In this innovative event, we invite you to immerse yourself in the exciting world of the Social Ecological Theater Project (TSE), an initiative that merges the power of theater, language instruction, and ecology to empower and facilitate the integration of asylum seekers, Beneficiaries of International Protection (SBPI), and immigrants in their host countries.

Throughout this event, our aim is to introduce the manual and the introductory MOOC course of this new educational discipline that combines theater and ecology to facilitate the socio-professional integration of expatriates in their host countries.

Over the course of the sessions, we will present the project, its evolution, experiences, and the results obtained. Information will also be provided about the current resources available for training in this field and the future plans of the project.

• Cultural Integration: Promoting the cultural integration of asylum seekers, beneficiaries of international protection (SBPI), and expatriates through theatrical practice as a means of expression and connection.
• Skills Development: Empower the development of essential linguistic, social, and emotional skills for vocational and educational integration.
• Labor Sustainability: Promote ecological agriculture as a sustainable employment avenue, connecting participants with environmentally friendly farming practices.
• Interinstitutional Collaboration: Establish strong collaborations between experts in theater, language teaching, and agroecology to ensure a comprehensive approach tailored to the specific needs of asylum seekers, beneficiaries of international protection (SBPI), and expatriates.

Join us at these Presentation Sessions and be part of an initiative that transforms lives through art, culture, and sustainability! Your participation can make a difference. We look forward to welcoming you with enthusiasm!

12:00-12:10 Registration and Welcome: Participant registration and welcome

Miguel Álvarez González. President of Juventudes Activas de León and driving force behind the Teatro Activo program of the City Council of León.

12:10-12:30 Introduction to the TSE Project: Presentation of the project's origin, mission, vision, values, and real impact on the lives of expatriate users who have participated in the project by Mr. David Santos González, Coordinator Naturgeis Social Ecological Theater Project.

D. David Santos González. Coordinator Naturgeis Social Ecological Theater Project.

12:30-13:00 What is Social Ecological Theater? What is it for? What didactic tools exist?: resentation of the methodology, manual, MOOC course, and the experience gained during the project.

D. Fernando Paniagua Blanc. Coordinator of Art and Culture at Naturgeis. Creator, developer, and author of the TSE manual and methodology, and teacher of the TSE trainers' training course.

13:00-13:15 Application Experience of the Methodology: TSE in Italy 

Dª Guilia Romolini y/o Dª Annalisa Saviozzi. Teachers of the pilot course in Social Ecological Theater in Italy and co-developers of the TSE manual.

13:15-13:30 Application Experience of the Methodology: TSE in Portugal.

Dª. Inês Falcão Luís. Instructor of the pilot course in Social Ecological Theater in Portugal and co-developer of the TSE manual.

13:30-14:00 Panel Discussion and Event Closure.

The Social Ecological Theater Project (TSE) proposes a specific and applicable didactic and methodological system through a workshop developed in a linear chronological manner, consisting of four phases: initial contact and pre-evaluation, relationship and contextualization, deepening cultural integration (conflict and resolution), and job placement in the agroecological sector. Each corresponds to different procedural stages we identified as refugees and asylum seekers approach socio-cultural realities and contexts that often differ significantly from their places of origin. From two years of work, two training tools have been developed, which we share with you here: