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Project Report: Seniors in Action |
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27.07.2009 |
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In times of increasing demographic changes it is of great importance to activate seniors and prevent their marginalization. This problem is addressed by the “Seniors in Action” Programme which promotes the integration of seniors into the education process, thus making use of the seniors’ indispensible experiences. The following part will give a short insight into the project and its realisation.
While connecting project partners from old EU Member States (Greece, Spain, France) with newer ones (Latvia, Slovania, Romania, Bulgaria), the “Senior in Action” Programme also encourages the interaction between different generations. This twofold aim is realized by the project through the creation of a model promoting the seniors active participation in informal education. In addition to that, this model intends to raise the awareness about the initiative in senior communities as well as to provide supportive training and tutoring sessions for seniors on creative, story-telling presentations for pupils, transnational partners’ meetings. Furthermore, transnational gatherings of seniors from partner countries for sharing experiences and best practices take place on a regular basis.
In practice, the “Seniors in Action” Programme makes use of the seniors’ special capacities, young pupils in the age of 9-12 are taught by honey producers, organic farmers, mathematicians, poets, chess players, painters, etc. and gain new experiences in these areas. In the first year, the project accomplished to create a core group of 60 seniors with a wide spectrum of expertise ranges from Esperanto learning to calligraphy and honey and cheese production. After a successful first year, the project partners plan to produce a documentary based on the profile of seniors, their professional and personal skills and their acquired competence to teach a subject to pupils 9-12 years old.
The project is funded with support of the Lifelong Learning Program by the European Commission and is part of a multilateral project of the Grundtvig Programme. The total budget of the project is EUR 270,296 within a duration of 24 months.
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