Places: 3 participants living in Estonia
Venue: Vanaõue (Estonia)
Project dates: 21st-28th January 2026
Deadline to send application form: 20th of November 2025 (only for Estonia-based applicants)
Description
“Facilitators’ Playground” will be an international training course for youth workers and educators who want to level up their game facilitation skills. Participants will explore how to be effective game masters, guide players smoothly through different educational game formats (escape games, tabletop games, live action role-play), and conduct meaningful debriefings that turn play into learning.
By the end of the course, participants will:
* Build an international network of practitioners interested in game-based learning.
* Gain confidence in running educational games with diverse groups of youth.
* Be able to design smooth game sessions from introduction to debriefing.
* Expand their toolkit with a variety of tested games and facilitation methods.
Participant profile
- Youth workers, non-formal educators, trainers, camp leaders, teachers, VET & HE teaching staff.
- No prior experience with educational game facilitation is expected. However, candidates should be willing to apply game-based approaches with groups of young people and commit to dissemination
- At least 18 yearls old.
- Able to communicate in English.
- Ready to participate actively during all project phases.
Application and deadline
You can read more about this activity in the infopack, and fill in the application form before 20th of November 2025 (only for Estonia-based applicants)