Programme

Track: Leadership 1

Lead by: Agapi Papadaki and Vicky Krokou (Amimoni, Greece)

In a rapidly changing sector, strong and self‑aware leadership is essential for guiding teams through transitions. This hands‑on workshop uses LEGO® Serious Play® to help participants uncover their personal leadership strengths and explore how making better use of individual skills can strengthen teamwork and help their organisations manage change more effectively.

Track: HR Management 1

Lead by: Taija Halme and Essi Vainonen (Tukena, Finland)

Strengths‑based coaching models can drive positive change by helping staff recognise and build on their own capabilities. This workshop will teach participants how to help staff recognise and use their strengths at work, improve teamwork and create a safe and supportive working environment. 

Track: Finance 1

Lead by: Philip Vanneste (Groep Gidts) and Katie McVey (Enable) 

As disability and social service providers face rising costs, shifting funding models, and growing demand, developing smarter ways of coordinating internally and collaborating externally has become essential. This session will focus on how better internal coordination and cooperation with cross-sectoral partners can improve financial efficiency. It will combine a reflection on management with practical entrepreneurial approaches to help organisations strengthen their long-term financial sustainability. 

Track: Comms 1

Lead by: Marta Burgell and Anna Homs (Associació Alba, Spain) 

Delivering integrated, community-based services requires collaboration with multiple community actors. This workshop, based on a real community example, will address how participants can work together with municipalities and local partners, define clear roles and communicate results in a way that builds trust.

Track: Capacity Building 1

Lead by: Katalin Galambos (Semmelweis, Hungary) 

In an environment where social service organisations are continually adapting to new expectations, resource pressures and evolving support needs, the ability to function with resilience has become a defining factor of long‑term quality and sustainability. This session will explore how organisations can strengthen operational resilience and continuously improve service quality while remaining aligned with person-centred and rights-based principles.

Track: Leadership 2

Lead by: Aileen Fitzpatrick (National Learning Network - Rehab Group, Ireland) 

The Balanced Scorecard is a strategic planning and management system traditionally used to implement organisational strategy and track performance.  This workshop will offer practical insights of how performance frameworks such as the Balanced Scorecard can be used to support better leadership, improve financial stability and maintain service quality while staying true to the organisation’s mission.

Track: HR Management 2

Lead by: Dionysios Serras (VTC MARGARITA) and Clara Massé (EASPD), EQUALCARE project

This practical workshop offers managers simple tools to support gender equality, improve work-life balance, and build fair and inclusive workplaces in disability services.

Track: Finance 2

Lead by: Fabrizio Serra and Giulia Musso (Fondazione Paideia, Italy) 

This workshop will address how social service organisations can move beyond traditional funding streams, including foundations, to build more resilient, diverse, and future‑proof financial models. 

Track: Comms 2

Lead by: Albin Falkmer (Samhall, Sweden) 

This workshop will examine how strategic partnerships and advocacy efforts can strengthen organisational influence, advance inclusive policies, and create sustainable impact at local and national level.

Track: Capacity Building 2

Lead by: Lieven Bossuyt (Lichtwerk.io), DigitAble Project 

Across disability and social service provision, digital transformation is no longer just about adopting new systems; it is about ensuring technology truly enhances person‑centred support, staff workflows and organisational impact. This session focuses on how to guide organisations through digital change processes by engaging staff, clients and stakeholders in meaningful, impact-driven transformation.

Track: Capacity Building 2

Lead by: Mónica Pinheiro Godinho Silva and Paula Paixão Senra (APPFHS - Associação de Psicologia Positiva, Florescimento Humano e Societal)

In this interactive workshop, participants explore how inclusive organisational cultures (DEI) foster well-being, psychological safety and stronger team performance in disability services. This session focuses on sharing experiences of belonging and identifying practical improvements, along with a checklist of key dimensions of an inclusive culture.

Track: Leadership 3

Lead by: Philippe Narval (Lebenshilfe, Austria) 

Good governance is essential to ensure that disability service providers remain true to their mission, deliver on the principles of the UNCRPD, and respond effectively to the complex demands of person-centred, community-based support systems. This peer-learning session will deepen understanding of how strong governance frameworks can prepare support providers to meet operational challenges and introduce tools to assess and strengthen governance processes.

Track: HR Management 3

Lead by: Anne-Marie Lemessager (VYV3, France)  

In this session, participants will be introduced to the core principles and tools of Lean management, a methodology originally developed by Toyota in the automotive industry. The workshop will explore how standardised Lean tools have been tailored to support managers and their teams in improving efficiency, streamlining processes and fostering greater autonomy. Through practical insights, participants will gain a better understanding of how Lean management can be applied in their own professional environments to enhance performance and team effectiveness.

Track: Finance 3

Lead by: Petra Rantamaki, Tukena

How can disability services demonstrate their impact in a meaningful, person-centred way—while also responding to growing policy, funding, and accountability demands? This workshop explores practical approaches to both delivering and measuring impact across disability services, from individual outcomes to wider societal change.

Track: Comms 3

Lead by: Natallia Nenarokamava (Cast from Clay, UK)

The disability sector has some of the strongest arguments. So why isn't the message cutting through to decisionmakers? This session is about what happens when you stop leading with logic and start leading with imagination: how to find ideas that get noticed, how to create space for creative thinking in your team, and how to design campaigns that actually stay with people. 

Track: Skills Development 3

Lead by: Elvira Psaila (Aġenzija Sapport), Tim Keilty and Bob Rhodes (Livesthrough Friends), Viktoria Filimonova and Rafael Georgiev (NASO), Raúl Olivera and Mario Cuixart (Som – Fundació)

This structured peer-learning session presents four success stories from EASPD's membership and practical solutions on strengthening leadership and organisational capacity across different thematic challenges.