ANNEX V. PLENARY DISCUSSION FLIPCHARTS

Annex Va

What makes a Group?

¨ Need (common need)
¨ Cooperation/participation
¨ Similar opinions
¨ Create social links
¨ Distribution of roles
¨ Specialization
¨ Communication and collaboration
¨ Significance of working together

Annex Vb

ADVANTAGES OF GROUP FORMATION

1-

Quick action.

2-

Production increase

3-

Taking the right decision

4-

Overlapping problems individually

5-

To compromise for the right solution.

6-

Criticism & self-criticism

7-

Developing collective work spirit

8-

Common benefit

9-

Common supervision & evaluation

10-

Individual opinion in the group

11-

Moving from planning to action

12-

Developing & exchanging expertise

13-

Handing over the leadership to the most experienced

Annex Vc

Disadvantages of Group Work

1-

Egoism & selfishness

2-

Difference of opinions

3-

Depending on others in finding solutions

4-

Dominance of certain individuals

5-

Takes a long time to take a decision

6-

Injustice practiced by some individuals

7-

Heterogeneity of the group

Annex Vd

TYPES OF GROUPS

1-

Farmers associations

2-

Political parties

3-

Ecological societies

4-

Transport cooperatives

5-

Vocational Associations

6-

Housing cooperatives

7-

Import & Export organizations

8-

Charity societies

9-

Emergency groups

10-

Animal preservation groups

11-

Archaeological preservation groups

12-

Cooperative fund

13-

Bedouin sub-tribes and lineages

14-

Pest control societies

15-

Water supply societies

16-

Family planning societies

17-

Training organizations

18-

Rangeland organization societies

19-

Conflict resolution societies

20-

Rural woman associations

21-

This Workshop

Annex Ve

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WORK GROUP WITHIN THIS WORKSHOP

1-

Defining the common point of view.

2-

Facilitating data collection & analysis and supplying them to the Project’s technicians and the local inhabitants so that they may have control over their resources for their sustainability.

3-

Raising the level of awareness of the Bedouin community such as by literacy courses.

Annex Vf

WERE THE GROUP’S RESULTS BETTER THAN THOSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL?

- How was your feeling about work group?
- What are the rules that you learned from group work?
- The majority’s opinion is the best
- Respect of the individual point of view in spite of the taking into account of the individual’s.
- Without consultation no consensus is possible.
- Democracy is the basis of success.

Annex Vg

Communication in a Line

- It is not good for communication because the one at the one end does not know what happened on the other.

Communications in a Circle

- Comfortable and communication is clear

Discussion is free

Annex Vh

CAUSES OF CONFLICT

1.

Difference in ages/generations

2.

Desire for ownership

3.

Conflict over resources

4.

Conflict of interests

5.

Difference in points of view

6.

Desire for power

1-	Quick action.
2-	Production increase
3-	Taking the right decision
4-	Overlapping problems individually
5-	To compromise for the right solution.
6-	Criticism & self-criticism
7-	Developing collective work spirit
8-	Common benefit
9-	Common supervision & evaluation
10-	Individual opinion in the group
11-	Moving from planning to action
12-	Developing & exchanging expertise
13-	Handing over the leadership to the most experienced

1-	Egoism & selfishness
2-	Difference of opinions
3-	Depending on others in finding solutions
4-	Dominance of certain individuals
5-	Takes a long time to take a decision
6-	Injustice practiced by some individuals
7-	Heterogeneity of the group

1-	Farmers associations
2-	Political parties
3-	Ecological societies
4-	Transport cooperatives
5-	Vocational Associations
6-	Housing cooperatives
7-	Import & Export organizations
8-	Charity societies
9-	Emergency groups
10-	Animal preservation groups
11-	Archaeological preservation groups
12-	Cooperative fund
13-	Bedouin sub-tribes and lineages
14-	Pest control societies
15-	Water supply societies
16-	Family planning societies
17-	Training organizations
18-	Rangeland organization societies
19-	Conflict resolution societies
20-	Rural woman associations
21-	This Workshop

1-	Defining the common point of view.

2-	Facilitating data collection & analysis and supplying them to the Project’s technicians and the local inhabitants so that they may have control over their resources for their sustainability.

3-	Raising the level of awareness of the Bedouin community such as by literacy courses.

1.	Difference in ages/generations
2.	Desire for ownership
3.	Conflict over resources
4.	Conflict of interests
5.	Difference in points of view
6.	Desire for power