In November 2002, Stage I of the first Joint Training Workshop between HKCS Mobile Adventure Activities Centre and Department of Social Work and Administration of the China Youth College for Politics was launched. Among the eighty attendees, some were the teaching staff from the Social Work Department of China Youth College, others included the supervisor of the youth hot-line service as well as teachers and youth work leaders from secondary and primary schools in provinces and cities all over the Mainland.

The program comprised of two parts. Part I consisted of lectures on concepts of social work, group work and adventure base counseling. Part II consisted of four sessions of structured adventure activities designed for 20 participants. In these sessions, real life experiences in the group setting were introduced using the means of mobile adventure activities. In addition, program design and techniques in briefing, leading and debriefing were also introduced. The philosophy of experiential learning blended very well with the specially designed "mobile types" of adventure activities.

Participants in those sessions had found a new horizon of using adventure activities in their everyday life. The group experience had brought much personal growth and new dimensions to their group work skills. Not only did they find mobile adventure creative, handy and effective, they also felt that they could very well apply the same method in their programs for youth leaders.

This joint program demonstrated successfully that adventure activities could bring about fulfillment and productivity among team members. Above all, the mobile adventure approach could be an important move towards localization to suit the local scene.