On Monday, May 19, an intensive TRIALOG training on strategic planning took place with the very energetic facilitator Rocio Lanao from ATINCHIK, Peru. As Rocio participated in the TRIALOG-CONCORD conference "Are we on the right track" organized the week before in Prague (see the related article in this TIS), TRIALOG was able to win her as a trainer for our Capacity Building programme in the field of "management capacities for New Member States (NMS) platforms".Working since 15 years in the consultancy ATINCHIK in strenghtening local organizations in Latin America, Rocio shared her planning experiences and methods, but especially the participatory approach and spirit of ATINCHIK with the group.
The 12-hour workshop started with incorporating the individual perspectives into a common vision. After discussions in smaller groups, the activities and goals related to the vision for the platform(s) were broken down into expected results and it was shown how to make such a vision more concrete. 
Another characteristic of the Latinamerican approach, beside this participatory group involvement, is the visualization of the results - therefore at the end of the day, the wall of the seminar room was filled with posters and above all with a big round globe which contained and visualised all the different levels of the developed strategy.
Within only one day of intensive work, the 12 participants from 7 NMS platforms got a concrete and practical instrument into their hands to elaborate a 3-5 years strategy for their platforms together with their members.
Most of the NMS participants, for the first time in their working life, experienced a capacity building activity carried out by a trainer from a developing country - and as the feedback showed, they were very enthusiastic and impressed by the skills and personal engagement of Rocio Lanao.
Information provided by Petra Kreinecker, TRIALOG
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