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Multiplying Cooperation:
a Workshop Format for
Community
Empowerment
The Moving Network” is a scientific research project developed in October 2015 by
BoP e.V.-Board of Participation, in collaboration with Allianz Kulturstiftung and Macro-
media University.
The project started from the observation that not enough space is provided for listen-
ing to refugee expectations, goals and expertise and from the acknowledgment that a
paradigm shift from solidarity to cooperation is needed in order to improve refugee
participation within the German society. Instead of following the traditional integration
imperative of working for refugees, it would rather be more efficient to directly collabo-
rate with them.
A case study to prove the scientific basis of the approach has been run during last
year and the findings of the research have been collected in the scientific publication
Teachers for Life. Empowering Refugees to teach and share knowledge (Wolfram et
all, 2016). The project is based on key notions such as empowerment and multipliers
and it took education as main trigger to create contexts where refugees can disclose
and share their talent with the new cultural environment.
After gathering and analysing data, the team developed the scientific model called
Empowerment Trust Circle, which represents also the basis of the workshop format.
Trust plays a crucial role for the refugee experience and trust circles can be identified
within various social environments, by representing the foundation for information
dissemination.
The key for reaching and engaging more people from both the refugee community
and the German societies has been identified in the so-called multipliers: people who
are trusted by the community. Multipliers already went through an empowerment
process and are willing to inspire other individuals in doing the same, by acting as a
bridge between the community and the civil society.
Our Collaborators
Indeed, other refugees are still
recognized as main stakeholder to gather
information, highlighting thus the relevance of the
word of mouth within the community.
From this data it is possible to conclude that
companies and NGOs are lacking a proper
organization structure, which might be an
impediment to provide a
powerful impact on
the long run.
TARGET
Organizations and companies that want to empower their
members and volunteers through an alternative methodology by adopting a community building
approach
CONCEPT
To facilitate the process of reaching out and engaging
more new comers in order to increase social impact.
FORMAT
To diagnose the current status of organizations and to properly
assess a strategy to better engage new comers in every further stage through workshop formats tailor
made for the organisation
A survey conducted by
The Hertie School of
Governance revealed that
refugees rarely perceive NGOs
as main source of infor-
mation.
“The Moving Network” team seeks to support NGOs, companies and institutions to
find more effective ways to reach out and better engage with newcomers, in order to
increase their social impact by adopting the community
building approach.
Each organization
presents different assets and
challenges, consequently it is
necessary to diagnose each of
them and adapting the work-
shop according to the result of
the examination.
The main steps
are the
following:
Statement of Need Goals and Objectives
Contact Us
http://the-moving-network.de
Prof. Gernot Wolfram, [email protected]
Mafalda Sandrini, [email protected]
Alen Tabakovic, [email protected]
Alejandro Reyes Alpizar, [email protected] The Moving Network Stargarder Straße 54 10437, Berlin