Assignment 5: Your Democratic Change Model

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Time frame

Weeks 9 – 12:26.05. – 16.06.2016

Task description

During the coming weeks you are invited to imagine yourself as the designer of a process. This imagined process would include the community in addressing the challenges you have identified. Your approach should include the following elements:

• a stakeholder map identifying who is affected by the challenge and who is influencing it
• a selection of tools and methods for activating the stakeholders. Think about the needs of different stakeholder groups - you may need a methodical mix to address them all.
• a scenario illustrating how these methods/tools can be applied within a short, medium and long term perspective
• Then evaluate in the group how far your ideas either built on the theoretical frame that has been introduced to you during this seminar or react to this by filling a potential gap.
• Your findings will be presented to the plenary on 16.06.2016

Submission format and presentation

• Individual work: complete template with graphical representations and short explanatory texts
• Group work: reflect how your work relates to the theoretical frame, prepare group presentation

Evaluation criteria

• Creativity and innovation
• evidence of solid theoretical and methodological knowledge
• Completeness, depth and formal correctness of required elements
• Visible synergy of project team
• Quality of documentation
• Quality of oral presentation (i.e. keeping time limits, clarity, expression, quality of presentation slides)