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  • Why should we care about people we don’t know?

    18-11-2025

    The participants of our Youth Dialogue Lab meet every second week. On Tuesday we a guest at Mondo NGO in Tallinn. We started off with an inspiring and interactive presentation by Global Education expert Mari Jõgiste. They learned about the aid work of Mondo around the world and about their global education program. The intro…

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    Why should we care about people we don’t know?
  • Fundamental shifts in education

    07-11-2025

    Introducing dialogue in the classroom is more than just adding another lesson to an already packed curriculum; it symbolises a fundamental shift in the core values of education. Based on our experience of working with young people in and outside schools, we identify these four key shifts when introducing dialogue in education: One of the…

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    Fundamental shifts in education
  • Arutelud algavad siit!

    13-10-2025

    Päev oli vihmane, aga hoolimata sellest kogunes omajagu noori meie avaüritusele, mis toimus 23. septembril. Uksest sisse astudes jäi kohe silma laud, millel olid õhupallid. Tekkis kohe küsimus, et mis meid küll ees ootab. Õhkkond oli ootusärev ja uudishimulik. Üritus algas väikese soojendusmänguga, mis aitas jääd murda. Viskasime palli käest kätte ning igaüks ütles paar…

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    Arutelud algavad siit!
  • The dialogue starts here!

    13-10-2025

    The day was rainy, but despite that, quite a few young people had gathered for our opening event on September 23. As soon as you stepped inside, a table decorated with balloons caught your eye. This immediately raised a question of what might be waiting for us. The atmosphere was filled with anticipation and curiosity.…

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    The dialogue starts here!
  • Applying dialogue to journalism

    08-09-2025

    The goal of this paper is to give tips and suggestions how to use basic principles of dialogue in journalistic work. It is a follow-up of a workshop on dialogue we facilitated for the editorial team of the Pärnu Postimees newspaper in Estonia. Practical use Be Socrates Adopt the approach of Socrates in ancient Athens:…

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    Applying dialogue to journalism
  • Ekskursioon Arvamusfestivalile Paidesse

    28-08-2025

    Noorte Arutelulabori osalejatega külastasime tänavust Arvamusfestivali Paides, Eesti südames. Paljude osalejate jaoks oli see esimene kord festivalil viibida. Sellel, iga-aastasel demokraatiafestivalil toimub kahe päeva jooksul kokku üle 200 avaliku arutelu ning see toob kokku ligi 10 000 külastajat. Meie grupp osales aruteludes raamatukogude, noorte, haridusliku võrdsuse, demokraatia ja Balti koostöö teemadel.Festivali juht Taaniel Raudsepp võttis…

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    Ekskursioon Arvamusfestivalile Paidesse
  • Excursion to Arvamusfestival in Paide

    22-08-2025

    With participants of Youth Dialogue Lab we visited this year’s Opinion Festival / Arvamusfestival in Paide, in the heart of Estonia. For the participants, it was their first time attending the festival. This annual democracy festival sees over 200 public discussions take place, with more than 10,000 people visiting over the two-day event. Our group…

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    Excursion to Arvamusfestival in Paide
  • Reach for Change asked us about our journey so far

    28-07-2025

    We have been a member of the Baltic Sea Impact Network for one and a half years. One of the network’s founders, Reach for Change, recently asked us how we have developed as an organisation. Below are the questions they asked us and our answers. Please describe briefly what your organisation does and how it…

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    Reach for Change asked us about our journey so far
  • The Importance of Empathic Leadership in Nowadays Societies

    16-12-2024

    At the Revolution Conference 2024 in Vilnius Estonian Bart Cosijn shared his vision on the importance of empathic leadership in relation to dialogue skills in nowadays societies. This is the text of his speech. Thank you very much for this opportunity. My name is Bart Cosijn, and I am the founder of the Estonian Dialogue…

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    The Importance of Empathic Leadership in Nowadays Societies
  • Dialoogis õpime kuulama, väljendama ja häid küsimusi esitama

    12-12-2024

    Artikkel ilmus esmakordselt väljaandes Pärnu Postimees. Piret Jeedas, koolitaja, dialoogipraktik ja andragoogika külalislektor Tallinna Ülikoolis. Piret Jeedas viis koos Bart Cosijniga läbi oktoobris 2024 Rara meediahariduse konverentsil töötoa “Dialoogi võimalused klassiruumis: kuidas rääkida inimesega, kellega sa ei ole samal arvamusel?“ Iga inimese jaoks on oluline oma mõtteid väljendada turvalises ja usalduslikus keskkonnas, olla kuulatud ja mõistetud.…

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    Dialoogis õpime kuulama, väljendama ja häid küsimusi esitama
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