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For those who are restless with the way things are. For those who are already bringing about change, or are keen to get started. For those who want to develop their skills to bring about better change. And for those who want to join a network dedicated to bringing about change.

This course is for people who refuse to accept that ‘that’s just the way things are’. It is Instituto Elos’s training for transformative leaders. Executives, young people, community leaders and people just starting out all take part, from many places and ways of working.

The Elos Methodology helps you develop the ability to recognise the potential that already exists within you and in your surroundings, to build trust between different people, and to work with them to achieve a collective goal.

You learn this by doing. In all three programmes, those taking part bring about real change, together with a community that decides what it wants for itself. For us, a community is a group of people who live together, support one another and act together in the world, whether in a neighbourhood, a school, an organisation or a team.

Two rows of people sitting on the floor, facing each other, talking, with papers scattered between them. — photo by Paulo Pereira

Three programmes.

Teenagers seen from behind, with their arms linked at the shoulders, forming a large circle inside a hall.

For teenagers aged 14 to 17 who want to try out the method before deciding on their future path.

4 online sessions + 8 days of in-person immersion

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A line of people clapping, standing side by side, during an outdoor activity.

For anyone who wants to learn the entire cycle and know how to apply it in any context.

2 online modules + 4 weeks of in-person immersion

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A large circle of adults and children holding hands, in an open space, under the blazing sun.

To be implemented with your own team and within your own organisation the following week.

5-day immersion course

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The challenges of our time

Climate crisisAdvances in artificial intelligenceIndividualism and lonelinessPolarisation

No matter what challenge we face, this training programme is for those who believe that good solutions and positive outcomes stem from unity, solidarity and collective action. They stem from rebuilding our capacity for dialogue and mobilisation around shared goals and dreams.

The key features of the training programme.

You begin to see the potential that is already there.

Training begins with recognition: of one’s own potential, of the range of skills and resources that already exist around them. Those who learn with us come to be able to look at a difficult situation and work out where to start, rather than waiting for what is missing to arrive.

You learn to work with people who are different from you.

Trust, a sense of belonging, and the ability to listen, disagree and cooperate. This is the aspect that almost no course teaches, because it can only be developed through living and working together. And it is this that determines whether a group achieves things together or gets bogged down.

You make it happen.

In all the programmes, you gain hands-on experience of carrying out a genuinely collaborative initiative: planning, mobilising, implementing and sustaining. Graduates return with experience and knowledge that can be applied in their own communities, neighbourhoods, organisations and schools.

Would you like to talk to us about our training courses?

The Education team provides information on the three programmes, the timetable, the selection process and scholarships. Schools, foundations and organisations wishing to form a group should contact us via the same channel.

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Those who have been through it.

Over 1,000 graduates across more than 60 countries. Instituto Elos, 2026

GSA 2014

Gabriel Marmentini

Co-founder of ACBG Brasil and Politize!

GSA 2014

Priscilla Pereira

Social entrepreneur with the Eco-Community Project

GSA 2007

Denise Pessoa

Member of the Federal Chamber of Deputies

GSA 2017

Anderson Agostinho (Buiu)

Founder of the Viela Project

GSA 2009

Renata Minerbo

Co-founder of the Be the Earth Foundation

GSA 2012

Admire Gwatidzo

Leadership in Kufunda Village

GSA 2019

Taynara Dias

Social entrepreneur at GlobalHood Network

Geração GSA 2023

Léo Santos

Vila dos Criadores, Santos

Elos Leadership 2026

Fernanda Caloi

CEO of Lala Brasil

Elos Leadership 2026

Luiza Voll

Founding partner of Contente

What people say.

“The GSA has shown me that it is possible to make a real, tangible impact, where you can see the contribution each person makes to that achievement. This acts as a driving force for our own achievements.”

Leonardo Duarte GSA 2011

“Having done the GSA has been a great help to me in my career, and I’ve made lifelong friends.”

Carolina Gouveia Martins Araujo GSA 2017

“We want to feel that this regeneration of the city centre is for us who live here, especially for those of us who have endured all this time of neglect. So, Nagasaki Square today is just the starting point; decent housing also means leisure, it means health, and it means generating an income. All of this is part of improving our quality of life.”

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