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Presentation - Trialog
Ove Strand has many years experience in
participatory democracy work, mainly among youth. Starting with
issues concerning student and parental influence in schools
during the 80´s and 90´s, his perspective broadened
in 2000 to include a focus on youth influence over local government
decision-making. He formed Trialog in 2005 to make his expertise
available to groups beyond his immediate community.
The school
As an experienced teacher and supervisor in school improvement,
Ove Strand has been a prime mover in facilitating student and
parental influence in local schools.
He is thoroughly experienced in the challenge of how to ensure
that the agreed-upon level of student influence in the classroom
is an ongoing reality.
The municipality
As one of the civil servants in Strängnäs supporting
the BUFF democracy model (Youth Concerns About the Future),
Ove Strand has developed a model which maps out how young people
can influence different sectors of civic activities.
As the local Youth Council’s supervisor and coach, Ove
Strand's primary work has been with young people and their influence
on local decisions. His work also includes the options for children
to be participants in a range of local decisions.
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services
The Swedish Board for Youth Affairs, the
Children´s National Representative and Plan International
are examples of collaborating partnerships over the years.
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the references
Experiences from both these fields - schools
and those in the wider community - have provided Ove Strand
hands-on experience with a wide range of methodologies. The
one that has been received with greatest enthusiasm is the "Trialog
Method" - an elaboration of Sherry Arnstein’s "Ladder
of Citizen Participation". It is a model in which, together,
two parties define the "rules of the game" for participation
and the extent of that participation for a given situation.
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method
Links:
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The municipality of Strängnäs´ work with influence
Click
on “Affect politicians”, then “youth´s
influence”.
> Strängnäs Youth Council |
