Among European countries, Hungarian, Maltese and Romanian elderly people use internet rarely, Denmark is a leader in internet usage, although voluntary senior group trainings are not organized even there.Our aim is to activate seniors in the aging societies, develop their mental and physical skills, thus, they will become active, healthy and open minded people, who can find their place in the society easier and their defencelessness decreases.We help the development of innovative practices with developing curricula which build community and are tailor-made for different agegroups when preparing voluntary senior group helpers (O1) and by strenghtening intergenerational relations (O2) – with delivering experiences accumulated in the participating countries from one area to another – we contribute to the acquiring of the program with developing online, multimedia, distance education curriculum (O3) for young people – which will be available in the languages of the participating countries (English, Danish, Hungarian, Romanian), 12-12 trainers/country, totally 4 (training)*12 trained participants.The acquired competences will be delivered by people who cooperates in sharing knowledge in the international telecentre and community venues network with ICT devices, with the aim of providing equal opportunities for the elderly.For the participants of the trainings, who will be multiplier volunteers, we will develop a methodological database (O4) in English, the users can search the training tasks according to type, topics and difficulty, they also can upload training tasks. Partners Applicant: DTE’s role: project management, taking part in the project meetings (M1, M2, M3), organizing the final workshop (M3), translating the curriculum into English (O1, O2, O3), developing the portal of the methodological database (O3), providing venue for the training in Hungary (C1), recruiting participants for the training (6+6 people) and the final conference (40+14 people), developing and filling in the database with content, translating it into English (O4), organizing the conference (E1). Partners and their role: KIFE’s role: taking part in the project meetings (M1, M2, M3), developing the curricula and database (O1, O2, O3, O4), training (C1, C2, C3, C4), taking active part in the conference (E1). EMKE’s role: taking part in the project meetings (M1, M2, M3), providing venue for the training in Romania (C4), recruiting participants to the training (6+6 people) (C1, C2, C3, C4), translating the curricula into Romanian (O1, O2, O3), filling in the database with content (O4), taking active part in the conference (E1). Telecentre-Danmark’s role: sharing its experience, providing venue for the first workshop (M1), taking part in the project meetings (M1, M2, M3), providing venue for the training (C3), recruiting participants to the training (C1, C2, C3, C4), translating the curricula into Danish, (O1,O2,O3), filling in the database with content (O4), taking active part in the conference (E1). MCA’s role: providing venue for the workshop (M2), providing venue for the training in Malta (C2), taking part in the project meetings (M1, M2, M3), recruiting participants to the trainings (C1,C2,C3,C4), filling in the database with content (O4), taking active part in the conference (E1). Target group:Young people (18-28 years) and pensioners (mainly above 60 years) from Denmark, Hungary, Malta, Romania who are active and opened to acquire knowledges in connection with leading groups and improving the quality of life and think they could deliver these knowledges for people in the same age, which provide the sustainability of the project. Results:Intellectual outputs:O1 Training for Senior Contemporary Group leaders curriculum (2x12=24 people)O2 Preparing Intergenerational helpers curriculum (2x12=24 people)O3 Preparing Intergenerational helpers - distance learning curriculum – (continuously avaiable)O4 Methodological database (300 visitors/month) E1 Final conference in Hungary - "Who are still 'young' ... in excellent condition" (40+14+10 participants)C1, C2 Training for Senior Contemporary Group leaders (Hungary, Malta) (2x12=24 persons)C3,C4 Preparing Intergenerational helpers (Denmark, Romania) (2x12=24 people) Impact:Elder people will be involved in the society and find their role (as a trainer or trainee), in this way, they can preserve their health longer.Elder people will be able to use modern ICT devices in their life, thus, they can keep contact with other people easier, administration will be simplified for them and they can access more information.Their increased intellectual capacity can be used by the local community and thus, the social capital will strengthen.The number of the social services (special collective, voluntary, public educational and training services) will increase which is an important characteristic of the welfare society.
Denmark has been the world leader in Internet penetration for many years: it was 96,9 % in 2017 (http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats4.htm#europe). In Denmark, a law came into force that eliminated the personal customer services and all the cases have to be managed through remote administration by Internet. As Denmark is at the forefront of digitalisation, participants of our ERASMUS + 15/KA1AE/3340 project could visit Telecentre Danmark and get acquainted with the organization's adult training system, its legal background, programs, effective training organization and their software. They have gained useful information on how, by what methods they reach the elderly people, the hard-to-reach strata of the society and how generations can help each other. They could study their network of educational activities and marketing activities. We learned from the Danes that with the help of volunteer helpers of the same age group they reach the elderly, the hard-to-reach strata of the society, since we are the last in Europe in elderly Internet usage. The main reason for this, according to a 2005 study (http://www.05.ibm.com/hu/social/idos/dn/kutatas.pdf), lies in the fact that the Hungarian companies were not, or very little, sacrificed to the further training of an aging population. The age group affected by the survey has now become retired. The purpose of the application was: - reducing the vulnerability of aging society - creating possibility for the elderly people to keep contact with friends and family members in an inexpensive way - making possible for elderly people with limited mobility to manage their things without traveling - lesser burdens for younger family members who always have a shortage of time - providing meaningful activities for elderly people The aim of the project was to train such elderly (beyond 60 years old) and young (between 18 and 30 years old) teamleaders, who are capable to build relationships and teams after the training in their own communities in the field of elderly training, including the use of Infocommunication Techniques and Senior Adult Counseling. Project partners: Main applicant: Dél-alföldi Teleházak Regionális Közhasznú Egyesülete – Regional Telecottages Public Association of South Hungarian Plain, Responsibility: Project management, project portal development, project meeting organization, curriculum development, development of distance education curriculum, multiplication conference organization Partners: KIFE – Responsibility: curriculum development, training EMKE – Responsibility: curriculum development, training Telecentre- Danmark – Responsibility: project meeting organization, curriculum development, training Malta Communications Authority – Responsibility: project meeting organization, curriculum development, training Presentation of the most important activities carried out: 1. Initial workshop day M1 – Denmark, Copenhagen 2. Developing the project webpage 3. Development of curriculum (O1, O2) 4. Workshop day M2 – Malta 5. Senior Contemporary Group leaders C1 – Hungary, Szeged 6. Senior Contemporary Group leaders C2 – Malta, Lija 7. Training of Intergenerational Helper C3 – Denmark, Copenhagen 8. Training of Intergenerational Helper C3 – Romania, Cluj Napoca 9. Development of distance education curriculum for Intergenerational Helper 10. Multiplication Closing Conference – Hungary, Szeged 11. Closing Workshop day M3 – Hungary, Szeged Target group: During the project and in the future, we expect all retired age people, especially those over the age of 60 or between the ages of 18 and 30, who feel active and open to new knowledge about team leadership and improving the quality of life of the elderly so that these knowledge can be further extended to the aging population or their own peers. On each training max.15 people can be trained on the basis of the network of Telehouses, community houses. The volunteers who, in addition to learning the training material, undertake to pass on the basic idea of the training, encouraging the creation and operation of additional local workshops. • Results and impacts achieved; 3 curricula were completed (in English, Danish, Hungarian and Rumanian languages): O1 Senior Teamleader Training: The main themes of the 80-hour training: team characteristics, team mechanisms, team work / team dynamics (16 hours); leadership identity and styles, communication situations, conversation, problematic situations (16 hours); the characteristics of old-age learning, methodology for the training of the elderly (32 hours), needs assessment and organization of senior training, social inclusion, individual development plan in the field of elderly education (16 hours). O2 Training of Intergenerational Helper: The main themes of the 48-hour training: team characteristics, team mechanisms, team work / team dynamics (16 hours); the characteristics of old-age and young-a