YARN workshop - Beirut December 14 - 16
Overall aim of the event
Overall aim of the event
To help the 8 YARN groups to review and analyze their data, identify their main conclusions, and develop an effective strategy for dissemination of the materials.
The main objectives for this meeting
• To review progress on implementation of the 8 national plans
• To review the raw data gathered so far
• To share feedback
• To provide a shared framework to analyze and write up the findings
• To identify what we have learnt so far about the issue of 'identity' in the region
• To identify gaps in our knowledge that still need to be filled
• To agree a plan to write up, and disseminate the findings
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Our partners and associates
Egypt: Partners in Development (PID)
Jordan: Information & Research Centre / King HusseinFoundation
KSA: Al Aghar Group Think Tank Lebanon: Issam Fares Institute/American University of Beirut Morocco: Moroccan Centre for Strategic Studies (CMES) Oman: Sultan Qaboos University Palestine: Centre for Continuing Education / BirzeitUniversity
UK: Independent Academic Research and Studies (IARS)
UK: Institute For Public Policy Research (IPPR)
UK: Centre for the Study of Global Governance / LSE
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The draft timetable
Monday
Welcome by BC Director Lebanon
Update on process.. • Explaining the process and what want to achieve
• Go over the main steps we will take over two days • Move into sub-groups with mentors • Mentors meet their groups and review progress COFFEE
Presentations from 8 YARN groups: 5 mins each
• What are the aims of your research • What methods did you use • What obstacles you faced following plan • What data shows - emerging analyses • Who might be interested in these findings and why? • What more information you want to collect Plenary - what we learnt about the process & issues ... how can we move forward.... LUNCH
Issues: Translating research into policy messages
Mentors work with groups on policy messages COFFEE
Skills: Secondary data: what to include, how to refer to it Skills: Using multi-media for effective dissemination |
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TUESDAY
Skills: How to manage / analyze quantitative data
Plenary on dealing with quantitative data
COFFEE Skills: How to manage / analyze qualitative data
Focus groups, semi-structured interviews - again drawing on examples from the research so far LUNCH Youth voice across the region
All YARN members will take part in a focus group session as part of the Issam Fares Institute research. This also helps build skills to run such groups - and to consolidate learning about managing qualitative data.
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Wednesday (half day) Writing up research
It will be helpful if each national YARN team uses the same format for writing up their research - so that we can support each team, and also make comparisons between groups. The mentors will agree a standard template and explain how to use bullet points to note the main points and build a research narrative Mentors and groups - agreeing the sections of the reports and the bullet points - national plans for next steps
COFFEE
Issues: what interesting findings emerging from YARN analysis and from IFI research ?
• How can we work together in the next phase - joint analysis - complementary studies ... Next steps for YARN
Closing remarks
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