Coming into Part 2 of the long-term Training of Trainers “Facilitation Guide” (04–12 October 2025, Tenerife, Spain), I had a clear feeling: this was not going to be a continuation in the usual sense. Part 1 in Weimar gave us foundations and language. The local phase forced us to test that language in real contexts. […]
My name is Mirna, I am 23 years old and I am Spanish-Syrian. I studied International Relations and have been working in the humanitarian field, especially with refugees, since 2023. Through my work with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), I gained experience in case management, child and youth support, awareness sessions, and community protection.
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From 26 to 30 October 2025, three young people and project manager from Culture Goes Europe (CGE) joined the EU4YOUTH2ACT Study Visit in Brussels: Maryna Bykova, Kseniia Bihunenko, Sokhiba Zayniddinova, and Yupita Jevanska Atuna. Active in community life in Erfurt and Nuremberg, they travelled to Brussels to connect local youth realities with the EU institutions
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A SoftSkills4Democracy (SK4D) mobility hosted by CGE Erfurt e.V.As part of the SoftSkills4Democracy: Developing Key Competencies for Active Civic Participation project, CGE Erfurt e.V. hosted a two-week job shadowing mobility in Erfurt, Germany for four participants, two from Poland and two from Germany. The project is implemented by Logos NGO (Poland) and CGE Erfurt e.V.
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When we say facilitation in youth work, we often mean “making things run smoothly”: keeping time, managing energy, ensuring everyone speaks, closing the day on a good note. After our first training course of the Long-term Training of Trainers “Facilitation Guide”, I would describe facilitation a little differently: it is the craft of creating the conditions where
As part of the Soft Skills for Democracy program, we decided to bring together our efforts to activate young people in Erfurt and Thuringia and took part in the BÄMM Jugendkonferenz – a youth event designed to create meaningful dialogue between civil society organisations and young people. The conference brought together several organisations, each with
Critical thinking as a democratic skill, youth voices in Thuringia. Read More »
On 09/05/2025, CGE Erfurt e.V. ran a Live Action Role Playing Matrix simulation, as part of the Soft Skills 4 Democracy project. The activity explored in details the crisis negotiation and conflict management skills, based on the Niger Delta conflict scenario. Which centered on a catastrophic oil pipeline explosion near Koluama, Nigeria, which had triggered
