Noel Garcia, currently director at Spora Sinergies, has twelve years of experience as Project Manager in several fields of research, evaluation and social and community intervention. His work currently stands as a consultant in promoting participatory programs for local and regional development, and design research methodologies and social and environmental intervention. Noel has a BA in Psychology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), a Masters Degree in Environmental Analysis and Intervention at the University of Barcelona (UB) and a Masters Degree in Research in Social Psychology at the UAB. In the recent years he has focused his specialization in the field of citizen participation (Institute of Government and Public Policy – IGOP) and conflict negotiation (Tufts University, MIT, Harvard University Law School). Since 2008 he is working for the Drug Addiction Department of the Catalan Government in the project Q de festa! Nits de Qualitat, a communitary approach to prevention, risk reduction and health promotion in nightlife settings. Europeans Programs experience: NEWIP, Party+, AllCool