 1. Casting (distribution of roles) 9. Feedback on the method vided in groups of 3, one person is topdown organisations, give space 2. Case description + possible in the middle, leading the 2 others to reflect on the structure of own Because of the changing roles per with his/her palms, people follow organisation. case it follows a cooperative style the same rules as in tasks nr. 1 and Learning outcome: New method, and uses collective knowledge. nr. 2. --> reflection knowledge and opinion exchange VOLUNTEER AIM: to reflect upon leading and in the group. MANAGEMENT following partnerships through ex- Creating posters on perience. DECISION MAKING following topics in Introduction to the different small group work: BOTTOM-UP AND TOP-DOWN concepts of decision making • microcosmos of LEADERSHIP - SHARING CIRCLE • consens volunteering ture of the organisations, evaluati- • consent • old and on of owns work new paradigms 1. Check knowledge and experien- SOCIOCRACY on how to treat ce about bottomup and topdown because of illness of the volunteers expert only a short theoretical organisations. • macrocosmos of introduction. 2. Ask questions to make partici- volunteering pants explain, what the challenges and the opportunities of each COOPERATIVE COUNSELLING structures are. Cooperative Counselling (dt. Kolle- 50 51

HAPPINESS MANAGEMENT FUTURE AND FOLLOW UP

THE INFLUENCE OF HAPPINESS ing the following questions: 1. massage session in couples: try ● commitment-line: How commit- to feel your partner needs and ted are you to yourwork?(under, make him/her happy and relax. middle, overcommitted) 2. Kinesiology Test in pairs: our ● stressline: How much do you- thoughts influence the reaction feel stressed by your given tasks? in the body. When we think about How much do you feel stressed sth. bad, the body reacts weaker. by your selfgiven tasks? AIM: to see the difference. when ● self-estimation-line: How much we try to keep good moments in do you tend to underestimate memory (harder to push hand tasks, challenges or time? how down) and bad moment (hand is much do you overestimate your going down faster); own resources?(energy, time, …) 3. what makes me happy? ---> reflection. Participants take a comfortable positions, close eyes and try to HAPPINESS REFLECTION image good moment in their life What makes me happy? and visualise what makes What makes my FUTURE PHANTASY JOURNEY developed the ideas for the future them happy. -> Intro- team happy? Everyone take a comfortable cooperation with people from the duction happiness What can possition (on the floor, chairs, sofa TC. psychology i do? etc.), close eyes and relax. During AIM: help to visualise our future the session trainer ask questions: development after the seminar. COMITMENT how we image ourselves in the Personal evaluation. BAROME- future after the seminar, what was TER important, what has changed, etc. LETTER TO MYSELF There´s a Tu provide a isionary athmosphere Participants are invited to write line in the we used incence sticks and music. themselves a letter about what room. Par- they want to remind themselves ticipants „We in 5 years“: participants wehn they get the letter half year stand on a create common and fictional story later and with whom they can point of the about how imagine themselves in imagine to collaborate. line regard- 5 years: what happened, how they 52 SustainABILITY: CLOSING 53

CLOSING

BACKVIEW STORYTELLING SEMINAR EVALUATION group overview on the program There were 4 different stations: from the beginning on by using a 1. BULL EYE fantasy-storytelling method. One A poster with a circle divided into starts with a few sentences about different pieces like: content, how the TC startet and the next methods, food, location, trainer, ones continues til the end. etc... where participants leave a AIM: The get a nice overview, dot regarding on how successful CLOSING about all we´ve done and involve they found it (middle = 100%, everybody. outer circle = 0%) 2. MOOD-LINE SILENT WALK A long poster with all days and TC The group makes a walk through program. Everybody could draw a the forest to a certain point. There line how they felt each day. they are invited to take some 3. SUNNY SIDES time in silence, get in touch with comments for the good, useful and themselves and the nature and nice sides of the TC discover their actual state of mood: 4. CLOUDY SIDES How does it feel to have done this comments for the dificult, training course? In which way do I unexpected and not so useful feel enriched? What do I take from parts. this? How do I feel with leaving this AIM: To evaluate different parts place? of the whole event, to see where After this the back way will take are the highest and the lowest place in form of a silent walk. feedbacks and to analyse the AIM: To calm down the mind, get energy-level. in touch with own feelings, to provide time to reconsider and YOUTHPASS CEREMONY process. At the last evening we used the opportunity to handout the Youth Pass in a ceremonial way. 54 55

OUTRO

The 2. time that we dove into the Nevertheless we hope that ever- topic of self-organisation, together ybody could take something from with people of NGOs from all over that experiences eather tools, me- Europe. thods, ideas or new partnerships THe complexity of work life and and a wider network. This hand- modern values thesedays puts us book shall serve as a remind to all in front of many challenges. We of this. tried to open up space to discover this world and exchange experiences, try new approaches and learn Yours from each other. We realized that Sustainability-Team some approaches were quite in- spiring for some praticipants and for others not. 56

Documentation ERASMUS+ Taining Course SustainABILITY 2.0 hands on improvement of selforganised youth collectives

Kulturlabor Trial&Error e.V. Berlin, spring 2017