Facilitation Responsibilities

Facilitation is about helping the meeting be purposeful and participatory. Traditionally a Chair would carry out this role, but increasingly forums may divide up facilitation responsibilities. Sometimes this can really help a forum to develop as a group.  A key aspiration of forum meetings would be that every individual shares a sense of responsibility for how they function.

• As a minimum, everyone needs to be clear about the responsibilities of Chair/meeting facilitator(s), and their own individual responsibility
• In an effective meeting, the Chair/meeting facilitator’s main concerns should be:
  • Keeping the focus on the aims of the LAF.
  • The functioning and process of the meeting i.e. NOT the issues the meeting is addressing.
  • Helping everyone to do their best thinking
• If the Chair/meeting facilitator has a particular interest in the issue being discussed then someone else can take over the chairing/meeting facilitator role
• If the meeting is larger than about 10 or 12 members, consider sharing out some of the facilitation responsibilities
• Appoint facilitators, timekeepers, recorders when small group work goes on

Facilitation responsibilities are set out in more detail below

 Facilitation Responsibilities.pdf (27.27 kB)