About
Shokkin Group is a youth organization composed of young people 16-30 years of age based in or connected to Estonia. The organization was founded in October 2011 in Tallinn, with the main aim of empowering young people of Estonia to live a pro-active lifestyle by providing them with opportunities to develop competencies for personal, professional and social growth.
The organization’s motto is imagine, inspire, act! And it describes the whole idea of Shokkin Group in the best possible way. In the organization we hope that modern youth will imagine, be inspired and inspire others to act for a stronger society!
Team
Shokkin Group is run by a managing core represented by a team, which we call “Shokkin Pro”.
Pavel Vassiljev
Pavel graduated university abroad and then returned to Estonia, where he became one of the founders of Shokkin Group with the goal to create space for innovative ideas in the youth field. Seeing ideas of young people become a reality is what drives his passion, so now, many years later, Pavel supports Shokkin Group by being in charge of long-term projects and overall organizational development (and cleaning the office!).
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Olalla González
Olalla moved to Estonia in 2017 from her home country Spain after having lived in different countries. One of the main reasons? The drive behind Shokkin Group's values and energy. Since then, she has followed an organic participation cycle taking up roles little by little. Olalla is in charge of external communication, member management and coordinates long-term local and international projects with Shokkin Group.
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Georgi Lugovskoi
Having been a Scout Troop Leader for 13 years, Gosha joined Shokkin Group as participant in 2019, and was afterwards part of the teams behind Nature Hike youth exchange and Critical Escape. Since then he has supported the implementation of local projects like "The Story of You" or "Meet & Play". In Shokkin Group, he is in charge of internal communication and events for Shokkin members and he is also passionate about projects connected with outdoor education.
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Anastassija Mašošina
Anastassija is a youth worker by education and has a passion for working in various fields of youth work. She joined Shokkin Group after the InVideogames project in 2023, drawn by the group's cool vibe and dynamic spirit. Since then, she supports the organization with visual design and managing local projects and partnerships. She has a wide range of interests, but if you want to know her latest passion, it's best to ask her directly!
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Darina Petrova
Originally from Bulgaria, Darina moved to Estonia in 2022 to study in university after being inspired by an Erasmus+ youth exchange. She joined Shokkin Group in September 2023 and quickly became deeply involved in both local and international projects. Darina is passionate about community and lifelong learning, and her wish is to help others experience the same joy and fulfilment she finds in youth work and non-formal education. In Shokkin Group, she is in charge of supporting member initiatives and contributing to international partnerships.
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Lorena Sedasheva
Nikolai Kester
Lusine Kechek
Rodrigo Eyzaguirre
Marta Kont
Artem Pylypchuk
Alessia Lorens
Aleksandra Krasnova
Daria Demidova
Recognition
In 2020 we received the award of “Tallinn’s Youth Organization of the year”. In a year marked by the Covid-19 pandemic and barely physical meetings, Shokkin team found space to be creative and discover new approaches, which led to the implementation of different small-scale local activities led by youth and for youth.
One of our first projects: “Graffiti Festival” received the Väike tegu award from Tallinn Youth & Sports Department back in 2013. More recently, our youth event “InJam Estonia” was awarded as the best activity for young people in Tallinn in 2023 in the city’s youth work recognition competition “Suured Teod”.
Among international projects there are those awarded as good practice by various National Agencies for Erasmus+:
- Strategic Partnerships: Breakout Box, Gems of Youth Work, Gamifying Education, Emplayability
- Youth Initiatives: Critical Escape, Messagewear
- Mobility Projects: Make It Happen, Eduboards 2.0, StressOff, Game Exchange, Trainbow, Shokkin Therapy, Game Zone, Coach’Em, Game Magic, Don’t Wait – Facilitate, Up-Cycle Your Life, CSR+, Entrerural, Young Entrepreneurs in Action
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