The Árpád Göncz Social Institution has been operating as a Day Care Centre for people living with intellectual disabilities in Budapest since 1988. For over 20 years, it has offered weekly artistic programs for its participants. The institution engages numerous professional art educators to bring diversity and inspiration to daily life at the Centre, including folk and ballroom dance classes, music workshops, and an active film-making group whose members regularly take part in the Special Motion Picture Association’s film camps and have created award-winning films.

The Experimental Visual Studio (Más.Kép.Műhely) has been running for nearly 10 years, taking pride in its numerous exhibitions across the country, while the newly launched ceramics workshop, Még_ilyet!, successfully presents its products in various design shops.

Its mission is to support artistic development and free expression. Through regular programs and annual arts festivals, the institution celebrates participants’ talents, challenges stereotypes, and fosters recognition of people living with intellectual disabilities as creators.

The team is enthusiastic and dedicated, led by a supportive director who ensures infrastructure and resources for all activities. They also participate in international projects, bringing innovation and a collaborative spirit to inclusive arts initiatives. For the past four years, the institution has been involved in long-term Erasmus+ projects across various themes and artistic disciplines. Participants have traveled abroad multiple times, taking an active role in mobility activities and practicing intercultural dialogue. In the Spiral program, six artists with disabilities from the institution contributed their skills and creativity, further strengthening their international engagement.

CRINABEL is a social solidarity cooperative founded in 1975 in Lisbon, supporting people with intellectual disabilities and their families. It develops services such as a Residential Home and a Center for Activities and Inclusion (CACI), promoting autonomy, social participation, and full inclusion.

The Casa dos Direitos Sociais, located in Lisbon, is a municipal proximity center that hosts associations and projects dedicated to social rights, citizenship, and inclusion. It serves as a hub for community convergence, promoting initiatives that strengthen active participation and access to fundamental right

CERCILISBOA is a cooperative for education and rehabilitation founded in 1975, supporting around 900 people with intellectual and multiple disabilities. Its services include education, vocational training, supported employment, early intervention, and residential care, always focused on dignity, autonomy, and citizenship.

CLAP – Comunidade Laboratório de Ação e Projetos, founded in 2023, is a non-profit association based in Lisbon. It develops artistic, cultural, and social projects focused on inclusion, diversity, and active citizenship, with a special emphasis on inclusive arts training and the creation of performances involving people with and without disabilities.

ULSS 9 Verona, the local public health authority, collaborates as an associated partner in the Erasmus+ SPIRAL project, supporting its innovative approach to promoting the well-being of young people aged 17–24 who experience mental health challenges.

Within the project, ULSS 9 Verona plays a key advisory and operational role, providing clinical and organizational expertise to ensure the activities are coherent with local mental health care pathways. The partnership integrates the performing arts–based educational activities led by Fondazione AIDA ets into a wider community and peer-to-peer support model, connecting the cultural dimension of theatre with therapeutic and inclusion-oriented practices.

Through its involvement, ULSS 9 Verona contributes to bridging the gap between healthcare services and cultural participation, fostering social inclusion and emotional growth among young participants.

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Academia LoDanzas is a dance school based in Santiago de Compostela, directed by Loli Fojón. The project’s mission is to share the culture of dance and make it accessible from multiple perspectives, promoting dance practice and enjoyment for everyone.

Within As Bailadas, Academia LoDanzas, together with its director Loli Fojón and Julia Sueiro —who is also connected to the school—, designed the educational content, led the training sessions, and developed support materials for the group of participants involved in the project in Santiago de Compostela