Places: 2 participants Venue: Scanzano Jonico (Italy) Hosting organization: Shokkin Group Italia Project Dates: 13th-20th April 2019 (including travel days) Travel Budget: 360 euros/participant Deadline to send application form: 15th February 2019 Description Young people should be playing a key role in social innovation initiatives as they have the ability to look from a fresh point of view … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “Visual dreamers” in Scanzano Jonico (Italy)
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"In November I participated in the training course "Game Time“ held in Velbert, Germany and I want to thank Shokkin Group for this great opportunity! The aim of the project was to discuss games as educational tools and to create a set of educational games on social issues. I must say that the project was … Continue reading Thoughts after “Game Time”
"Creative, educative and very interesting project Play Station took place from 26.10-04.11 in Brussels, Belgium. This was really amazing experience in all possible ways - we got very deep into gamification theme, played a lot of exciting games and learned new techniques of non-formal education by these creative activities. There was also enough theory that … Continue reading Play Station: our gaming experience in Belgium
During this week in Rustavi Scouts Centre we discovered the topics of radicalization, extremism and what to do to prevent them from taking over our society. It was an amazingly thorough training course full of practical exercises as well as creating educational escape rooms to raise awareness on social problems connected to radicalization. We were … Continue reading Finding our way out in Georgia: Escape Radicalization
"One day, during an unusually hot summer day in Estonia, I got an email from Shokkin Group. I had never heard of the organization before, and as the email seemed rather appealing, I decided to read it right away. It turned out that they were looking for participants in three different training courses. They all … Continue reading Experience: Rediscovering games in “Game Zone” (Malta)
Last September, Shokkin Group sent three young enthusiasts from Estonia -Greete, Helen and Kasper- to take part in an Erasmus+ training course in Georgia to learn more about getting better visibility for youth organisations, including creating appealing visuals and sharing best practices about social media strategies. The first day was full of energy and exciting … Continue reading Experience:“Show Up! Best practices of Increasing Visibility of Youth Work” in Kobuleti, Georgia
Places: 2 participants (18-40) Venue: Rustavi (Georgia) Hosting organization: Youth Association Droni Project Dates: 9th-17th November 2018 (including travel days) Travel Budget: 360 euros/participant Deadline to send application form: 20th September 2018 Description Escape/quest games involve a team of people working together in order to fulfill challenging mental, logical, at times physical tasks. Such games are engaging, thrilling … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “Escape Radicalization” in Rustavi (Georgia)
Places: 2 participants (18-40) Venue: Velbert (Germany) Hosting organization: Jubuk Project Dates: 17th- 24th November 2018 (including travel days) Travel Budget: 275 euros/participant Deadline to send application form: 30th August 2018 Description This training course is connected to educational game design and game facilitation to address social topics such as migration, inter-cultural understanding, inter-religious dialogue, tolerance, anti-discrimination. The … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “Game Time” in Velbert (Germany)
Places: 3 participants (+18) Venue: Brussels (Belgium) Hosting organization: Swira Project Dates: 26th October-4th November 2018 (including travel days) Travel Budget: 275 euros/participant Deadline to send application form: 15th September 2018 Description As youth workers, we are constantly creating learning opportunities for the young people we work with. A very powerful tool to do this is playing games. … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “Play Station” in Brussels (Belgium)
Places: 3 participants (+18) Venue: Ecological centre Švýcárna-Brno (Czech Republic) Hosting organization: Be International Project Dates: 10th-18th September 2018 (including travel days) Travel Budget: 275 euros Deadline to send application form: 30th July 2018 Description This is YOUR time to blossom. Don’t miss this international training course for youth organization coordinators. Our vision is to make you happy at … Continue reading [COMPLETE] Training Course “My time to blossom” in Brno (Czech Republic)