Exercise bank

Search our collection of over 70 participatory learning exercises to find different types of exercise, for different audiences, focusing on different FORB related topics.

Action planning

Challenging pillars of power

A group work exercise in which participants critically analyse sources of power and ‘pillars’ of power that perpetuate a specific violation of FORB.

  • 2 h 45 min
  • Group exercise
  • Analyse
Action planning

Action planning with the gender integration continuum

Participants work together to complete an action plan template, incorporating gender aware approaches.

  • 2 h 40 min
  • Group exercise
  • Groupwork
Ice-breakers and energisers

Water pitcher

A simple but effective exercise that introduces participatory learning methods and helps to set the tone.

  • 15 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Ice breaker
FORB other rights and development

Pass it on

A twist on the internationally popular whispering game.

  • 25 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Game
Exploring human rights

Human needs – human rights

An exercise that combines groupwork and plenary discussion to help participants connect their human needs and their human rights under international law.

  • 60 min
  • Multi-format exercise
  • Discuss, Reflect
Recognising and analysing violations

A closer look at limitations

A plenary discussion exercise in which participants assess whether four short examples of limitations to FORB are legitimate or not.

  • 30 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Analyse
Context analysis

The forcefield

This exercise introduces the forcefield analysis tool. Groups work together to apply it to a specific FORB problem in their local context.

  • 60 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Brainstorm
Evaluation and follow-up

Complete the statements

A simple participatory evaluation exercise, which is good for capturing qualitative data and feedback about the training.

  • 35 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Feedback
Exploring human rights

Human rights timeline

Participants contribute individually to creating a joint human rights timeline that shows key events on three different levels: national, regional and global.

  • 60 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Brainstorm

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Illustration Pakistani Christian women holding lit candles at mass.Illustration Pakistani Christian women holding lit candles at mass.

The FORB learning platform’s collection of exercises on FORB is such a treasure trove. There are so many useful exercises – my favourites are One step forwards and Once upon a time.