ACTIVITY 1. INTRODUCTION - Activity: 15 minutes

Before going into the course content the trainer will facilitate an introduction session.

OBJECTIVES

1. To welcome everybody.

2. To introduce the workshop programme, discuss timing of meals and breaks and check that practical details such as accommodation and participants special needs are attended to.

METHOD

1. The trainer should ask everybody to introduce themselves to the group, stating who they are, where they come from, and the kind of work they do. Include yourself (trainer/s) in this. Time: 10 minutes.

2. Give the proposed timing of sessions, meals and breaks and make sure that this is acceptable to participants.

Adopted from Oxfam Gender Training Manual, Oxfam UK and Ireland 1995