Values market

Short description

This activity is a simulation of a stock market where participants trade values instead of money or stocks. This gives them space and time to talk about their identity and reflect on their main values in life.

Aims & Objectives

Material and equipment needed

Requirements for facilitators

It would be ideal to have two trainers/facilitators for this activity, where one would actively participate in the simulation in the role of the banker.

Instructions

Step by step explanation

Activity 1: Values brainstorming (15 minutes)

Topic is opened by short brainstorming on what identity means for participants. At that moment the issue of values is introduced. 2.
Ask participants to think for a few moments about values they think are the most important for promoting and implementing their rights and their identity.
Ask them to write down in their note-books or sheet of paper 3-5 values they think are the most important. They should also do this in silence without commenting with their neighbours.

Activity 2: Values market (35 min)

Introduce the simulation and present that it will be a Stock-exchange of values and that participants should try and earn values which are important for them and that they can trade with others (negotiating and showing who has what) or with Bank (which is a risk, since they won’t know what Banker gives them for the value they offer to the bank). One of the trainers should be the Banker. Participants can trade among each other as much as they like but only 2 times with the bank. (5 minutes)
Every participant will get three (3) value cards (stocks). They should check and think about how much these values correlate with important values they’ve written before.
At that moment by the bell ringing, the Stock-exchange opens, and it will be open only for 30 minutes.

Trainers shouldn’t influence the trade among the participants and the one who is playing a Banker should take notes, on which values are exchanged. This will be important for the evaluation, debriefing and reflection of the exercise.

Activity 3: Debriefing and Evaluation (25 min)

After 30 minutes, invite participants to go back to the circle
Asked how they feel now, and if they have achieved what they wanted. How was the trade?
After this first round of reflections, they are asked to de-roll, since this exercise can be very emotional for some people and after the de-rolling (different methods can be used for this), next step is evaluation and connecting this simulation to the real life and real values we are promoting and fighting for. (25 minutes)