Who Is This?
Materials: Small pieces of paper with the names of all participants, “hat”, paper and pencils/felt-tip pens Exercise description The small pieces of paper with the names of the participants...
Who is Supposed to Reconcile with Whom/What?
Materials: Flipchart paper, markers, felt-tip pens Exercise description Flipchart papers are laid out on the floor (enough of them so that a number of participants can write on them...
Who Am I? From Where Do I Draw the Strength to Be Who I Am?
Materials: Magazines, newspapers, collage paper, flipchart papers, crayons, felt- tip pens, glue, scissors, music Exercise description Instructions: Use the available materials to make a collage about “Who am I?...
Where I Live
Make a large “carpet” by connecting the flipchart papers with masking tape (so they don’t move around). It should be large enough so that the participants can gather round it...
Where I Come From
Everyone has a few minutes to think about the place they come from (however they understand it – city/country/region) and the things they like about it. Then, sitting in a...
Where Do My Fears Come From?
Materials: Paper, pencils, flipchart paper, sticky tape Exercise description Everyone works independently, thinking about “My fears” and “Where do they come from?” and noting down their thoughts. They have...
When My National Identity Affected My Life
Materials: Chairs Exercise description The hot seats method The person sitting in the hot seat in the middle discusses the topic: When my national identity affected my life.
When is War Justified?
Materials: Paper, pencils, flipchart paper Exercise description Everyone sits in a circle with a paper and pencil. They have a few minutes to note down their answer to the...
What is the Role of Women/Men in Society?
Materials: Post-its in two colours Exercise description Distribute the post-its so that women and men get different colours, e.g. green for women and yellow for men. The task is...
What I Liked/What Bothered Me in Our Communication
Materials: Post-its, pencils, flipchart paper Exercise description Everyone is given a few post-its. More post-its are kept on hand in case someone needs them. The participants are tasked with...
What Contributes to Peacebuilding?
Materials: A4 or A5 paper, felt-tip pens Exercise description The participants are given three pieces of paper and asked to write in large legible letters three things they recognise...
What Can I Do?
Materials: Large pieces of paper, markers/felt- tips Exercise description Several large pieces of paper are placed on the floor and each of them has one of the following questions/titles:...
Using a Chart to Analyse Conflict
Materials: Printed out charts for all participants Exercise description The participants are handed out copies of the conflict analysis chart. Their task is to think of a conflict they were...
Three Events that Affected My Engagement
A timeline is drawn on the board or flipchart representing three periods: before the war; during the war; after the war. For each of the three periods, each participant writes...
Things I (Don’t) Like About Myself / About Others in Teamwork…
Materials: Post-its, flipchart paper Exercise description Everyone is given a few post-its. Each person writes down their answers to the following questions: What have I noticed about myself in the...
The Heroes 2
Subject: Personal heroes. Participants work individually and write down who their heroes were during childhood and who they are now. . They split into small groups (made up of people...
Telling It*
Exercise description The trainer asks the participants to sit in a circle. When everyone is seated comfortably, the exercise procedures are set up as are the rules of the discussion....
Similarities and Differences 2*
Materials: Worksheets, pencils Exercise description The participants are given copies of the worksheet with the following questions: Three things I like Three things I don’t like ͳ Three things we...
Similarities and Differences
Exercise description The participants fill out the worksheet (15 minutes) with the following questions: Three things that I have in common with the rest of the group; Three things that...
Reflection and Analysis of Teamwork
Materials: Flipchart paper, markers Exercise description Step 1 – Everyone thinks individually about the following: How satisfied am I with my behaviour in teamwork? How satisfied am I with the...
Reconciliation Has Arrived!
Materials: Multicoloured post-its, pencils, Flipchart paper Exercise description Everyone gets a few multicoloured post-its (have extra post-its on hand if needed). The task is to imagine that reconciliation has...
Reconciliation and Me
Materials: Flipchart paper, markers Exercise description Flipchart papers are laid out on the floor, each with one of the following questions: What is my biggest challenge in reconciliation? With...
Questions and Dilemmas I Am Trying to Solve
Flipchart papers are placed on the floor. The participants write their questions and/or dilemmas on them (relevant to the topic of the training). After ten minutes or so, someone from...
Powerful Chair
Materials: Chair Exercise description One chair is turned to face the whole group. One by one participants take this seat and call out several sentences that start with: “I...
Parting Envelopes
Materials: Envelopes, paper, pencils Every member of the group, including the trainers, receives an empty envelope. Everyone writes their name on their envelope and displays it somewhere that has been...
Participants’ Expectations
Hand out the different coloured post-its. Give the participants a few minutes to write down their answers to the following questions: - What do I expect from this training? -...
Obstacles in Work: Situations
Materials: Handouts with situations Exercise description Divide into three groups. Each small group is given two situation scenarios (of the three described below), which they need to examine. They...
National Identity Questionnaire
Materials: Printout of the questionnaire for all the participants. Exercise description All participants are given a copy of the questionnaire. The trainer asks the participants to think back and...
National Identity and Other Identities
Materials: Papers with a circle drawn on them, felt-tip pens Exercise description Everyone gets a paper with a circle drawn on it. The task is to make an identity “pie-chart”....
My Three Identities
Materials: Paper and pencils Exercise description Everyone writes down a few of their identities and then chooses three to read out loud. Then one person stands up and reads...
My Safe Space
Materials: Paper, coloured Paper, felt-tip pens, crayons, magazines, glue, scissors, etc. Exercise description Everyone works independently on a drawing or a collage about “My Safe Space”. The collages are...
My Questions About Gender Roles in Society/Gender Equality
Materials: Paper and pencils Everyone writes down their questions about the topic of the workshop. Then three small groups are formed: “female” – for women who want to talk with...
My Path Up to Here
On a blank sheet of paper, everyone draws an arrow that illustrates the course of their life, “my path up to here”, and marks important events on this timeline. Time...
My Definition of Peace
Materials: Different coloured paper, felt-tip pens Exercise description Everyone in the group writes their definition of peace on a different coloured piece of paper. Then a “colourful sea” of...
My Contribution to Reconciliation
Exercise description The task is for each participant to say what they see as their contribution to reconciliation, taking turns around the circle. Before they start, they should be given...
My Conflicts
Materials: Paper and pencils Exercise description Everyone should think of a conflict they were involved in, specifically: a conflict that isn’t yours, but you’re implicated in it; a conflict you...
Marching*
Materials: Music Exercise description Choose a piece of music beforehand that all the participants might like and make sure you have the means to play it. Ask for a volunteer...
Let Me Introduce Myself
Everyone takes a sheet of paper. They write their name in the middle. Then they write: in the upper left corner: how I feel at the moment in the upper...
Journal
Materials: Notebook, pencil The journal is a notebook that is always in the workshop room. Participants and trainers can write their thoughts in the notebook, as well as messages that...
I Will… / I Need…
Materials: Different coloured post-its, pencils Exercise description Distribute several post-its in various colours to participants. Participants should think about what they have gained from the training, what they have...
How Do I See the Next Five Years of My Life?
Materials: Paper, felt-tip pens, colouring pencils Exercise description Everyone should think for themselves about where they see themselves in the next five years and then make a graphic representation...
Hot Seats
The chairs are arranged into a horseshoe. Three chairs are set apart as “hot seats” so that everyone sitting in the horseshoe can see them well (see illustration). The only...
Four Colours, Drawing Exercise
Materials: 4 flipchart papers; felt-tip pens, colouring pencils or crayons; questionnaire printout for each participant Exercise description Split into small groups of four. The participants pick a colour (crayons, felt-tip...
Family Narratives
Exercise description Everyone has ten minutes to think about and note down an outline of narratives they heard in their family about the Second World War and the wars...
Exploring Expectations: Tree of Expectations
Distribute the post-its. Give the participants a few minutes to write down their answers to the following questions: ͳ What would I like to see happen in this training? (on...
Exploring Expectations: Travel Bag
The participants draw a travel bag on the paper. They divide it into two equal parts. In one part they list What I brought to this training and in the...
Example of an Evaluation Questionnaire
What was the most significant experience for you at the training? What do you think you got with this training that you can put to use in the community...
Drawing by Instruction
Materials: Paper and pencils Exercise description Everyone gets a sheet of paper and pencil. The trainer gives instructions for drawing geometric shapes that will make up a concrete drawing....
Definitions of Conflict
Materials: Paper/card, multiple sheets for each participant Exercise description The participants take one or more cards and legibly write out their answer to the question: “What is conflict?” They write...
Criteria for Activists (“Dub” Island)
Materials: Large pieces of paper, markers Exercise description Step 1. Divide into three groups. The task is for the participants to determine which criteria people involved with peacebuilding should meet,...
Conflict and Modelling Clay
Materials: Modelling clay Exercise description The participants use modelling clay and plasticine to make a sculpture about conflict. An exhibition of sculptures is set up where everyone presents their work....
Chair Statues About Power
Materials: 6–7 chairs Exercise description Exercise description Instructions: The task is to use six or seven chairs to construct a statue that symbolises power. After the first person constructs...
Chair Statues About “The Power of Nonviolence”
Materials: 6–7 chairs Exercise description Exercise description Instructions: The task is to use six or seven chairs to construct a statue that symbolises the power of nonviolence. After the...
Associations: Women, Men
Exercise description The participants split into two groups: women and men. All the participants in both groups get two post- its each. They have 30 seconds to write down the...
Associations: Prejudice and Discrimination
Materials: Post-its, Flipchart paper, pencils Exercise description For this exercise, you need to prepare a dozen terms denoting different social groups. For example: religious persons, soldiers, feminists, fundamentalists, female...
Actors in Dealing with the Past
Materials: Paper, felt-tip pens, masking tape Exercise description With the help of the training team, the participants identify all the social groups relevant in public and political life (politicians,...
A River of Identities
Materials: A stack of A4 paper Exercise description Everyone gets five pieces of A4 paper. Task: On each one write in large letters one thing that means a lot...
3 + 2 Identities
Materials: Small papers of different colours, pencils Exercise description The participantssitina circle.Everyonegetsthreepapers(notes) of one colour and two of another colour. They are told to write three of their identities on...
“Husband, Wife, Compote” Story
Materials: Paper and pencils Exercise description The participants split into two or three groups. A volunteer from each group is taken aside and the story below is read out...