14 exchanges between long-standing Partners of the Foundation that had the opportunity to visit their respective project sites and organize joint artistic initiatives:

• 1 exchange in 2018 between Fekat Circus and Phare Ponleu Selpak (PPS) which foresaw the participation of 3 professionals of PPS to the African Circus Arts Festival held in Addis Abeba from February 28 to March 4, 2018 with the participation of 6 Ethiopian circuses and 5 other African circuses from Kenya, Morocco, South Africa, Guinea and Mozambique;
• 1 exchange, organized in 2017, by Fekat Circus and Phare Ponleu Selpak within the project “Circus, Berta!”, in Ethiopia, supported by the Delegation of the European Union in Ethiopia;

• 5 exchanges organized between 2011 and 2016 under the auspices of the “Theatre without Borders” project. The meetings involved artists with disabilities, members of the theatre companies Giullari di Gulliver from Ticino (Switzerland), Perspecktivyij from Russia and BHH Sozialkontor from Germany. The exchanges took place in St. Petersburg (Russia), Hamburg and Nieheim (Germany) and the Ticino Canton (Switzerland);
• 2 exchanges between AMREF operators and young beneficiaries (Kenya) and Projeto Axé (Brazil). AMREF and Axé were both long-standing partners of the Foundation, working with at-risk youths in the slums of Nairobi and the favelas of Salvador de Bahia through artistic workshops;
• 2 exchanges between ASEM representatives (Mozambique) and Pé no Chão/ Projeto Axé teachers from, respectively, Recife and Salvador de Bahia (Brazil);
• 1 cultural exchange project in Switzerland organized by Cre-Arte, partner of the Foundation, working in Argentina with youths facing severe psychophysical and social hardship. The exchange included theatre and music workshops organized in collaboration with KFE University and Theatre Hora (Zurich);
• 1 seminar in Dresden (May 2009) between representatives of the Latin American Network of Art and Social Transformation, an organization linking 60 social art projects in Latin America with European organizations working in the same sector;
• 1 exchange between Vientos Culturales and Prometeo during 2015 Medellin International Poetry Festival.

85 training courses on art-education to encourage the adoption of these practices among teachers and professionals:

• 6 Training Courses to implement the “You Create” methodology in Egypt, Greece, Iraq and Ukraine, for 102 professionals in child protection, educators and psychologists and local Staff of Terre des hommes;
• 1 Capitalization Global Training for 21 Tdh Staff professionals from 12 different delegations in the MENA, Asia and Eastern Europe zones to disseminate and implement the “You Create” methodology; 
• 4 Training Courses to implement the “Creative Tool Kit and Activity Box” in the Asylum Shelters in Switzerland, 2 federal and 2 cantonal, for 51 people (Directors, co-directors and Shelter Staff);
• 1 Training in Art-therapy for 25 formal and informal educators, artists, teachers, psychologists and volunteers working at the Paola Biocca Rehabilitation Centre and refugee camps in Amman (Jordan);
• 1 Training in Community Music Leaders in the SPRAR Centers for 30 professional and amateur musicians working with young asylum seekers and refugees (Turin and Bologna, Italy);
• 5 Preparatory Training Courses to the Emergency Smile Missions in Greece (Lesbos and Samos Islands, and Mainland Greece) and Ukraine (Kiev and Chernihiv Oblasts) for 18 Clown-Doctors and 5 Head of Mission;
• 9 Welcome Notes Europe Training, basic and advanced, for 268 musicians, music teachers and Workshop Leaders from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, Greece, Italy, Scotland and The Netherlands;
• 9 Basic HEART Trainings, for the dissemination the HEART methodology, and 6 Follow-up Trainings, for 210 teachers and pedagogues from 47 primary schools in Una-Sana Canton (Bosnia-Herzegovina). The Training was organized by Save the Children North West Balkans; 
• 1 Community Music Leadership Training for 24 new Rwandan Community Music Leaders and 25 new Community Music Leaders from Goma (RCD), to use music with children and youth HIV positive, orphans, at risk and in vulnerable condition in Rwanda and RDC;
• 2 On-going Trainings intended to 76-81 Rwandan Community Music Leaders, formerly trained by Musicians without Borders, to strengthen local Capacity Building and accompany the “Rwanda Youth Music” Program towards sustainability;
• 2 Training Courses on the HEART methodology (Healing and Education Through the Arts) for 36 teachers from 12 schools in three municipalities in the south-west of Haiti. Participants learnt how to provide psychosocial support through the arts to 2’368 children affected by the hurricane Matthew. The Training was organized by Save the Children Schweiz;
• 3 Training Courses on the HEART methodology and 2 follow-up trainings to 59 teachers, pedagogues, psychologists, social workers and special education professionals from 14 primary schools, 1 kindergarten and 6 drop-in centers in the Una-Sana and Posavina Cantons (Bosnia-Herzegovina). The Training was organized by Save the Children UK;
• 1 Training Course intended to 80 young cultural operators, trained by MURALES RACCS (Fundación Movimiento para la Unidad Regional del Arte y las Expresiones socioculturales de la Región Autónoma Costa Caribe Sur) to use pedagogical methodologies art- based as a tool for social change;
• 1 Training Course in social circus intended to 20 youths to become operators at the Escuela de la Comedia y el Mimo;
• 1 Training Course of management, organized by the association COOPI Suisse in collaboration with the University of State of Haiti, intended to 15 youth operators already managing cultural organizations or working as artists in Haiti, to bring out a new generation of cultural operators;

• 5 Training Courses for 75 teachers from various Cambodian provinces, school directors, trainers from NGOs and provincial, district and ministerial officials for education. The courses aimed at integrating art and play into classrooms, helping children with disabilities during the learning process, stimulating their creativity and facilitating their social integration. The sessions were organized by the Cambodian organizations Rabbit School Organization and Epic Arts and supported by Alta Mane via the Swiss organization Aide et Action;

• 4 Circus Training offered by Phare Ponleu Selpak to 2 trainers, 30 assistants and 3 staff members of the association Caméléon, hosting victims of violence in Passi, Panay Island (Philippines). The Foundation supported the project via Apprentis d’Auteuil Switzerland;
• 5 Basic and Follow-up training courses offered by Musicians without Borders to allow 3 Rwandan trainers, 106 Community Leaders in Kigali and 20-30 CML trainees of a clinic and main hospital in Kigali to use music in favour of children and youths living in extremely vulnerable conditions with HIV-AIDS or in refugee camps;
• 4 Training Courses offered by Musicians Without Borders to allow 60 youths, living in Mahama refugee camp (Rwanda), 45 youths in Kigali, 3 Rwandan trainers and 28 trainees of a clinic and main hospital in Kigali to use music in favour of children and youths living in extremely vulnerable conditions with HIV-AIDS or in refugee camps;

• 1 Technical-Musical Training for 13 young drummers of the group Slum Drummers of the outskirts of Nairobi (Kenya). The training helped them offer psychosocial support through music to 80 street children in Waithaka (Kenya). Partner: Gruppo per le Relazioni Transculturali (GRT);

• 4 Training Seminars organized by Solidar Suisse for 16 sociocultural mediators involved in the management of theatre groups, cine-clubs and cultural centers in Bolivia within the LanzArte project;

• 1 Advanced Course (Matriz das Artes) for 40 young drummers living in the favelas of Salvador de Bahia (Brazil), aspiring to teach drums to the children involved in Projeto Axé;

• 4 Training Courses in Art-Education (Projeto Axé) for a total of 200 operators and teachers working on social art projects in Brazil;
• 1 Training Course for the socioeconomically disadvantaged young artists of Fundatia Parada to help them integrate into society and start a professional career at the Academy of Social Arts of Bucharest (Romania).