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PHASE B: MULTI-STAKEHOLDER FORUM
The World Café discussion is a structured conversational process
intended to facilitate discussion to access the collective intelligence
and wisdom from the group and create consensus
by connecting diverse perspectives.
World Café Discussion of Tactics
The group discussions began using a World Café discussion
format, to acquire feedback and create consensus on the Draft
Tactics for Priority Initiatives – for Forum Discussion. This
method is a structured conversational process intended to
facilitate discussion to access the collective intelligence and
wisdom from the group and create consensus by connecting
diverse perspectives.
One trained Facilitator was stationed at each of 12 tables. Each
Facilitator was assigned one of the Priority Initiatives. As such,
each of the six Priority Initiatives was the focus of discussion
at two of the World Café discussion tables. The Facilitators
encouraged general discussion, ensured that each participant
had ample opportunity for input, and recorded, on flip chart
paper and notepaper, the primary points raised in the discussion.
At the start of the exercise, each Facilitator introduced the
Priority Initiative being discussed at that table, and guided the
participants through a discussion of the following topics:
• Is the Priority Initiative clear? If not, what might improve it?
• Will these tactics assist this Priority Initiative to move
forward? If yes, why? If no, why not?
• What else might be helpful to a successful outcome for this
Initiative?
After 25 minutes of discussion, the participants moved to
their next assigned table, to discuss one of the other Priority
Initiatives. After 20 minutes of discussion, the participants
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moved again and this was repeated until they had completed a
total of four different rounds of discussion. The third and fourth
rounds of discussion were 20 minutes in length. Each participant
at the Forum was assigned a list of four tables to move through,
ensuring that they would discuss four of the six Priority
Initiatives being addressed. The table assignments also ensured
that there were individuals from a variety of backgrounds
at each discussion. For the second, third and fourth rounds
of discussion, the Facilitator introduced the specific Priority
Initiative that they were covering, and then re-capped the
discussions and input from the previous group(s) at that table.
Any additional points about the proposed tactics that had not
been discussed previously were recorded.
The two Facilitators that had been assigned the same Priority
Initiative worked together to consolidate the points of discussion
for that Priority Initiative. One Facilitator from each Priority
Initiative reported the findings to the entire group, and some
questions and discussion ensued.
Round Table Discussion of Resources and Challenges
Using a round table format for the second part of the Forum,
the attendees discussed potential organizations that could
spearhead the efforts, as well as possible challenges associated
with the specific draft tactics for the Priority Initiative assigned
to that table. The Facilitator provided a list of potential
organizations, as shown in Table 13, identified by the Project
Team to stimulate the discussion.
Setting an Action Agenda for Veterinary Stewardship of Antibiotic Use in Food-Producing Animals in Ontario