GPP Training Session 8: Where do we fall on the grid

Training Session #8 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer for conducting a session where participants learn about the principle of mutual understanding. They practice determining whether certain individuals need to increase understanding of research and/or the surrounding environment.  

GPP Training Session 9: Stakeholder layers

Training Session #9 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer for conducting a session where participants examine various layers of research stakeholders, giving examples of each, and examining why each may be important to the research process.  

GPP Training Session 10: Hot seat

Training Session #10 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer for conducting a session where participants practice answering questions of increasing level of difficulty about GPP in order to build their skills as trainers and GPP experts. This session is optimal for a GPP Training of Trainers workshop or an advanced level training.

GPP Training Session 11: Facilitate your discussion

Training Session #11 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer for conducting a session where participants practice facilitating a discussion around a key, sensitive, or more difficult GPP topic. This session is optimal for use in a GPP Training of Trainers or advanced level training workshop.  

GPP Training Session 12: Action planning

Training Session #12 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer for conducting a session where participants develop a plan for future GPP-related trainings or activities. This session is meant for use primarily with participants who are responsible for engagement activities.

GPP Training Session 13: Close of GPP training and post-test

Training Session #13 from AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum. It provides instructions to a GPP trainer to lead participants through the closing of a training and the post-test.  

GPP Training Agenda: Introductory training

Sample agenda for AVAC’s Good Participatory Practice (GPP) Training Curriculum outlining an introductory training. It outlines a program of GPP training sessions for beginner level trainers—those that are learning about GPP for the first or initial time, or who may not necessarily be primary GPP implementers.

GPP Training Agenda: Standard training

Sample agenda for a day-and-a-half workshop on the GPP guidelines designed to provide research site staff with an understanding of the main concepts of the GPP guidelines. It can also be used to train community stakeholders, such as community advisory boards (CABs), civil-society groups, community leaders and others who collaborate with research teams in the context of a biomedical HIV prevention trial.

GPP Training Agenda: Advanced training

Sample agenda for a two-day workshop that provides an in-depth introduction to the GPP guidelines. This agenda, which references activities contained in GPP Training Tools prepares participants to facilitate GPP training sessions.

Too Little Too Slow: Results from from civil society monitoring of male circumcision for HIV prevention in Uganda

A jointly-authored report by Ugandan civil society groups taking stock of progress and challenges in Uganda’s voluntary medical male circumcision program as of 2012. Makes recommendations for future action, and highlights examples of best practices in the country.