facilitatsiooni
Facilitatsioon, or facilitation in English, is the practice of guiding a group through a process to achieve shared goals. A facilitator designs and manages the structure of meetings, workshops, or training sessions in a way that enables participants to contribute, make decisions, and generate ideas, while remaining neutral about the outcome. The facilitator helps create inclusive participation, clarifies objectives, sets ground rules, and keeps the process on track, time-bound, and focused on the issue rather than personalities.
The term facilitation originates in English facilitation and is used in Estonian as facilitatsioon; it describes
Contexts include corporate workshops, project planning, policy development, community dialogues, online meetings, and classroom activities. Facilitation
Common methods include setting an agenda, establishing norms, using structured activities, brainstorming, silent idea generation, and
Key skills are neutrality, active listening, clarifying questions, time management, process design, and attention to group