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)
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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
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”
Places: 2 participants Venue: Vierhouten (The Netherlands) Hosting organization: Shokkin Group Netherlands Travel reimbursement: 275 euros/participant Project Dates: 27th September – 5th October 2019 Deadline to send application form: 5th August 2019 Description "COACH‘EM: Discovering Youth Coaching" will be an international Erasmus+ training course organized by Shokkin Group Netherlands. The main activity of the project will take place in Vierhouten (The Netherlands) during the … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “COACH‘EM: Discovering Youth Coaching” in Vierhouten (The Netherlands)
Our project Critical Escape has been underway now for many months, so let us introduce the rooms that we have created! When we started to brainstorm the topics, we mapped the most common social problems among the youth in Estonia. We involved social workers and youth workers, as well as active members of the community … Continue reading Critical Escape Update: Our rooms!
The transnational youth initiative has been running for 9 months now. In this time we have created two and a half escape rooms, game-mastered around 20 escape games and visited several youth centers, as well as participated in the Tallinn Old Town Days. And the project is not nearly over; we are at a place … Continue reading Critical Escape Blog: Update nº5
Places: 3 participants Venue: Poland Hosting organization: Fundacja Europejski Instytut Outsourcingu Travel reimbursement: 275 euros/participant Project Dates: 26.07-02.08 2019 Deadline to send application form: 20th June 2019 Description The long-term programme UPGRADE aims to increase the operational capacity and participatory approaches of Youth Centers in partner countries through creating youth work structures, developing professional competences of youth workers, … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “UPGRADE” in Poland