VIPP: Visualisation in Participatory Programmes. A Manual for Facilitators and Trainers Involved in Participatory Group Events
Dhaka: UNICEF Bangladesh (1993), x, 158 pp.
Contains many illustrations, bibliogr. pp. 155-158
ISBN 92-806-3033-4
"This manual has been written for the trained facilitator. It is designed to reinforce concepts and techniques learned in training of facilitators and trainers in participatory group processes. It is the rare individual who could simply study the manual and apply it. A great deal of practice and experience is needed before most of us become accomplished facilitators. If you are a trained facilitator and wish to use the methods and techniques outlined herein with a group of like-minded people who wish to experiment, you should have no problem. On the other hand, if you are going to use it with an external group who are not particularly familiar with participatory techniques, a good deal of discussion and planning is required. Above all, it is important for the professional facilitator to deeply understand the objectives of a group event. If you detect that top management has a particular agenda in mind and merely wants to transmit it to employees, or to manipulate their staff to a point of view for some unspoken reason, professional facilitators must explain that their job is not to manipulate, that VIPP methods involve true participation and that ulterior motives will become transparent in the process. It is better not to start a participatory process if those responsible are not prepared to accept a different outcome than they expect." (How to use this manual, page ix)
"This manual is a new synthesis of methods for improving group interaction in international development programmes. Many of the concepts contained within are not entirely new, however. Over the past 20 years a large number of organizations have been involved in improving the quality and productivity of group processes. Many of the specific techniques outlined in this manual evolved out of the work of Eberhard Schnelle and the "Quickborn Team" in Germany. These methods were latter applied to international development through concepts developed at the German Foundation for International Development and trainers at the University of Hohenheim, Germany." (Acknowledgements, page v)
I. THE ROOTS AND PHILOSOPHY OF VIPP, 3
Introduction -- The Roots of VIPP -- The Philosophy of VIPP
II. THE USES OF VIPP, 17
Group events and VIPP -- The Participants -- The Facilitator -- Role of the facilitator -- The qualities of a good facilitator
III. THE BASICS OF VIPP, 45
VIPP materials and their use -- Planning VIPP processes -- Opening events -- VIPP Rules
IV. VIPP TECHNIQUES, 77
Introduction -- Basic VIPP techniques -- Games and exercises -- Debates -- Role plays -- Use of group and plenary -- Including content and dealing with large numbers -- Evaluation
V. CONCLUSION, 137
APPENDICES, 141
Examples of application in Bangladesh -- Case studies
Introduction -- The Roots of VIPP -- The Philosophy of VIPP
II. THE USES OF VIPP, 17
Group events and VIPP -- The Participants -- The Facilitator -- Role of the facilitator -- The qualities of a good facilitator
III. THE BASICS OF VIPP, 45
VIPP materials and their use -- Planning VIPP processes -- Opening events -- VIPP Rules
IV. VIPP TECHNIQUES, 77
Introduction -- Basic VIPP techniques -- Games and exercises -- Debates -- Role plays -- Use of group and plenary -- Including content and dealing with large numbers -- Evaluation
V. CONCLUSION, 137
APPENDICES, 141
Examples of application in Bangladesh -- Case studies
