Momo — More Monitoring Action in the EU
Momo — More Monitoring Action in the EU

From information to questions

Engagement Monitoring question Monitoring the common good Open data Right to know

Time

2-3 h

Group size

5-30

Applicable to
digital tools

YES by external softwares

Difficulty

Rated 4 out of 5

Time

2-3 h

Group size

5-30

Applicable to digital tools

YES by external softwares

Difficulty

Rated 4 out of 5
This activity consists of three stages, working individually and in groups, and it helps identify and define questions that can emerge from the data collected in the previous activity ‘Find the data’
Instructions
This activity consists of three stages, working individually and in groups, and it helps identify and define questions that can emerge from the data collected in the previous activity ‘Find the data’
Instruction

THEORY OF REFERENCE

Call to action 3 – step 7

GOALS

  • Identifying and defining questions that can emerge from the data collection

  • Turning civic information into monitoring questions

AGE OF PARTICIPANTS

13 years old

METHODS

Focus group, rolling debate

EQUIPEMENT

Markers, flipchart, writing cards and A4 paper sheets

MATERIALS

Not provided

ESCAPE GAME

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Momo — More Monitoring Action in the EU

Instructions

  • Encourage participants to write on a paper a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 10 questions they could ask themselves regarding the topic of interest, taking into account the data collected. Help this process by presenting to the group the 5 W’s (Who? What? When? Where? Why?). These must remain as coherent as possible with the chosen theme and the data collected. Questions can cover any aspect participants consider important, always using the 5 Ws (20 min)
  • Divide the participants into groups. Within the groups, each participant has 2 minutes, without being interrupted, to present the questions they have written justifying them, even if the same question has already been submitted. Members of the group can ask for any clarifications to better orient their further choices. It is essential to encourage the active participation of each person, avoiding imbalances within the group (30 min)
  • Each participant may select a maximum of five questions from the ones proposed by their group members (5 min)
  • From the personal lists of 5 questions, the group has to create a shared list of 5 questions in total: each participant can choose one of these five questions. Identifying the most quoted by the group members, the group has to write the top 5 questions on an A4 sheet of paper (10 min)
  • Within this list each participant chooses their favourite question. The group must then decide on a unique question that has to be written on an A4 paper sheet that will be presented in plenary (10 min)
    • N.B.: If there are not enough several groups and there is no facilitators for each group, the activity will be self-managed by the participants; in the first round, one person voluntarily writes the questions on the flip chart and another acts as a timekeeper. Make sure that all the questions are taken into account.
  • A person per group shows the A4 sheet of paper and explains its genesis. Each presentation should last no longer than one minute (10 min)
  • Participants are invited to discuss and exchange ideas to facilitate questions. Make sure that everyone has the chance to express their opinion (20-30 min)
  • Participants may choose their favourite question by making it on the sheets. The 3 most chosen questions will be the final ones (15 min)
N.B.:This method allows the coffee break to be included in the process. It is possible to extend the ‘rolling debate’ phase if necessary.

POSSIBILE VARIATION

As it is a long activity divided into three stages, it is possible to use some coffee break situations, as proposed in stage 3, during the ‘rolling debate’ phases.

DIGITAL TOOLS

Digital tools you can consider:

  • If you are working online use a video conferencing tool like Zoom, or any other platform that supports online meetings, but also breakout rooms.

    • By using a software like Padlet, Jamboard, Miro you can carry out stage 2 of the activity – each group has the opportunity to present their questions and give the others the opportunity to comment and, at the end, vote on them.

  • By using a software like Pingo you can carry out the stage 3 of the activity – participants vote after the plenary debate stage.

    N.B.: For those who want to go fully digital, this phase could be set up through the use of products such as Mentimeter(presentation software) or similar.

Momo — More Monitoring Action in the EU