This Autumn was very active for Shokkin Group Estonia, with local and international projects taking place almost every week. Let’s come back to mid-september to the project "Cooperate and Escape" with Shokkin Group Estonia and La Vibria Intercultural. The project took a place in the outskirts of Barcelona, where participants from 9 countries came together … Continue reading Cooperate and Escape: My first experience as a facilitator
Category: Experiences
Reviews of local/international projects
I've recently been lucky enough to join #Shokkin on a training course called "Eduboards: Exploring Educational Board Games". One, it was an amazing training course, really well prepared, designed and implemented and two, the organisation is fantastic with great members, staff and an incredible amount of energy that I do not understand from where they … Continue reading Remembering “Eduboards: Exploring Educational Board Games” in Estonia
After two successful Shokkin Kamps, this autumn Shokkin Group came with the longer version of 36 hours Kamp from 27th to 29th of September in the midst of Estonian nature at Kloogarana Noortelaager. Shokkin Kamp: Your Decision to Act!" is a local ESC solidarity project implemented by Shokkin Group Estonia where young people can get … Continue reading Shokkin Kamp: Your Decision to Act! VOL.3 – Review
Last August I had the chance to take part in an amazing training course about leadership that was hosted by MUYA (Malta UNESCO Youth Association). The main objectives were to give participants a better understanding of a leader’s role (in youth exchanges) and to equip them with different tools to use in the future … Continue reading Our leadership adventure in “LEAD” (Malta)
In the beginning of September, the Shokkin team had an opportunity to be part of the Contact Making Event "Connecting People, Organizations, Communities, Europe" in Finland. As one of the organisations from 13 (!) different countries, we could present ourselves and look for new partners for upcoming projects. The meeting was amazingly facilitated by Pavel … Continue reading Experience CME: “Connecting People, Organizations, Communities, Europe” in Turku (Finland)
My goal was to dive deeper into the structure of youth work and understand how this system works, not only in Estonia, but also in other countries. "The aim of the long-term capacity-building project "UPGRADE" is to exchange experiences in working with youth, the creation of new ideas for improving the effectiveness of youth work, as … Continue reading Shokkin experience in “UPGRADE”
"Have you ever considered becoming an incredible youth leader? If yes, ‘Lead It like You Mean It’ has to be a ‘must’ project in your to do list! Recently I was lucky enough to become a part of an inspiring and extremely motivating Erasmus+ training course held in Brandbu, Norway by Shokkin Group Norge and Shokkin … Continue reading “Lead it Like You Mean It” – Training Course Experience
Shokkin Kamp vol. 2 is over! We have spent an amazing time with youngsters in Paluhõhja Looduskool. The topic of this kamp was aimed at learning about environmental protection and ecology. Together with Liis and Jegor, the participants had a chance to go deeply into questions associated with defining different ecological problems that appear in … Continue reading Shokkin Kamp: Your Decision to Act! VOL.2 – Review
The middle of May brought some beautiful weather along with a group of 23 great youth workers from 8 different countries to Vihi, Estonia. They came for a training course named “Createamity” that aimed to develop competencies of youth workers and leaders to use game-based learning and specifically escape quests in an educational context. It … Continue reading CREATEAMITY: Educational Escape Rooms back home
From 3rd to 10th June, I took part in the training course "Strategic PartnerSHIP" in Örebro (Sweden) as a Shokkin Group Estonia participant. This project's main aim was to increase the level of involvement of small youth organizations in cross-sectorial strategic partnership projects. During this time we learned about different types of KA2 projects, their … Continue reading My sailing experience at “Strategic PartnerSHIP: How to Make it Float”