About HETI 2020

STRIKING THE BALANCE

Achieving a balance in life is a topic that is receiving increasing levels of attention and spans the international and national contexts. Whether this is trying to manage the world’s natural resources with man’s growing needs or individuals trying to maintain a better balance between work, leisure and family. Better balance is something that resonates with most people.

The proposed theme of the 16th International Congress of Equine Facilitated Programmes 2020 in Ireland is ‘Striking the Balance’.

Primarily, the congress aims to explore ways to strike the balance between:

• The challenge of providing high quality EFP’s in an environment of competing resources: where demand is greater than supply
• The challenges of producing rigorously robust studies versus evaluative or anecdotal studies
• The challenge of funding EFP’s: public and private funding sources
• Segregated or mainstream settings for equine facilitated programmes: which are best and for whom
• The provision of equine facilitated programmes and horse welfare and management considerations

CONGRESS PILLARS

KNOWLEDGE

Each year, the staff knowledge pool base expands producing richer horse human experiences for everybody.

HOSPITALITY

Each year, over one thousand people experience a warm welcome when they visit Festina Lente.

DIVERSITY

Each year, hundreds of children, teens and adults from all different backgrounds join in a host of equine based lessons and programmes at Festina Lente.

TALENT

Each year, the talents of hundreds of children, teens and adults from all different backgrounds
are celebrated.