Facilitation is the art of "making things easier" for a group. This website makes it easier for European facilitators to connect, share resources, and learn about events and activities taking place in Europe. IAF Europe is the European region of the International Association of Facilitators.

Facilitators in Europe meet annually at the IAF European conference, share news through the IAF Europe Newsletter and the IAF Europe Forum, and work locally through IAF chapters and affiliated networks. An IAF Regional Team co-ordinates our work.
If you work as a facilitator in Europe , please join our community by joining IAF. Learn more about membership and affiliation [gary.purser@iaf-europe.eu]; about the newsletter, website and forum [rosemary.cairns@iaf-europe.eu]; and about IAF Europe governance [martin.gibraith@iaf-europe.eu].

Our IAF Europe team has been pondering various options for future conferencing – one large conference, a number of smaller conferences in various parts of Europe, a European tour that would bring facilitators to various parts of Europe similar to the very successful Canada Tour pioneered by John Butcher in 2008.

We got various responses when, during the IAF members’ meeting at Oxford, we asked you what you would like to see. If you haven’t had a chance to share your thoughts, then get in touch with Gary Purser, who is responsible for professional development, at gary.purser@iaf-europe.eu.

IAF is introducing a new way of belonging at a local level – chapters.
A chapter is a local organization of IAF that is closer to you, allowing networking locally while also being active in IAF regionally and globally. If you would like to know more about chapters, contact Simon Wilson at affiliate@iaf-world.org

The IAF Europe newsletter, published monthly since November 2008, contains a wealth of information and ideas you can use. Look for the back copies under the Resources section of this website.

Congratulations to two new IAF-affiliated groups in Europe - one in Germany and one in Serbia. IAF Germany - German Facilitators Network has eight members, all IAF members, and is piloting a new approach to affiliation in Europe that will be called a "chapter", or sub-regional grouping of IAF.
The Serbian Facilitators Network has developed gradually over the past two years, growing out of discussions at the 2006 IAF conference in Stockholm, and submitted its affiliation request last year.
This brings affiliated groups in Europe to eight.

The International Association of Facilitators (IAF) is the foremost professional organization for facilitators in the world.
The IAF is dedicated to growing facilitators and encouraging the use of group process methodologies world-wide. It was formed by a group of professional facilitators seeking an avenue for interchange, professional development, trend analysis and peer networking.
In 1994 the IAF began with 70 members. Since then the IAF has grown to over 1500 members in more than 63 countries around the world.