This training strengthens the participants’ capacity to facilitate council meetings and workshops. The questions we will be addressing include: What is facilitation? What is meeting, training and workshop design? What needs to be considered when organizing these events? How to effectively organize them in order to achieve the expected objectives? What are the key methods which can be used? What are the characteristics and skills a facilitator should have? How to gain those skills? What to do in a difficult circumstances, for example, when dealing with participants who lose attention or create unexpected problems? The training uses mixed methods, various exercises on meeting, training and workshop design and facilitation, as well as on requesting feedback from participants.