also want to consider practicing with some of the tools

recommended in Building Communities from the Inside Out.

3.

For Step III, gather actual examples of maps, calendars, daily

activities, GAM, and ranking matrices that have been done by

communities. Set up four stations around the room, each station

focusing on one of the tools. Stock each station with the samples,

handouts from the PACA manual or other reference books, and

discussion questions written on flipchart. If possible, assign a

participant who has prior experience with the tool to serve as a

small group facilitator.

4.

Make use of the seasonal calendars prepared by Volunteers and

Counterparts, if they are done as a pre workshop assignment.

Procedure

STEP I. Introduction to Session Themes

(10 minutes)

Introduce the session by tying it to earlier sessions Steps in Project

Planning and Assets and Deficits. Explain to the group that, in this

session, we will look at several participatory tools that can be used to

help the community analyze its situation and identify and rank its

priority issues.

STEP II. Optional Practice with the Seasonal

Calendar Tool

(45 minutes)

Trainer Note: If participants have experience using this and other

participatory analysis tools, proceed to the review in Step III. If they have

not used the tools yet with their communities, then give them the hands on

practice with the seasonal calendar tool described here. We suggest the

seasonal calendar because it is one of the easiest tools to simulate outside the

 real  community. See the PACA manual for complete details and examples

of the calendar tool.

A. Ask Volunteers and their Counterparts to work in pairs or join

with another pair (forming a group of four) if their community

situations are similar. Introduce the calendar as a way to look at a

variety of information in a temporal framework. Ask participants

what kinds of things in their communities are influenced by the

time of year. List their responses on the flipchart, adding any

important items that may have been missed (household work,

wage work, school, weather, health, expenses, social events,

religious holidays, and so on). Show the group how to begin

creating a calendar, by drawing the overall time frame (months

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