Last April I had the rewarding chance of participating in the "Be Enterprising" training course in Samobor (Croatia) which main goal was to teach how to foster the enterpreneurial mindset in youth and in youth work. The topic itself was personally important to me, since in my line of work fostering entrepreneuership and that mindset … Continue reading Experience | “Be Enterprising”
Category: Experiences
Reviews of local/international projects
Shokkin Kamp is back and for the first kamp of the year we returned to EELK Laagrikeskus Talu. Shokkin Kamp, in short, is a youth event where young people come together in a non-formal learning environment with sessions on a specific topic, group building activities and socialising as the main goals. The aim of the … Continue reading Shokkin Kamp: Career Choice | Review
Last March, representatives of six organizations involved in the project "E-scape: Exploring Supportive Creative Alternative Paths for Education" met in Tallinn for a short-term staff training. The main goal of the meeting was to choose the topic and create first drafts of scenarios for online educational escape games. Firstly, our trainer Antonio briefly introduced educational … Continue reading Experience | “E-scape”
"This was my first Erasmus+ project, so I was an open book to this experience. One of the participants told me that this was one of those functional trips "because you can actually get something feasible to take home from here". I guess I landed on a good project! When I first applied I only … Continue reading Experience | “Gamifying Education: Live action games”
After several months of research and work on the production of the first project result "IO1: Breakout Box Manual" it was time for the team behind the project to meet again from 13th to 17th of March 2022, catch up on the process and set a new pathway for the continuation of the adventure. During … Continue reading “Breakout Box” mid-term meeting in Brno
Hello! My name is Jaanika, I am 30 years old and I am from Estonia. In the beginning of 2022 I started my long-term ESC volunteering experience in the Netherlands together with the Lava Legato Foundation. It has been a great experience so far, and I expect a lot more to come from it. Before … Continue reading “My ESC adventure in The Netherlands” | Jaanika’s blogpost
"This training was one of the coolest things that happened to me in the last few years. I got a lot of new useful information about news, facts-checking and social media tricks, as well as political watch-dogging tips and also motivation to be more politacally active. I met new people from the Baltics, with whom … Continue reading “Critical Thinkers” | First training activity in Vilnius
"The topic of this project was the sharing of non-formal education tools, so it was very focused on exchanging knowledge and experiences, as well as creating partnerships. During these days, we shared a lot with each other. I remember in particular one session in which we had to draw our journey through non-formal education. It … Continue reading Experience at the seminar “Popularizing culture through non-formal education” in Marseille
"My name is Olga, and I recently took part in the international training course 'Reinforcing Games as an Educational Tool for Social Change', in Rustavi (Georgia), organised by Shokkin Group Estonia and other international youth organisations. The topic of the project was inclusion as a problem among youngsters, and its main aim was to create … Continue reading Olga’s experience discovering educational games in Georgia
Dear community, In Shokkin Group we have been working for 10 years organizing educational events that bring young people with different backgrounds together both in Estonia and internationally. We hosted many Ukrainians in Tallinn, sent many young people to Ukraine, co-organized a festival in Russia and thanks to the work of regional partners, we had … Continue reading Intercultural Talks: Everyone can help!