UNITED NATIONSECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFICSTATISTICAL INSTITUTE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC (SIAP)

Training of Trainers: Improving facilitation skills(Facilitated remote workshop)
19 – 30 September 2022
GuidelineI.

OVERVIEW OF THE WORKSHOPThe workshop aims to enhance the facilitation skills of trainers in national statistical systems.
Over a 2-week period, participants will collaborate with the workshop facilitator and eachother to gain insights on how to better design and facilitate trainings.
II.

TARGET PARTICIPANTS/NOMINATION CRITERIA

Target participants are staff of national statistical offices and national training institutes whoregularly lead/are expected to lead national capacity building activities. The focus of theworkshop is facilitation skills and staff who currently facilitates training (or as expected tofacilitate trainings in the near future) in any statistical domain is most welcomed to join theworkshop. The workshop will be conducted in English and participants should have a strong
command of English. Six months after the completion of the training, SIAP will be in contactwith the selected participants to assess the extent to which they are engaged in facilitating
trainings.
III.

WORKSHOP DESIGN AND CONTENT

A draft agenda for the workshop follows in Annex 1. The workshop will be held MondayFriday over a 2-week period, 3:45 PM- 7 PM Tokyo time (6:45 AM- 10 AM UTC). At theend of the workshops, participants will practice the skill learned during the workshop byfacilitating a short session. More details about the practice sessions will be provided during
the workshop and there is no need for any pre-workshop preparation.
IV.

EVALUATION

Participants are required to actively participate throughout all sessions of the workshop.
Certificates will be issued based on the active participation in all sessions and upon successful
completion of the practice facilitation session.
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TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

The workshop will be conducted over Zoom. Participants should use a laptop or personal
computer with a camera. Participants are expected to interact live via video with thefacilitator and each other, and a stable internet connection would be needed to ensure that thevideo feed is always visible.
Annex 1: Draft agendaTime (UTC)06:45-8:15

8:15 – 8:30

Monday19.09.2022
Opening words
Getting toknow eachotherTuesday
20.09.2022

Wednesday
21.09.2022

Thursday22.09.2022

Friday23.09.2022

A facilitator´smindsetQuestioning,
Listening &Responding
SkillsQuestioning,
Listening &Responding
Skills continued

Giving andReceiving
feedback

Questioning,
Listening &Responding
Wednesday
Skillscontinued
28.09.2022

Discussion
leading process

Preparing asession plan

Thursday29.09.2022

Friday30.09.2022

Practice
facilitation

Practice
facilitation

Practice
facilitation

Practicefacilitation

Practice
facilitation
ClosureComfort BreakA facilitator´smindset continued

Time (UTC)Introduction toMiro, online
digitalcanvasMonday06:45-8:45

Developing
facilitation tools

Prepare forpractice
facilitation

8:30-10:00

26.09.2022

Tuesday
27.09.2022

8:55 – 9:00
9:00 – 10:00

Comfort breakPrepare forpractice
facilitation

Practice
facilitation

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