What Is It Like Being King/Queen?
Materials: Post-its, pencils, chair Exercise description Find a volunteer to be the king/queen of the group. They sit in a chair in the middle of the room while the...
Voting on a Verdict
Materials: Two charts of voting outcomes (see annex), a lot of small notes of equal size to serve as ballots, two flipchart papers to record the voting results Exercise...
Uncomfortable Chairs*
Exercise description All the participants receive a card with one of the following instructions: “Put all the chairs in a circle. You have 10 minutes to complete the task.” “Put...
Twenty Minutes of Blindness
Materials: Blindfolds for all participants (scarves, kerchiefs) Exercise description Slowly and clearly read the instructions: “The whole group will spend 20 minutes doing as they please. You can go...
Tower
Materials: A few pairs of scissors and sticky tape, old newspapers or used flipchart paper Exercise description The participants split into groups of four or five people. All the groups...
Third Time*
Materials: A lot of newspapers, 10 rolls of sticky tape or masking tape, paper, pencils Exercise description Introductory directions: “Find a pair for this experiential exercise, which is challenging and...
Squares, Dots
Materials: Coloured stickers of different colours (squares, dots, etc.) Exercise description Every participant gets a sticker on his/her forehead without seeing what the sticker is. For example, seven...
Second Glance
Exercise description Step 1: View of the conflict from the perspective of group A – others speaking Place two chairs in front of the others and invite two people who...
Presidential Elections
Materials: Paper and pencils Exercise description The participants split into two groups: the “candidates” (five or six persons) and the “voters”. The candidates have two to three minutes to come...
Planet
Materials: Paper, pencils Exercise description Check that everyone has a paper and pencil and then slowly and clearly read the background story at least twice. Story: “A new planet has...
Opening the Fist*
Exercise description Divide participants into pairs. Person A in the pair has a clenched fist and person B has the task of opening the other person’s fist. Then the roles...
Musical Chairs
Materials: Chairs, a music-playing device, flipchart paper, marker, multicoloured paper Exercise description A few days beforehand, the participants are split into four groups. The training team makes a list...
Multicoloured Eyes
Type of exercise: Multicoloured barometer Exercise description Materials: Coloured paper, papers with statements prepared beforehand A few sets of papers are prepared beforehand, each with a statement/sentence. The papers should...
Labyrinth of reconciliation
Divided in groups of 5-6, participants receive 20-30 notions written on paper strips, that ought to be categorized whether they belong to the reconciliation process and if not, explain why...
Jigsaw Puzzle*
Exercise description The participants split into groups of five (the remaining participants can be observers). Everyone stays in the same room, but the groups sit in separate circles. It would...
Insider/Outsider*
Exercise description The participants split into two groups of roughly the same size. One group should be asked to leave the room until they are invited back inside. The trainer...
Identity Barometer
Exercise description The barometer method Suggested statements for the barometer: I am a patriot. I have a better understanding with people of my religion. Conflicts are inevitable among people of...
I’m Sorry…
Materials: Chairs Exercise description The hot seats method The person sitting in the hot seat in the middle tells their story about “I’m sorry that...” which is related to...
Hotels
Exercise description Task: “You are in the role of participants in peacebuilding training. Your task is to decide where the next stage of the training will be held. The training...
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...
Exercise with Tasks*
Materials: Prepared envelopes with tasks, Paper, pencils, Flipchart paper, markers, other Exercise description The participants are given envelopes containing descriptions of tasks. The tasks are different and there is...
Exercise with Tasks (2)
Materials: Prepared envelopes with tasks, Paper, pencils, Flipchart paper, markers, other Exercise description There are 18 tasks in the workroom, one for each participant. The participants should find their...
Elephant Walk
Materials: Blindfolds, tables, chairs, textiles, other props Exercise description Before the workshop, ask participants to bring something to the workshop that they can use as a blindfold (a scarf,...
Drawing Battle
Materials: Paper and pencils Exercise description Everyone splits up into pairs of person A and person B. The participants are asked not to talk during the exercise. All the A...
Decision Making Model
Exercise description Split into two groups. In both groups one to two people have the role of observers of the decision- making process (volunteers). The groups are given the task...
Cutting Paper
Materials: Large paper and scissors Exercise description Call for volunteers who want to participate in the exercise, a total of seven people. Their task is to first think...
Come and Go
Exercise description Participants are divided into two groups – group A and group B. The groups line up to face each other with a few metres between the lines so...
Choosing the King/Queen of the Group
Materials: Post-its, pencils, chair Exercise description Instructions: You have unlimited time to pick one of you to be the king/queen of the group, but without talking. Evaluation Suggested...
Change!
Exercise description If it is a large group, divide it into two smaller groups. The group stands in a circle. One person is the “initiator”. The initiator steps into the...
Centipede*
Materials: Chairs or other items to serve as obstacles Exercise description The participants split into two groups. Each group forms a “centipede”: They stand in a column, eyes closed, with...
Blind Following*
Materials: Blindfolds (scarves, kerchiefs, etc.) Exercise description Before the workshop, ask participants to bring something to the workshop that they can use as a blindfold (a scarf, kerchief, T-shirt,...
Auction
Materials: “Paintings”, “Points” Exercise description The participants split into three groups. Each group is given the task of buying as many paintings at the auction as they can. The bidding...