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. One of the main reasons? The drive behind Shokkin Group's values and energy. Since then, she followed the typical participation cycle taking up roles little by little. Currently, Olalla is in charge of external communication, member management and coordinates long-term local and international projects with Shokkin Group.
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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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Maryna Zhyrna
Coming from Ukraine, Maryna moved to Estonia in 2022 and soon became curious about international projects and the Erasmus+ community. In August 2024 she joined Shokkin Group as a participant, where the openness, creativity and inspiring energy of the people made her feel at home and motivated her to get more involved. Today, she supports the organisation by helping with recruitment, preparing meetings and following dissemination activities. With her background in Tourism Management, she enjoys connecting people, creating positive experiences and contributing to meaningful projects.
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Tanel Roomere
Tanel is an art teacher, snowsports coach, and youth worker passionate about inclusive education. With experience in project- and game-based learning, Tanel creates engaging and empowering spaces where young people can thrive. After taking part in some of Shokkin Group's projects, Tanel discovered a community that shared the same values and passion for education. This connection led to joining Shokkin as a project assistant, a role that provides opportunities to contribute to inclusive education, support youth initiatives, and further develop as a project leader.
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Melih Ulucan
Melih joined Shokkin Group as an ESC volunteer in 2025. With a strong interest in project design, creative education, and youth empowerment, he supports the team in developing workshops, interactive activities, and international collaborations. He is especially passionate about combining creativity with learning, from designing engaging stand games to building educational project outputs. If you’re curious what he’s up to, most likely he’s already sketching seven projects at once or planning the next seventy-five workshops.
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Lorena Sedasheva
Kristian Heidmets
Lusine Kechek
Jegor Tsernoussov
Marta Kont
Maria Ruljova
Aleksandra Krasnova
Elisabeth Tomingas
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+:
- Accredited Project in the Field of Youth: 2023-1-EE01-KA151-YOU-000126211
- Strategic Partnerships: Breakout Box, Gems of Youth Work, IncEd: Inclusive Education, Gamifying Education, Critical thinkers, Emplayability, Learn2Play
- Youth Initiatives: Critical Escape, Messagewear
- Mobility Projects: StressOff, 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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