{"id":26317,"date":"2026-05-21T17:59:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damanhur.community\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=26317"},"modified":"2026-05-21T17:59:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:59:58","slug":"training-of-trainers","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/damanhur.community\/it\/event\/training-of-trainers\/","title":{"rendered":"Training of Trainers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Gaia Education certified Training of Trainers (ToT) course is answering a worldwide demand for skilled facilitators able to facilitate transformative learning environments and host multi-stakeholder conversations that enable collaborative action.<\/h3>\n<p>Face to Face Programme | 5 Days Immersive<br \/>\nStarting September 7, 2026<\/p>\n<h1>What Is the TOT?<\/h1>\n<p>Gaia Education certified Training of Trainers (ToT) course is answering a worldwide demand for skilled facilitators able to facilitate transformative learning environments and host multi-stakeholder conversations that enable collaborative action.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the Training of Trainers is first and foremost, to help you deepen your experience in how to teach, facilitate and train people by enabling collaboration and participation among a community of learners. In addition, we support and hope to inspire you to identify what you are most deeply called to teach, and most importantly, why participatory methods are so critically important for the engagement of communities and the future of life on Earth.<\/p>\n<h1>Structure of the Training<\/h1>\n<h3>Monday<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Afternoon: Arrival<\/li>\n<li>Evening: Get to know each other, Introduction to the ToT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Tuesday<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Morning: Introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG flash cards and exercises<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon: Facilitator skills, Learning Styles, Participatory Learning, Exercises<\/li>\n<li>Evening: Self organised (movie, presentations)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Wednesday<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Morning: Key competencies, Comfort-Discomfort, How to give Feed-back, Mindfulness, 1 Minute Speeches<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon: Leadership Presence, Story Telling, Exercises, Games<\/li>\n<li>Evening: Self organised (movie, presentations)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Thursday<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Morning: Learning Cycles, Difficult people, Maximise-Minimise Learning, Facilitation Exercises in pairs, Games, Recap<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon: Rank Awareness, Facilitation Exercises in pairs, 1 Minute Speeches, Recap<\/li>\n<li>Evening: Self organised (movie, presentations)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Friday<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Morning: Facilitation Exercises in pairs, Games, 1 Minute Speeches<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon: Facilitation Exercises in pairs, Games, 1 Minute Speeches, Prepare Individual Facilitation<\/li>\n<li>Evening: Self organised (movie, presentations)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Saturday<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Morning: Individual Facilitation Exercises , Edge Work, Appreciation Game, Feed-back, Closing Round<\/li>\n<li>Lunch Together<\/li>\n<li>Departure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Deepening the Edge Work<\/h3>\n<p>The edge is the meeting point between the known and the unknown, between something being too well known, which makes it boring to us, and too unknown, which makes it confusing. The edge is a zone of high intensity, instability, creativity and innovation. Just as it is possible, through the design of ecological sustainable systems, to increase diversity and life by maximising the edges between neighboring biological communities, so it is possible to create a larger edge effect in community development thereby maximising its benefit to the society as a whole. This module will position Gaia Trainers as maximisers of edges between different communities with differing modes of operation, power structures, cultures, physical environments and worldviews. It will equip trainers with the skilful means to adapt to multiple scenarios and situations and ultimately thrive and help others thrive through creativity and playing for collaborative advantage.<\/p>\n<h3>Facilitating Participatory Learning Journeys<\/h3>\n<p>The aim of this module is for facilitators to gain the necessary skills and confidence to teach the four dimensions of sustainability in ways that support participants to empower themselves both inwardly and outwardly. These future facilitators will be expected to have knowledge in the areas they plan to teach and this module will prepare them to teach this material in a way that builds a learning community and draws deeply from the group with which they are working. Participants will ride a dynamic balance of meditation practice, experimenting with facilitation and clarifying principles to navigate a holistic educational experience. There will also be ample time for facilitation practice where all participants will gain confidence in using participatory learning tools by taking the lead in assigned sessions.<\/p>\n<h3>Sustainable Development Goals \u2013 Negotiating Tensions between Global and Local<\/h3>\n<p>The world is marked by a strong and creative tension. It is a tension between what is global and what is local. The global face is powerful, and seeking to be more so. But a tide is rising, steadily reinforcing the local, resulting in an increasing \u2018Glocalisation\u2019 as the global and local converge. This module will teach edge workers and facilitators how to navigate between the two spheres in language, ethics and implementation. It will support participants to decode relevant UN conventions into meaningful frameworks for transformative action at the local level. Topics include SDGs vertical integration, UNESCO Global Action Programme Priorities Areas, and how to translate global Climate Agreements into action through behaviour and life style changes.<\/p>\n<h3>Why should I enrol?<\/h3>\n<p>During the Training of Trainers, the participants will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>develop core skills of participatory facilitation and learning<\/li>\n<li>gain confidence in holding groups and building resilient learning communities<\/li>\n<li>facilitate students engagement in critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making in contexts that are personally relevant to them<\/li>\n<li>decode UN conventions from concept to transformative action<\/li>\n<li>unleash the creativity inherent in edge work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What You Will Gain<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Full tutorial support to complete the course and achieve all the learning outcomes<\/li>\n<li>Access to a online platform where you can interact with other participants, and access other materials such as:<\/li>\n<li>an expanded Teacher\u2019s Manual (digital)<\/li>\n<li>a Gaia Youth Activities Guide (digital)<\/li>\n<li>Gaia Education Curriculum (digital)<\/li>\n<li>Gaia Education Training of Multipliers Manual (digital)<\/li>\n<li>Participation Forums and Debates<\/li>\n<li>a Certificate of Completion<\/li>\n<li>Gaia Education Discounts in all online programmes;<\/li>\n<li>A pathway to joining the Gaia Education Certificated Trainers\u2019 RosterFast track Face-to-Face course certification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re ready to explore the world of participatory practices, this is the training for you!<\/p>\n<p>Sign Up for This Programme by writing to ede@damanhur.org<\/p>\n<h1>ToT Programme Format and Details<\/h1>\n<h3>Course format:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Face to Face | Immersive<\/li>\n<li>Price: 834 GBP<\/li>\n<li>Duration: 5 Days<\/li>\n<li>Workload: Approximately 8 hours per day<\/li>\n<li>Structure: Group Sessions, Individual Sessions, Learning Exercises and Practice Exercises<\/li>\n<li>Facilitator &amp; Logistic: Main Facilitator and Coordinator: Macaco Tamerice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\nMain Facilitator: Macaco Tamerice<\/h3>\n<p>Macaco is a sociologist, a life coach for meaningful relationships specialized in community-building, inner transformation, leadership and conflict resolution. She has been living at Damanhur since 1993, where she has held many roles of social and artistic responsibility, not last leading the Federation. In 2008, she became Vice President and then President of the Global Ecovillage Network- Europe (GEN Europe) until 2015. She is one of GEN\u2019s UN representatives and the President of the NGO Damanhur Education. Macaco is a multi-lingual international speaker, facilitator of many courses and seminars and a certified GEESE Educator (since 2011) Trained in music and voice, she has toured as a professional jazz singer in Europe, Canada and Japan and has lead voice classes and seminars since 1984. In her life she has been active in many fields of sustainability, from the social realm and engaged spirituality to economy and eco-building. She lives in a straw bale house that she built together with her husband.<\/p>\n<h3>Testimonials<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe curriculum of the course and especially how Macaco delivered it and her facilitation impacted profoundly my way of facilitating spaces I am holding for others.\u201d \u2013 Participant in the 2025 edition<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It gave me tools and knowlodge, but also trust that I can do it!\u201d \u2013 Participant in the 2025 edition<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMacaco is a great teacher, maybe the best I have ever met in my life.\u201d \u2013 Participant in the 2025 edition<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Everything was perfectly organised and new situations were graciously held and solved.\u201d \u2013 Participant in the 2025 edition<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI loved the participatory learning in all its senses for sure! The programme is very well designed for people to really integrate the learning and at the same time experience living for a week in a little community.\u201d \u2013 Participant in the 2025 edition<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;very grateful for the experience!!! feel very honored to be able to live this course in such an amazing place and with such amazing people!\u201d \u2013 Participant in the 2025 edition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Register Now by writing to ede@damanhur.org<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aim of the Training of Trainers is first and foremost, to help you deepen your experience in how to teach, facilitate and train people by enabling collaboration and participation among a community of learners. 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