How can socio-psychological theories move from textbooks to real life? And what happens when we put them into practice – do they live up to expectations?

Join us for an interactive workshop where we will explore insights from Bori’s social psychology research alongside the practical experiences of the KacsaKő Association, a nonprofit organization that brings together children and young people from diverse social backgrounds, including Roma and non-Roma youth, as well as participants from socially disadvantaged and middle-class families.

Through fair-play team sports such as ultimate frisbee, capture the flag, and quidditch, we create opportunities for meaningful encounters, democratic participation, and mutual understanding. Drawing on both research and practice, we will examine how social psychological theories can help reduce prejudice, strengthen communities, and support social inclusion, and where the challenges lie when theory meets reality.

We will play, reflect, play, and reflect again. Expect movement, discussion, and hands-on experiences that bring the concepts to life.

Come discover how theory meets action on the playing field – and how sports can become a powerful tool for social change.

Please come in comfortable clothing and be ready to participate actively.

This workshop offers an insight into the world of inclusive Erasmus+ youth exchanges, with a special focus on the involvement of young people with intellectual disabilities. We will demonstrate how outdoor experiential learning activities such as hiking, rope courses, canoeing, horseback riding, sightseeing, and community games can become accessible to everyone. A central question we explore is what accessibility truly means for participants with different needs. We will compare the support requirements of young people with intellectual disabilities and those of participants with physical disabilities, such as wheelchair users. Through concrete examples, we will illustrate how the same program can be adapted to ensure meaningful participation for all.
We will share proven methods, facilitation techniques, and practical solutions that foster genuine inclusion and autonomy. Special emphasis will be placed on preparation, support, and the creation of an enabling environment. Participants will also gain insights through inspiring stories that highlight both the opportunities and challenges of inclusive mobility. The workshop aims to equip participants with knowledge and tools that can be applied in their own practice. Ultimately, we seek to show that with the right mindset and approaches, shared experiences can truly become accessible to everyone.

A space becomes truly inclusive when everyone – regardless of their background, special needs or neurodiversity – can feel safe and experience that “my presence matters here.”

In this workshop, we will work with the tools of applied improvisation. You can participate without having to speak through non-verbal exercises, simply by giving your attention to others. We will explore how the method fosters the creation of trust in a short period of time, where people become more open, connect more easily with one another, and feel safe enough to make mistakes and take interpersonal risks. These are the conditions in which psychological safety begins to emerge.

We see diversity as a resource and shared play as a bridge. We believe that play remains a powerful catalyst for learning, connection, and growth in adulthood, and that some of our deepest insights emerge when we enter a state of playful flow.

You will leave the workshop with practical tools for fostering an inclusive group atmosphere, intentionally building psychological safety, and creating spaces where people from diverse backgrounds can feel welcome, engaged, and safe to participate.

How do we build truly inclusive international mobility projects for highly vulnerable young people, not just in theory, but in practice? This workshop starts from a simple provocation: imagining that it is 2035, and that the most inclusive Erasmus+ project we have ever seen is already happening. What does it look like? What made it possible? And what is still standing in the way today? The session explores how future orientation — the ability to imagine desirable futures and work backwards from them — can become a powerful tool for inclusion, hope, and agency in youth work. Participants will reflect on the barriers that currently exclude highly vulnerable young people from international mobility, and on the systemic and relational changes needed to overcome them. The workshop treats inclusion not as a fixed goal but as a continuous, collective commitment — one that requires youth workers, organisations, and young people themselves to act together. By the end of the session, each participant will leave with a concrete personal commitment for the week ahead, as well as a shared vision of what inclusive mobility could look like if we dare to imagine it differently.

Consent is often understood as a simple “yes” or “no,” yet real-life situations are rarely that straightforward. This interactive workshop introduces youth workers to practical, ready-to-use activities for exploring consent, boundaries, communication, pressure, and digital safety with young people. The workshop will also offer facilitation tips for navigating sensitive conversations and creating safer learning spaces.

The workshop “Arts Therapies: Fostering Flexible Perspectives to Enhance Intrapersonal, Social, and Cognitive Abilities in Youth” offers an immersion into the heart of the Marchio Patti Method, an innovative approach that uses artistic mediation as a catalyst for emotional and cognitive growth. Designed with a highly experiential focus, the session is built around a strictly hands-on laboratory dynamic, where participants will work synergistically across three specific sensory and expressive channels: music listening as an emotional activator, graphic-pictorial action to give visual shape to the inner world, and creative writing as a tool for processing thoughts. The practical activities will be constantly supported by targeted insights of theory, essential for decoding the neuroscientific and psychological processes activated by this multi-sensory experience. Through this blend of action and reflection, participants will experience how the method stimulates flexibility of perspective, acting on three key levels: deepening the relationship with oneself (intrapersonal), strengthening relational skills (social), and developing mental functions (cognitive) in young people.