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On October 6 we had an opportunity to invite educators, librarians, NGO and cultural workers to a whole-day train-the-trainer workshop for future moderators of the New Shores game.

During the meeting conducted by Damian Dec from Damian Dec Instytut Inspiracji and Ola Solińska-Nowak and Michał Pająk from CRS, the participants gained knowledge and skills to prepare a News Shores workshop, based on the methodology guide and workshop scenario, developed in cooperation with TANDEM n.o. and Rogers Foundation.

The future New Shores moderators got familiar with the functionalities of the Edmodo platform, where we host a 9-day e-learning course together with a lot of useful information about the game. We would like to thank everyone for their engagement, and wish you success in conducting New Shores game sessions!

Last Thursday, we met with educators, lecturers, librarians and other youth workers to test  New Shores – an unusual game that aims to bring the topic of participation, cooperation and making sustainable decisions closer to young citizens of Europe. Is is possible to use a game to encourage young people to ask themselves difficult questions, and even better – to transform their ideas into action? These and other questions were raised during a heated discussion after the game. We would like to thank all participants for your valuable comments, Ekocentrum for hosting us at their premises, and Wilk Syty for delicious, vegan catering.

The project is being developed in cooperation among Centre for Systems Solutions, Rogers Foundation and Tandem n.o. and is funded by the EU under the Erasmus + programme.

Civic engagement takes too much time. It demands reading boring laws, participating in endless public hearings and confronting conflicts of interest. What is more, in many cases, it seems pointless, bringing about no real changes. Democracy has become the political version of spinach. Although almost everyone knows it’s good and healthy, only few people actually eat it. How to change this tendency?

Games4Sustainability published a post titled “Civic Engagement – How to love democracy?” by Ola Solińska.  Ola wrtites about how serious games, including New Shores game, can become a tool to engage people in the decision-making process.

Visit the Games4Sustainability to read a full article!

We live in a world of dynamic changes that affect global policy, economy and ecology. How not to get lost and be part of these processes, actively shaping our common future? We addressed these and other questions at the second transnational project meeting in Slovakia.

In the beautiful scenery of the Slovak Tatra Mountains, we were talking about what tools teachers need to involve their students in these processes. The CRS team together with their partners, Slovakian TANDEM and Hungarian Rogers Foundation tested the New Shores Game for Democracy with twenty current and future teachers and youth leaders. Their valuable comments will surely contribute to the improvement of the game and other innovative tools that will be part of the project.