Knowledge Production and Development

Since its inception, knowledge production and development has been the cornerstone of Steps’ work. We focus on developing training and educational tools, curriculums and materials. We do that in systematic approaches that align closely with the needs and priorities of the communities we serve. Our team of experts collaborate to create engaging content that meets the identified learning objectives. Our knowledge production and development processes ensure not only relevance but impact, ultimately empowering individuals and groups with the knowledge and skills they need to drive positive change.

Knowledge production
Data gathering
Innovation fostering
Collaboration nurturing
Community alignment
Content development
Accessibility ensuring
Quality assurance
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Facilitating Hawli w Hawalayi training for Animators

Facilitating Hawli w Hawalayi training for Animators

Steps was responsible for:

  • Designing and creating a training manual on Youth Participation in Public Life

Steps was responsible for:

  • Developing two toolkits for the facilitators working on the project.

Steps was responsible for:

  • Updating the content of the toolkit

  • Building the capacities of facilitators through training of trainers.

Steps was responsible for:

  • Designing and developing a toolkit for trainers and facilitators on interactive online training and facilitation.

Steps was responsible for:

  • Developing and adapting Active Citizens’ material to mainstream gender.

  • Training CSOs on the content to change perspectives and applications of their organizations.

Steps was responsible for:

  • Updating the content of “Eye not for an Eye” toolkit, including a review process with those who implemented the toolkit over the years (facilitators, teachers, activists, volunteers), and reviewing the activities.

  • Designing the toolkit in a visually engaging and user-friendly way, encouraging users to actively participate in the toolkit's activities.

Steps was responsible for:

  • Updating the content of “Eye not for an Eye” toolkit, including a review process with those who implemented the toolkit over the years (facilitators, teachers, activists, volunteers), and reviewing the activities.

  • Designing the toolkit in a visually engaging and user-friendly way, encouraging users to actively participate in the toolkit's activities.

This guide is a learning resource that offers an interactive “learning-by-doing” methodology for Oral History. Oral history holds immense potential in conflict transformation by offering a platform for diverse voices to be heard, narratives to be documented, and understanding to be fostered. The learning journey is laid out in three chapters, encompassing 24 sessions. The conceptual framework is laid out in Setting the Stage, methodology is the focus of Conducting the Interview, and the relationship between interviewer and narrator is embedded in the wider research practice of Doing Oral History. The Case of Lebanon illustrates how one could approach historical background research in a contested context. 

Steps was responsible for:

  • Leading and facilitating the review process of the guide, including facilitating peer review workshops, and setting the knowledge development process with the team involved.

  • Co-developing the content alongside the team involved, with a special focus on conflict transformation.

  • Designing the website and ensuring accessibility and user-friendliness.

This children’s summer camps toolkit is an interactive and fun toolkit for animators to work with children during the summer, with a special focus on conflict and related concepts. Over the years, Hawli w Hawalaye (HwH) grew significantly, with around 12 organizations over Lebanon implementing it.

Steps was responsible for:

  • Creating the toolkit for childrens’ activities, which includes interactive and fun activities seeking to enable children (ages 7 to 12) to grow and learn about themselves and others, communicate non-violently, understand conflict transformation and gain the skills required to cope with conflict, play and sing during activities.

  • Creating Animators Development Toolkit for developing animators’ knowledge and skills with a focus on conflict, team dynamics, age group characteristics and understanding the environment.

  • Facilitating the learning journey for groups and individuals, starting with the Animators Development Workshop (5 days), then Hawle w Hawalaye (HwH) Activities Workshop (3 days), and shadowing the teams implementing HwH to support them.