Experts on festivals and youth work have joined forces to create a tailored suite of resources, so that festivals can realize their potential as platforms for social innovation. FUSION will enable young people/organizations to use festivals as a steppingstone to implement their own ideas, products and technologies for the benefit of society.

What We Do

Festivals will act as social innovation incubators that empower young people to realize their potential to change society and will inspire them to tackle social issues in innovative ways beyond the scope of the event itself.

FUSION enables festivals and youth organizations to collaborate and unlock their potential for social innovation by providing them with a tailored suite of resources. These include an All You Need to Know Guide, a Reach and Teach Toolbox, Online Educational Resources as well as Alliances and Action Plans focused on social innovation at festivals.

Who We Are
FUSION is a pan-European, EU-funded project
with partners from six different countries

Take a Stand
represented by Delta1

International

We are about Festivals
and Social awareness

Momentum Consulting

Ireland

We are about
Education and Innovation

Roskilde Festival

Denmark

We are about Non-profit
festivals and Youth work

Canice Consulting

United Kingdom

We are about Web
design and Education

BackSlash

Spain

We are about Supporting Youth and Promoting values

YOUROPE

International

We are a festival association and about knowledge exchange

Istanbul Economic Research

Turkey

We are about
research and consulting

Resources

FUSION gives you all the tools you need
to understand social innovation at festivals.
Find out more about what we have to offer.

FUSION Guide

Our guide on good practice examples of innovative projects from festivals will teach you all you need to know about young social innovation at live events.

FUSION Toolbox

We will create a set of educational tools that help festivals, youth organizations and young people to collaborate and start their own social projects.

FUSION Alliances

The FUSION alliances will connect festivals, youth events organizations and young people to get the best of their potential by using live events as tools.

The FUSION team combines expertise
on social innovation, youth work and festival life –
Topics that go together much better than you would expect.
"The Fusion Project exists to provide young people with exciting spaces to find new or better solutions to some of the toughest social problems. I think Fusion is important because it shows us, through the use of innovative resources, how to create the conditions that better enable collaboration, and collaboration is a key part of social innovation. In this way we are promoting diversity, of ideas, cultures, and solutions."
Con Bartels
Con BartelsMomentum
"Festivals are so much more than just live music events – they are magical places with an incomparable spirit, giving you memories you will never forget. It feels only natural for me to take part in a project that shows festivals how to foster this inspirational energy and use it to everyone’s benefit."
Katharina Weber
Katharina WeberTake A Stand
"For Backslash, the FUSION project is an opportunity to discover more about the potential of festivals as a place of social innovation and youth empowerm ent. We believe in culture and art as a very strong tool for social change, and we want to give the microphone to young people to become the main characters in this change. We're the future, but also the present."
Cristina Martinez , Montse Llinares and Sergio Carbonell Bustos
Cristina Martinez , Montse Llinares and Sergio Carbonell BustosBackslash
"As an educator I will for the first time be able to deliver something deliberate and powerful to young people where they will ultimately learn world game changing trends like Social Innovation, Sustainable Development Goals and creating projects and businesses that deliver the same. Young Irish people will for the first time be able to navigate their own futures and come up with their own solutions and be in a position to implement them into their communities. Solutions will have direct positive impacts e.g., on their mental health, employment, environments, and other social issues."
Laura Magan
Laura MaganMomentum
"FUSION is a wonderful opportunity to show how European festivals and inspiring young people can create something special together."
Holger Jan Schmidt
Holger Jan SchmidtTake A Stand
"Festivals are a playground for exploring utopias and innovations and have the power to inspire young people to articipate in that. I think FUSION is a great opportunity to accelerate that and I am excited for everything that will happen!"
Fine Stammnitz
Fine StammnitzDelta1
"I am convinced of festivals’ potential to accelerate innovation and social change. Festivals gather young people across backgrounds and create a strong sense of community and togetherness, which can inspire us, stimulate hope and spark individual and collective agency towards a more sustainable future. The challenges of our time call for innovative solutions. With FUSION, we accelerate this potential by inspiring the European festival sector and organisations working with youth and social innovation to activate young people’s passion for festivals as a key driver for change."
Kara Djurhuus Roskilde Festival
Kara DjurhuusRoskilde Festival
"I strongly believe in festivals’ potential to facilitate societal change. At festivals, we escape the norms of society, dream together, inspire each other, and co-create meaningful experiences – creating new ideas for society. FUSION makes it possible to share this with young people all over Europe and empower more to act upon their dreams for a better future."
Nils Nagel
Nils NagelRoskilde Festival
"FUSION is important for me to create and share evidence that l earning is FUN and that it happens everywhere! A festival is an ideal place where you have fun, meet people AND learn so many things."
Özgehan Osenyuva
Özgehan OsenyuvaIstanbul Economic Research
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The Stories behind FUSION’s Cases: Ruissiraati Rocks Youth Engagement – FUSION Project

11. April 2023

Ruisrock is one of Finland’s oldest and most prominent festivals and offers their guests a journey into another world full of joy, friendship, and freedom. Their project Ruissiraati invites young people to become part of a youth panel that can actively influence the way the festival is organized. To find out the story behind Ruissiraati, we interviewed Ilona Numminen, producers at Ruisrock.

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