Key Information
| 29/10/2026 - 05/11/2026Arrival / Departure | Kolín, CzechiaLocation | 28 July 2026Application Deadline |
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💡 About the Project
It’s a 6-day Erasmus+ training course on facilitating educational games, fully funded by the Erasmus+ Programme.
Designed for youth workers and educators, this international training course helps participants strengthen their game facilitation skills. Throughout the program, they will learn how to confidently lead games, guide players through a variety of educational game formats, including escape games, tabletop games, and live action role-play (LARP) and facilitate meaningful debriefing sessions that turn gameplay into valuable learning experiences.
🎯 Objectives
- To explore a range of educational games (escape games, tabletop games, live-action role-play) & reflect on their use in the youth work setting.
- To practice effective game mastering & guiding players smoothly through different educational game formats.
- To increase the ability to conduct meaningful debriefings that turn play into learning.
👥 Target Group
- Participants: At least 18 years old;
- An active youth worker, trainer, NGO worker, young leader, volunteer working with youth, teacher, or someone involved in the work of sending organisations and preparing to work with youth in the future;
- With at least an intermediate level of English;
- Able to be present for the whole duration of the training.
🏠 About the Location
The project will take place in the beautiful town of Kolín, which is located close to Prague. It is super easy to get there.
🏡 Venue: We will be accommodated in Hotel Theresia (Na Petříně 991, Kolín II) in rooms of 3-4 people, equipped with all comforts (towels and soap will be provided by the hotel).
- Participants will stay in shared rooms of 3-4 people, arranged according to gender and availability.
- Each day the organisers will provide 3 meals and 2 coffee breaks in the hotel.
🚆 How to Get There
- The arrival day is 29th October in Prague.
- The departure day is 5th November.
How to Get from Prague Airport to Kolín:
Firstly you need to get to the main train station in Prague (Praha Hlavní Nádraží) from the airport.
When you get to Praha Hlavní Nádraží you need to take a train to Kolín. It costs around 4 EUR (normal ticket) or 1 EUR (student discount ticket - with ISIC card) and goes every 30 - 40 min. The fast train takes 40 minutes. You can find all connections on IDOS.CZ.
From the Main Station in Kolín, it takes around 20 minutes to walk to Hotel Theresia. You can also take a bus (buses number 1 and 2), leave at the stop "Modrý bod" and walk for a few minutes more. All the buses in Kolín are free of charge.
✉️ Travel plans must be approved by the organizers: community@geyc.ro in line with GEYC's Travel Policy
💶 Financial Details
- ✅ Covered by Erasmus+: 100% accommodation and meals.
- ✅ Travel budget: Travel reimbursement up to 309 EUR (for distances 500-1999 km) upon presenting all justifying documents. When choosing Green Travel, the maximum allowance per participant can be raised.
- ✅ Co-funding:
🙌 Your contribution: a cofunding of 200 RON covering community management and administrative costs not included in the European funding.
Waived for: GEYC’s executive team, Board, interns, volunteers, European Fellows, and participants with fewer economic opportunities. If you have a valid MC Voucher you can use it to waive your contribution.
✈️ Travel Policy
- Only economy/basic fare tickets approved from your location in Romania and back to Romania.
- All travel plans must be pre-approved by organizers before purchase. Only tickets approved before the activity by the hosting organization will be reimbursed!
- Reimbursement will be processed via bank transfer within around 2 months after the activity. Check here the applicable rates for the month of payment.
- Only buy tickets from official airline websites.
Please purchase your flight directly from the company’s official site. Third-party platforms such as Kiwi, Skyscanner, or eSky may be used to search for flights, but not to purchase them. - Keep and store all travel documents properly.
You must provide all invoices (PDFs), boarding passes, and physical tickets for any bus, train, or local transport used. - You have to participate in all the sessions of the training to get the reimbursement.
- We are going green 💚. Check out the Travel Policy at GEYC.
📘 Important Information
- Health & Travel Insurance: You need to have a full travel insurance policy (including liability) for the whole duration of your stay in the Czech Republic. Any insurance costs will NOT be reimbursed - please consider it as your commitment to the training. EHIC is also highly recommended.
- Travel documents: Valid ID/passport (6+ months).
- Youthpass certificate: awarded at the end of the mobility.
- Dissemination & Follow-up: Every involved organization will be asked to write (together with participants) an article about the project and present it on their websites. Within a month after the training course, every partner organization is expected to organize follow-up workshops on the topic of the training, led by participants.