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Welcome to “Gems of Youth Work”: Online Kickoff meeting

The beginning of a new project is always a reason for excitement, and when it is about a project on this topic and with these partners, then it simply cannot get better! 😀

"Gems of Youth Work" is a Strategic Partnership project funded by the Erasmus+ programme that aims to gather stories from trainers, youth work practitioners, organizations and active young people to share them in the form of podcasts and graphic recordings to make these stories alive, attractive and able to reach a large audience on online channels.

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Gamechangers Fest 2.0

Gamechangers Fest 2.0 was the final part of the Gamechangers program, a 5-month learning experience where youth workers and educators from Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, and Russia created their own educational games with focus on topics related to civic education. During the online festival, implemented on 13th and 14th of March 2021, attendants had … Continue reading Gamechangers Fest 2.0

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Official launch of SGI card games!

With the gift season around the corner, you might be thinking what to get your colleagues or organization as a present. In SGI we recently published two card decks that might be interesting for everyone working in non-formal education: Intercultural Talks: a set of 17 method cards and 54 question cards to discuss and discover … Continue reading Official launch of SGI card games!

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Online Shokkin Getaway Event 2020

After a difficult and uncertain summer 2020, in which the Shokkin Group International family did not have as many chances to meet as we would have liked, the board decided to contribute to keeping the connection between members of the #ShokkinFamily by creating a space for meeting, sharing and “caring” about one another. The Online … Continue reading Online Shokkin Getaway Event 2020

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Last TPM and online evaluation of “Game On”

And the time finally came to officially wrap up this 18-month adventure! From 22nd to 24th of July the team of "Game On" held their last transnational project meeting, which served as an opportunity to review and evaluate the different stages of the Strategic Partnership. The objectives of the meeting were to:- Share results of … Continue reading Last TPM and online evaluation of “Game On”

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Game On Live: Why to use board games in education and youth work

Yesterday, 19th of May we had a wonderful start of the online dissemination activities of our project "Game On: Developing Educational Board Games for Young Entrepreneurs" with an online streaming in Shokkin Group International's Facebook page. The event gathered up to 58 people from Moldova, Germany, Norway, Armenia, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other countries. … Continue reading Game On Live: Why to use board games in education and youth work

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“GAMIFY” Training Course in Estonia

We have been waiting for this training course to happen for a long time! Framed under the Strategic Partnership "Game On", this week we will introduce youth workers and teachers from Estonia, Spain, Greece and Sweden to the magic worlds of board games in entrepreneurship education. The first day was all about getting to know … Continue reading “GAMIFY” Training Course in Estonia

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“Game ON” Transnational project meeting TPM 3 in Örebro (Sweden)

The strategic partnership project “Game On: Developing Educational Board Games for Young Entrepreneurs” continues its course, and we are now more than halfway the total duration of the journey! From 22nd to 24th of November, the team of Shokkin Group International met up again with representatives from Ticket2Europe, Awesome People and Solidarity Mission for the third … Continue reading “Game ON” Transnational project meeting TPM 3 in Örebro (Sweden)

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CALL FOR PARTNERS Contact-Making Event: “Game Exchange”

TOPIC: Partnerships on Game-Based Learning & Game Education. DURATION & DATES: 5 working days + 1 travel day in June 2020 . PARTICIPANT NUMBER: 1-2 per country. COUNTRIES: Erasmus+ program countries. TARGET GROUP: Decision-makers, youth workers, educators, game practitioners. AIM: Game Exchange aims to enhance the quality of cooperation among youth organizations working or having … Continue reading CALL FOR PARTNERS Contact-Making Event: “Game Exchange”