1. Johan Arvling ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Bangkok, Thailand 21-23 June, 2010 The basics of working through CoPs – ILO’s Approach in LD and Recovery Strategies

2. Take a minute to reflect on the number of years you have worked on LD issues… Interact and compare that number with others in the room… Round up the number of years (e.g. 3.4 is only 3) Organize in a straight line…with the lowest number of years in the beginning and the highest number in the back… Sociogramming:

3. Form a circle by connecting the person with most years of experience with the person that has the least number of years of experience working on LD… Sit down in a circle… Dig into your pocket/handbag, pick out the first thing that comes into your hand…place it on the floor in front of you… Randomly tell your neighbor what you have in front of you…describe why you carry it, its importance to you…

4. Methods used to achieve our objectives: Informal Participatory Interactive Team based Collaborative Sharing Solution oriented Positive enquiry Constructive Time minded Fun Listening Action oriented learning

5. Some house rules: Mobile phones…please off… When making interventions or contributions, please be clear and brief… When others are speaking - please let them…please uninterrupted… When making written contributions, please be clear and brief… We will have two coffee breaks / day… Lunch will be served on 1 st floor…buffet style… Washrooms are located outside on the left… Have I forgotten anything?