Nature of the Scenario Workshop

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The Scenario Workshop
as a Tool for Participation
Andrea Gnaiger, Gabriela Schroffenegger FBI
Centre, Innsbruck Austria
Training and Mentoring of Science Shops - TRAMS
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Main Topics

• Aims of the Training Workshop in Innsbruck/Rinn
• Background From the European Awareness Scenario
  Workshop to the Basic Scenario Workshop Tool
  (BSWT)
• The Nature of the Scenario Workshop
• Challenges
• Feedback and Conclusions

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Aims

• To learn the Scenario Workshop method
• To get hands on experience
• To use the workshop results for the further
  development of the TRAMS project
• Topic The structure and the function of the
  Living Knowledge Network in 2015

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Background 1

• Based upon the European Awareness Scenario
  Workshop method.
• Support and facilitate active participation of
  people across society and different interest
  groups.

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Background 2

• Helps to develop and generate utopian ideas.
• Allow to identify and discuss the differences and
  similarities of problems and solutions as
  perceived by different groups of participants.
• http//www.cordis.lu/easw/home.html

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Nature of the Scenario Workshop
Development of Scenarios
Plenum Common Themes
Common Development of Actions
Plenum Plans of Actions
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Example Future Scenario NGO
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Example Future Scenario Learner
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Nature of the Scenario Workshop
Development of Scenarios
Plenum Common Themes
Common Development of Actions
Plenum Plans of Actions
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Example of Theme Group (1)
Present state
Targeted state
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Example of Theme Group (2)
Present state
Targeted state
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Nature of the Scenario Workshop
Development of Scenarios
Plenum Common Themes
Common Development of Actions
Plenum Plans of Actions
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Example Alpmuseum uf m Tannberg
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Challenges

• Definition of role groups and selection of
  participants.
• Development of topics for theme groups.
• Group dynamics.
• Moderation.

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Positive Feedback

• Organisation, moderation.
• Small working groups.
• Diversity of participants.
• Joyful, entertaining, attractive, motivating.

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Conclusions

• Identify differences and similarities of problems
  and solutions as perceived by different groups of
  participants.
• Develop common definitions of desirable
  developments.
• Raise awareness of future problems in the
  community.

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