Welcome to the first Youth Dialogue Lab in Tallinn
Join the Youth Dialogue Lab 2025 – 2026 to develop your group conversation skills and skills for critical and creative thinking!
In this programme, you will work with other young people and take part in group conversations. You will also attend inspiring training sessions, learn how to facilitate group dialogues, and go on excursions to places of public discussion, like Arvamusfestival.
You will also have the opportunity to organise a round-table dialogue with politicians and directors (of schools, for example) to address issues that are important for you and for the people around you.
In this project you will:
- Learn how to express your thoughts and ideas;
- Develop critical and creative thinking skills;
- Learn how to hold a respectful and interactive group conversation;
- Follow training sessions led by inspiring experts;
- Learn how to organise and facilitate group conversations and dialogues;
- Decide together with others about the topics for the group conversations.
During the program we organise two round table dialogue with guests you can choose (could be for example vice mayor of Tallinn, Member of Parliament, CEO of a big company, etc.) In the end we work towards a public dialogue at Arvamusfestival 2026, organised by you, with the help of our tutors.
A group dialogue is not about winning or losing. The goal is to explore topics together from many different angles.
Practical Issues:
- You can participate if you are in school grade 7–12. (14 – 19 years old)
- We begin in September 2025, with the final presentation taking place in September 2026.
- We meet once a month in Tallinn.
- We specifically invite students of Estonian, Russian-Estonian or Ukrainian background who live in Tallinn. But students from other nationalities are very welcome as well.
- A basic level of English is required as group conversations will be in both your native languages and English. In our staff we have Estonian, English, Russian and Ukrainian speakers.
- There is no fee, but once enrolled, you are expected to attend the majority of the meetings and trainings. We have place for 30 participants.
The Youth Dialogue Lab is a collaborative project. You decide together on the conversation rules and the topics to be discussed.
Participating
In upcoming August we organise two information sessions and one excursion. During the information sessions you can learn more about the program and ask all the questions you have. The excursion will go to Arvamusfestival, the yearly Opinion Festival in Paide, in the heart of Estonia. (one hour by bus from Tallinn)
- Information session 1: Tuesday 5. August 14:00 – 15:00, Tallinn
- Information session 2: Friday 29. August 12:00 – 13:00, Tallinn
- Excursion to Arvamusfestival in Paide: Saturday 9. August, all day
The information sessions take place at the Void meeting space, in Telliskivi. The address is Telliskivi Creative City, Telliskivi 60a/5.
Registration
Use the button to register for the information sessions and the excursion. (Registering for the full programme will take place in August.)
your organisation
We are happy to come to your school or organisation to present the Youth Dialogue Lab to your students! Please contact us at tere [at] eda.ee
This Erasmus+ project is co-funded by the European Union.
