U sklopu “El Sistema-Festivala” u Göteborgu, 17. – 21. travnja, održan je simpozij “Sistema Europe” na kojem su sudjelovali predstavnici Italije, Austrije, Švicarske, Škotske, Švedske, Njemačke, Engleske, Danske i Hrvatske, te gosti iz SAD-a – Tricia Tunstall (autorica knjige o El Sistemi) i Eric Booth (znanstvenik, autor brojnih radova koji proučava fenomen uspjeha El Sistema). Upoznali smo profesore švedske El Sisteme, posjetili nekoliko njihovih “nuclea” (centara), sudjelovali na panel diskusijama, slušali o primjerima dobre prakse u drugim zemljama i prisustvovali koncertima na kojima djeca nastupaju zajedno sa Simfoničarima Göteborga. El Sistema Festival in Gothenburg, 17 – 21 April, featured a symposium “Sistema Europe” which was attended by representatives from Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Scotland, Sweden, Germany, England, Denmark and Croatia, with guests from the USA – Tricia Tunstall (author of the book on El Sistema) and Eric Booth (scholar, author of essays exploring the phenomenon of El Sistema success). We met the Swedish El Sistema teachers, visited some of their “nucleos”, participated in panel-discussions, heard about examples of good practice in other countries and attended the concerts in which children performed alongside the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.