Projects

We support, champion and create a number of projects that we believe helps to bring non-formal education to the forefront of social change. 

The project YouPlay Co-funded by the European Commission under the umbrella of the Programme Erasmus+ aims to strengthen the capacity of youth NGOs to guide and support young people in developing competences, skills and knowledge that would animate their sense of initiative and active citizenship.

The project is realized by 7 partners from 6 different countries (TDM 2000 International – Coordinator, Italy; NGO IUVENTA, Serbia; GLOBAL CITIZENS ACADEMY, Lithuania; Dragon Legion, Germany; TDM 2000 Malta, Malta; Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; TDM 2000, Italy.

The Dragon Legion's RPG Initiative aims at establishing RPGs as after-school activities in a large number of schools across Europe and make the positive learning effects visible. In addition we want young people to discover how much fun role-playing is.

The RPG activities at schools will have a number of benefits for students:

Language Learning: Role-playing is extremely well suited for language learning because it motivates learners to find solutions in challenging situations that are mostly driven by dialogue. For this reason we want to run our games in English.

Employability: Role-playing can do a lot to help young people develop skills they need later on when entering the labor market. These games are based on teamwork and a group is only successful if the players manage to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each character and combine strengths in strategic ways. Strategy is a big part of these games and being able to make decisions based on probability and awareness of the situation is another learning outcome.

Social Skills: Role-playing can train a number of soft skills such as empathy, but it is also very efficient training for social skills in general. We regularly use role-playing with groups of socially disadvantaged youths in Iceland with stunning results. Giving these youths a safe game environment in which they can try out things gives their self esteem a boost and changes their entire personality.  

Communication Skills: Role-playing can also be used to train communication skills, for instance when it comes to resolving conflicts. It can be used to train debating skills or sales situations. It can also be used to train giving instructions and understanding instructions. There are also a number of other skills that are affected by role-playing.

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