Team:
Mr. Ariel Castelo, who, since 1979, is teaching in several public and private institutions, training teachers, trainers and professionals as well as young people, in order to improve their knowledge, promoter abilities and professional practice with a Ludic methodology - the Ludopedagogy – that can be applied in many different areas of educative and social work, with the aim to contribute to the Human Development, empowering social, cultural and political processes. Since 1989 he is the director of the Centre for training and investigation La Mancha which, since 1994, organizes the "International Biennale of Play". He published and participated in several conferences and festivals and uses Ludopedagogy in many social processes and educational projects in Latin America, Italy and Spain. In 2005 he did contribute to the creation and organization of the "Latin América Network of Game" (Red Latinoamericana de Juego - ReLaJo) which aims to promote the activity “play a game” as a political strategy to change the world. At the present he works as an International consultant for many educational and social projects in America and Europe, since Ludopedagogy is having excellent success to build citizenship with a great variety of people.

Valentina Pescetti, Italy, responsible for the network "ReLaJo" in Italy - she did contribute to the creation and organization of the "Latin América Network of Game" (Red Latinoamericana de Juego - ReLaJo) - and since 2005 is a trainer and supporter of Ludopedagogy at international level.

Each team member counts with several years of experience both as participant and team member of study sessions and workshops at local, national and international level, organizing as well activities to promote non formal education and social and political incidence cooperating with democratic processes with indigenous people, youth, rural people, exploited and marginalized urban people, and cooperating with local administration and international networks and institutions and agencies as UNICEF, UN, UNESCO.

Cristina Gasperin, Laura Saracino, Isadora Bergami, Greta Zeraschi, Cristina Cecchini, Fiore Zaniboni, Donata Bianchi and Tina Nastasi are beenig trained as Ludopedagogy trainers and contribute to the promotion of Ludopedagogy.

The team of experts worked together with the training associates in order to train and organize other important festivals, seminars and training courses in different countries (as Latin America, Italy, Egipt, Saharawi Refugees Camps), and all share a particular experience in participative methods and a consistent practice of non-formal education principles and approaches. All activities will be run and followed by the same team of trainers that prepared them.