Liberia: Two-day workshop providing an introduction to PRS and disability

Objective:

Participants get to know each other and start exchanging ideas, opinions, etc.
Participants reach a common understanding of disability issues in the Liberian context.
Participants are informed about the PRS process in Liberia and understand how it is related to disability.
Participants develop their own initial ideas on how they would like to influence the PRS and other development policies/programmes in order to make it more inclusive.

Participants: 35, mainly disability stakeholders (DPOs and service providers)

Time: 2 days

Language: English with sign language translation

Material: pens, paper, overhead/video projector, laptop, pin board, flipchart, copies of documents for all participants, etc.

Logistical issues: travel (access), meals, etc.

Day 1

Time	Contents	Material/ Resources	Who?	Expected results
8:30	Arrival and registration
9:00	Welcome/opening		Representative from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Representatives from the organisations invited to the workshop
9:30	Introduction: Workshop background, objectives, methodology, programme, etc.		Facilitators
10:00	Individual introduction of participants
10:30	COFFEE BREAK
11:00	Presentation about the origins of the PRS process and its basic principles	Handbook chapter 1 and chapter 5 Handout: Main Points on PRSP and Stakeholders LCD projector (if available)	Resource person	Participants understand the PRSP concept
11:45	Clarification space (question and answers)		Facilitators	Participants understand the PRSP concept
12:15	Brainstorming: What is "disability"?	Posters with statements + cards (Tool: Assesment of statements)	Facilitators	Participants reflect on the terms "disability", "impairment", etc. In a best case scenario, participants come to a conclusion on what disability means in Liberia
12:30	LUNCH BREAK
13:30	Warm-up and introduction to the afternoon session		Facilitators
13:45	Groupwork: "Our definition of disability"	Handout with process and key questions Flipchart paper Markers	Facilitators
14:30	Presentation of results	Flipchart paper Markers
15:00	Plenum discussion: Discussion of results: Which definition is most valid in the Liberian context?		Facilitators
15:30	COFFEE BREAK
15:45	Presentation: The vicious circle of poverty and disability	Handbook chapter 6.4	Resource person	Participants understand the linkages between poverty, disability and poverty reduction Participants can transfer this to the national context
16:00	Parallel working groups: WG 1: The situation for people with disabilities in Liberia: linkages between poverty and disability WG 2: Existing policies and guidelines for people with disabilities in Liberia WG 3: How are the pillars of the PRS or specific subjects linked to disability? WG 4: Which definition of disability should we choose for Liberia (continue with the results from the plenary discussion)	Handouts with key questions for discussion PRS documents	Facilitators + resource persons for the working groups
16:45	Presentation of working group results		Facilitators
17:15	Summary and introduction of next day		Facilitators + organisers

Day 2

Time	Contents	Material/ Resources	Who?	Expected results
8:00	Arrival and registration
9:00	Opening/ Warm-up Introduction of Day 2 Review of Day 1		Facilitators
9:30	Presentation of the PRS process in Liberia		Representative from the Ministry of Planning	Participants are aware of the process in their country
10:00	Space for clarifications: questions and answers		Facilitators	Participants are aware of the process in their country
10:30	COFFEE BREAK
11:00	Presentation on advocacy, lobbying and campaigning, etc.	Handbook chapter 8	Representative from an NGO experienced in advocacy and lobbying	Participants are familiar with the techniques for influencing policies, and have developed their own initial ideas as to how they can influence the PRS process in Liberia
11:30	Space for clarification: questions and answers		Facilitators
11:45	Presentation: "Making PRS Inclusive" – Lessons learnt from other countries (advocacy and lobbying strategies used, networking, etc.) -	Case studies (Handbook chapter 4)	Resource person
12:00	Space for clarification: questions and answers		Facilitators
12:15	Plenary discussion: Which strategies and methods could be helpful in the Liberian context		Facilitators
12:45	LUNCH
13:45	Warm-up and introduction to the afternoon		Facilitators
14:00	Presentation: The importance of networking	Handbook, chapter 7.1.1	Facilitators	Participants understand the importance of networking and have identified important stakeholders for PRS and disability
14:15	Groupwork: Inventory and Ranking of stakeholders (different working groups for PRS stakeholders and disability stakeholders)	Tool: Inventory and ranking of stakeholders	Facilitators
15:00	Presentation of working group results		Facilitators
15:30	COFFEE BREAK
15:45	Review of workshop results so far: Where have we identified possibilities to influence the PRS process?	6.4 Why disability must be included in PRS	Facilitators	Participants have identified "entry points" and agree to support future actions
16:00	Discussion: What can we realistically do next?		Facilitators
17:00	Decision on next steps and closing

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