The PAUSE project is a KA2 Strategic Partnership for Exchange of Good Practices aimed at creating a thematic network for exchanging experience and good practices for improving the skills of educators working with vulnerable adults. The project developed a comprehensive database of practices and initiatives that provide successful mechanisms for upskilling adult educators working with 3 groups of vulnerable adults, and namely: - People from disadvantaged backgrounds such as migrants, Roma, refugees and asylum seekers who can use adult learning as a means of strengthening social inclusion and active participation - Elderly people who need enhanced learning opportunities in the context of active aging - People with disabilities who need tailored educational opportunities for addressing their specific learning needs The project objectives covered: - To build a European-wide network of practitioners developing national and European initiatives focused on providing quality adult education and to enrich their expertise - To develop and disseminate a comprehensive database of successful and effective practices at EU level aimed at improving the skills of educators working with vulnerable adults - To enhance the motivation of adults from vulnerable groups to take part in adult education - To foster the exchange of experience at EU level and enhance the dissemination and exploitation potential of existing educational projects providing tools for improving the skills of adult educators During its implementation, the PAUSE project achieved the following results: - A network of 110 organisations representing vulnerable groups and experts working for their education and inclusion was created and involved in the project development - The partners developed a comprehensive database of 129 successful practices at EU level which provide effective methods and approaches for improving the skills of educators working with vulnerable adults - The database of good practices is made available on the project website (www.pause-project.eu) through a user-friendly search engine. So far the project website has registered over 3,600 unique visitors and more than 55,000 hits - 517 people were involved in 24 national exploitation seminars in the partner countries, each one focused on exchange of experience for upskilling educators working with one of the 3 defined vulnerable groups - Over 1,000 direct target group representatives have been reached through online and face-to-face meetings and workshops for input and feedback on the project development and collection of good practices - Nearly 2,000 people were reached through the project Facebook page and thousands of people more through the Social media channels of the partners
The project objectives covered: - To build a European-wide network of practitioners developing national and European initiatives focused on providing quality adult education and to enrich their expertise - To develop and disseminate a comprehensive database of successful and effective practices at EU level aimed at improving the skills of educators working with vulnerable adults - To enhance the motivation of adults from vulnerable groups to take part in adult education - To foster the exchange of experience at EU level and enhance the dissemination and exploitation potential of existing educational projects providing tools for improving the skills of adult educators
The PAUSE project is a KA2 Strategic Partnership for Exchange of Good Practices aimed at creating a thematic network for exchanging experience and good practices for improving the skills of educators working with vulnerable adults. The project developed a comprehensive database of practices and initiatives that provide successful mechanisms for upskilling adult educators working with 3 groups of vulnerable adults, and namely: - People from disadvantaged backgrounds such as migrants, Roma, refugees and asylum seekers who can use adult learning as a means of strengthening social inclusion and active participation - Elderly people who need enhanced learning opportunities in the context of active aging - People with disabilities who need tailored educational opportunities for addressing their specific learning needs Policy recommendations place importance on the fact that vulnerable groups have distinct needs and cultural patterns which must be respected and reflected in an educational context. In this respect, adult educators working with vulnerable groups can benefit highly from good practices, approaches and methods for making adult education more attractive, accessible and effective and thus improve the quality of their service.