Facilitation

Facilitation means working with people with the aim of enabling and empowering them. Effective facilitation is about assisting individuals or groups with their interactions and discussions in order to perform a certain task or achieve certain objectives. It is a method that encourages people to share ideas, resources and opinions and to be critical and constructive at the same time.

More than just providing expertise, the facilitator draws on the existing knowledge of the participants and assists them in building on that knowledge by providing input and training to fill identified gaps. The training and learning process shall be based on active participation, group interaction and discussion. Thus, the facilitator will be equally concerned about WHAT is being learnt and HOW it is being learnt.