The Youth Integration Lab (YIL) is coming to Pécs!
From April 23 to 26, young people, researchers, and local partners will gather for a three-day event focused on youth participation and active citizenship. Through workshops, round tables, and creative group activities, participants will explore what it means to take part in shaping their communities. Whether you're a student, part of a youth organization, or just curious about making a difference, this event offers a space to connect, reflect, and get inspired.
Organized by the University of Pécs as part of the broader EDUC Alliance, the event brings together voices from across Europe. The programme includes everything from mural painting and interactive games to discussions on urban vs. rural youth experiences, social inclusion, and disability rights. With hands-on teamwork, local excursions, and thought-provoking conversations, this YIL event is all about building understanding and turning ideas into action.
You can also follow the event live or catch the highlights later on our YouTube channel.
Further Readings:
- EDUC Youth Integration Lab
- Good Practices for Students with Disabilities
- Good Deeds, Good Experiences
- The Launch of EDUC’s Youth Integration Labs at UPN
Programme Details
23RD APRIL
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18.30-19.00 Registration
- 19.00-21.00 Welcome dinner First welcome and intstructions Moderators: Bianka SZIJÁRTÓ, Inez KOLLER and Csaba MAGDALI Warming up – get to know each other Moderator: Csaba MAGDALI
24TH APRIL
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9.00-9.30 Introduction to the Youth Integration Lab in PÉCS Greeting: Péter ÁRVAI, Moderators: Bianka SZIJÁRTÓ, Inez KOLLER and Csaba MAGDALI
- 9.30-10.50 Mural Workshop on Youth Participation Joint strip painting - Our personal connection with the theme During the workshop, through verbal sharing and visualization, we will bring our thoughts, feelings and personal experiences related to young people's participation to the surface, which will then be visualized through visual art tools, trying out one of the basic exercises of the Mural Moral® Method, and creating a large-scale collective work as an essential collection of individual contents. Moderator: Kriszta KATONA
- 10.50-11.00 Break
- 11.00-11.30 From margins to meaning:Youth participation as a strategy against exclusion. Keynote Speech: Pål SOLBERG
- 11.30-12.00 Participation of youth in urban and rural settings Round table discussion Moderator: Pål SOLBERG Speakers: Alexander ÁDÁM, Dávid KISS, Laura TÖRÖK
- 12.00-12.30 Small group discussion on participation of youth in urban and rural settings Moderators: Pål SOLBERG and Csaba MAGDALI
- 12.30-13.30 Lunch break
- 13.30-14.00 Video section – introducing local youth organisations Youth Club of Kölked (YCK) Youth Association of Pécsvárad (FIRE) City Students’ Government of Pécs (CSGP) College of Advanced Studies on Social Inclusion – University Students’ Researcher Club of University of Pécs (CASSI) Moderators: Inez KOLLER and Csaba MAGDALI
- 14.30-15.00 Team forming and Q&A Moderators: Inez KOLLER and Csaba MAGDALI
- 15.00-15.30 Break
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15.30-16.00 Team based project work – first round Moderators: Inez KOLLER and Csaba MAGDALI - 16.00-16.30 Wrap up day 1 Moderators: Inez KOLLER and Csaba MAGDALI
25TH APRIL
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09.00-09.15 Morning welcome Moderators: Inez KOLLER and Csaba MAGDALI
- 9.15-10.00 Colour Yourself! A space game dedicated to make it more visible and understandable how group mechanism is working. A deeper understanding of these is essential if you are to be a shaper of social events, if you want to forge a real community out of a random or loosely connected set of people with shared values and interests. Moderator: Inez Koller
- 10.00-10.30 Team based project work – second round Moderators: Inez KOLLER and Csaba MAGDALI
- 10.30-11.00 Round visit of other Teams
- 11.00-11.30 Break
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11.30-12.30 Team based project work – third round Moderators: Inez KOLLER and Csaba MAGDALI - 12.30-13.30 Break
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13.30-14.15 Youth work easing geographical and social disadvantages Round table discussion Moderator: Inez KOLLER - Speakers: Mateusz KAMIONKA, Miklós LÁSZLÓ
- 15.00-19.00 Excursion to Pécsvárad Greetings Krisztián BENE, dean Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Pécs Gábor ZAG, vice-major, Municipality of Pécs Krisztián GÁL, major, Municipality of Pécsvárad Gábor POLICSEK, major, Municipality of Kölked Introduction of FIRE and the Youth Council of Pécsvárad Word Café Visit FIRE Moderator: Miklós LÁSZLÓ
26TH APRIL
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09.00-10.30 Youth work easing disadvantages based on disability Round table discussion Moderator: Csaba MAGDALI Speakers: Benjamin PISCH, Gian Pietro CARROGU
- 10.30-11.00 Break
- 11.00-12.00 Project presentations and reflections Wrap up the event Moderators: Bianka SZIJÁRTÓ, Inez KOLLER and Csaba MAGDALI