Facilitation Training for Climate Leaders in Europe

14-19 July 2025 in Italy

This training is for activists, changemakers, entrepreneurs, community-builders, and facilitators working on climate action in Europe. There is a total of 20 spots for this training, a third of which are for Italy-based participants.

• Country: You must come from or currently living / having an impact in Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
• Age: You must be aged over 18 due to permission reasons.
• Language: You must be fluent in written and spoken English to comprehend the content of the training.
• Theme: Your organisation’s activities must contribute to climate leadership and/or the development of thriving climate networks and communities. You must also be in a role where you facilitate or weave communities.
• Motivation: You must show motivation to learn about facilitation and willingness to apply it to your organisational context.
• Contribution: You must show an ability to contribute to the training by sharing your own facilitation knowledge and expertise.
• Bandwidth: You must show you have the mental and emotional capacity to participate fully in the training.
• Complete Application: You must submit a complete application – with no incomplete questions or very obviously insufficient answers remaining. Only applications submitted before the deadline will be reviewed.
• Diversity: We aim to gather a cohort of participants who are diverse in terms of demographics and types of initiatives. Applicants from marginalised contexts and those with intersectional initiatives are a great fit for this programme and encouraged to apply.

You will receive a thank-you message when you submit your application successfully and a short notification email from with a summary of your responses (please check your junk folder). If you don’t receive either, please contact us at .

We aim to get back to ALL applicants, whether successful or unsuccessful, by 16th May 2025.

Unfortunately, we cannot provide individual feedback on each application. But we outline the full application and selection process in the selection outcome email you will receive from us.

You are responsible for booking your own transportation to the meeting point as follows:

• You should arrive before 3:00pm local time on Monday, 14 July 2025 at Milan Bergamo Airport.
• You should leave after 2:00pm local time on Saturday, 19 July 2025.

Yes, you are welcome to arrive earlier and/or stay later, but bear in mind that you are 100% responsible for any expenses on these extra days (e.g., lodging, food, transportation, etc.). The only exception is if there are no suitable connections and you need to arrive the day before or depart the day after the training dates. In this case, we would cover the lodging cost for the extra night.

Yes, absolutely! We highly encourage you to seek alternative travelling routes that do not include flying (or that minimise it), whenever possible. Here are a few guiding principles:

• Is the route safe? If not, please avoid travelling by road as your safety is important to us!
• How long does it take? If it is up to 9 hours during the day or 12 hours with a night journey, it’s doable!
• How much does it cost? Sometimes trains are more expensive than plans and whilst you can pay more for a more sustainable choice, it may not be the most strategic decision to pay an outrageous amount of money as there are other sustainable choices you can make during the training.

We generally advise against this because the training is an intense experience that requires your full presence and contribution. However, specific circumstances may require exceptions to this rule to ensure inclusivity. Please reach out to us if this is the case, but please bear in mind that we may not be able to cover the costs associated with the extra person/people.

Unfortunately, no. The training is an intense and enriching experience that makes sense if undertaken from start to end.

If you miss your flight/train/bus connection because of a problem with the first flight/train/bus, the airline/train/bus company should rebook you on the next first available flight/train/bus. If this requires an overnight stay, the company should also provide you with accommodation options and food. We advise you to check their policies when it comes to delays, cancellations, and reimbursements.

However, if you miss your flight/train/bus for your own doing (e.g., the alarm didn’t ring and you woke up late; you got stuck in traffic and arrived late, etc.), it will be your responsibility to book (and cover the cost of) another ticket. Importantly, if you miss the flight/train/bus to Italy, it is imperative that you reach out to the airline/train/bus company to prevent them from cancelling your return ticket too (as this can happen, especially with flights).

Please note that we cannot cover for additional expenses you might incur regarding travel issues.

Yes! Please ensure you have valid travel and health insurance that covers the region of travel. We will ask you to send a proof of insurance.

If there is not a significant difference in price between non-refundable and flexible tickets, we advise you to book refundable tickets.

The airline/train/bus company should inform you of when they can deliver your luggage once they locate it. However, to minimise the inconvenience created by this eventuality, we advise you to pack a few clothes in your hand luggage so that you have a few clean changes.

Whilst we can provide you with an invitation letter and hotel booking confirmation, please note that we may not call the embassies/consulates to push for your visa. You are solely responsible for your visa application process.

Yes, some embassies and consulates require the invitation letter to also be translated in the language of the hosting country. If necessary, we will provide you with a translation into Italian.

From experience, the best visa type you should apply for is a tourist visa. Sometimes, you may decide to apply for a business visa, but usually this requires additional documents from the hosting organisation. Make sure to check with us if you are uncertain!

Unfortunately, at times participants do not get their visa approved. If you have enough time to re-apply and if you were told why your application was rejected and what you can do to overcome the issues, please try again. If not, you will need to withdraw your participation in the training and we will consider you for the next suitable training.

We cover most of the costs associated with this training, in particular:

• Accommodation in shared bedrooms (with single beds and en-suite bathrooms) from Monday, 14 July until Saturday, 19 July 2025.
• Plant-based meals during the training (buffet breakfast, light lunch, three-course meal dinner, and afternoon snack).
• Exclusive access to the venue, including different workshop spaces and training material.
• Roundtrip transfer via private coach from Bergamo airport to Casa del Parco Adamello and back.
• Compensation for the training designer, host, and facilitators.
• Travel stipends to support those in need.

We ask you to cover the following costs:

• Transportation to/from the meeting point.
• Visa (if applicable).
• Travel/health insurance.
• Any extras associated with the trip, e.g., arriving earlier or extending the stay.

We have reserved some of our budget for need-based partial travel stipends to ensure maximum accessibility. You will be able to state whether you need a travel stipend and how much you would be able to cover yourself against the total. We ask you to be mindful in your request as we can only accommodate a limited number of stipends. In the event that the demand for travel stipends is higher than the available budget, we will reduce all amounts requested by XX% to ensure everyone gets something (versus some people receiving nothing).

We of course hope that this won’t be the case; but if you have confirmed your participation and decide to withdraw from the training, you will not be reimbursed any costs you incurred.

We recognise each disability is unique. Therefore, we would set up a call to better understand your unique needs and see if/how we may accommodate them. We would also prepare a personalised toolkit to answer any questions you might have re: disability inclusion at this training. In the meantime, we have gathered some of the most FAQs re: disability below.

Yes, if travelling with others is a source of stress/anxiety for you and you would prefer to arrive before / leave later, we can discuss this with you.

Yes, if travelling by plane/train/bus is not an option for you, you can of course drive to the venue directly. The venue has a parking lot, free of charge.

Yes, the main workshop rooms and dining hall are wheelchair-friendly and there are wheelchair-friendly rooms on the first and second floor, reachable via an elevator.

Yes, we can request pictures of the premise.

Yes, you can let us know if you have any particular needs, and we will do our best to accommodate them (also considering other people’s needs).

Unfortunately, it might be difficult as there are only a few single rooms. But if you have special needs, please reach out.

We have arranged three main meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) and an afternoon snack. All the food will be served as a buffet and it will be mostly plant-based and locally sourced.

Yes, we can cater for specific dietary needs (unless it’s a very specialised diet like keto diet which is hard to ensure with a plant-based menu) and you will have the opportunity to specify any intolerances/allergies, etc. in the registration form.

Unfortunately, no. It would be difficult to arrange meals outside the venue.

If needed, we can arrange for some of your meals to be delivered to a separate room. However, the kitchen needs to know 2 hours before the meal so they can prepare everything adequately.

Yes, whenever the weather allows it.

Please note that the most used setting is a big circle with chairs or cushions on the floor (no tables), but we do vary the room settings for the various activities. This means at times we might divide the group into smaller sub-groups or we might do something standing/moving around.

Whenever we are in the big circle format, we can ensure that you choose your seat and stick with it. However, please note that the seating arrangement might change for different activities.

Yes, we will share more information about the training flow and activities with all participants roughly around one month before the training. However, we can also provide you with additional information for each activity, such as a tentative breakdown (with timings) as well as trigger workings for activities that include physical proximity/touch, movement or loud noises, creativity, strong emotions, etc.

Yes, we can share those in advance with you, but please bear in mind that the training flow and activities are subject to changes depending on how the group responds.

Yes, we can give you (and the group) a heads up if we plan major changes to the flow or a particular activity and explain the rationale for our decision. However, we will not be able to give you a heads up for all the changes as the training is flexible and adapts to the needs of the group.

Yes, we build in spaciousness in our trainings to ensure you have the chance to decompress and rest. We will share more about the flow one month in advance, but in general, we have a 2-hour lunch break, a 1-hour free time before dinner, and 30-minute breaks in the morning and afternoon between certain sessions.

Yes, absolutely! ‘Optional’ activities are exactly that: optional! Also, we have a general principle of trusting you in knowing when you might need to step out. Of course, we hope you attend all sessions and activities, but we recognise this might not always be possible so it if okay to step out occasionally.