Intergenerational Bridge: Connect to create is an Erasmus Plus Strategic Partnership in the field of Adult education coordinated by the Italian organization “EduVita". The Consortium of the project is composed of 6 organizations working with elderly people from Italy, Slovenia, Poland, Turkey, Lithuania, Czech Republic. Duration of the project: 24 months. The surveys and the researches show that generation gap is a major problem of the society in Europe. Furthemore, most of the education and training systems in Europe are still mainly organized around the possibilities for young people, so the existing educational systems still don't reflect enough the elderly people' and adults educators' needs. Different generations should be connected in learning process for their mutual benefit, experience exchange and competencies sharing. Adult educators should be empowered with the tools and knowledge to organise the process of intergenerational exchange more effectively. The AIM of the project is to improve project partner organisations’ potential in development of elderly people competences through empowering adult educators in intergenerational learning approach. OBJECTIVES: 1. to share good practices on intergenerational learning among project partners, through organisation of 2 international training/experience exchange meetings (C1, C2) 2. to collect the best practices in the field of intergenerational learning 3. to develop the elderly people educators' competences through organisation of the Training for adult educators on Intergenerational learning (C2) 4. to create new ideas of intergenerational learning activities and implement them in local communities 5. to develop and reinforce local and EU networks for elderly people' teaching and learning through intergenerational education TARGET GROUPS Direct target group: elderly people educators, adult educators from the NGOs, The Third Age Universities, foundations, associations Indirect target groups: elderly people (55+), young people (16-30 years old) RESULTS - Two transnational experience exchange and learning events will be organised to develop the competences of elderly people educators an share the experience in the sphere of intergenerational learning - 12 adult educators from all partner institutions will participate in transnational meetings, will gain new knowledge and will develop their professional competences. - Local workshops for adult and elderly educators on the specific of intergenerational learning will be organised to transfer the knowledge to local communities of the educators (10 adult educators per country, 60 educators in total) and enhance the opportunities for active involvement in social life of elderly people. - a structured dialogue will be built between partners to create common understanding about the definitions of different concepts related to intergenerational learning and the specific of this type of learning. - the collection of best practices in the field of intergenerational learning (elderly and young people) will be created and published in Digital manual of the best practicies (at least 12). Digital manual of best practicies will be published online in 7 languages (English, Italian, Slovenian, Czech, Polish, Lithuanian, Turkish). The partners will use their personal experience and the research of successful local and regional or national cases of intergenerational learning activities to contribute to the manual creation - website dedicated to the project activities and results will be created - at least 5 new intergenerational learning activity ideas will be created and developed during the project implementation. - at least 4 intergenerational learning activities for seniors and young learners will be organised in each participating organisation: New ideas and best practicies will be implemented in the local communities of all the partners. - approximately 180 local participants will be involved to these learning activities, 30 in each partner country: 70% of the elderly people (55+), 30% young people (16-30 years old)
The AIM of the project is to improve project partner organisations’ potential in development of elderly people competences through empowering adult educators in intergenerational learning approach. Specific objectives: 1. to share good practices of intergenerational learning among project partners, through organisation of 2 international training/experience exchange meetings (C1, C2) 2. to collect the best practices in the field of intergenerational learning 3. to develop the elderly people educators' competences through organisation of the Training for adult educators on Intergenerational learning (C2) 4. to create new ideas of intergenerational learning activities and implement them in local communities 5. to develop and reinforce local and EU networks for elderly people' teaching and learning through intergenerational education
The researches show that generation gap is a major problem of the society in Europe. Furthemore, most of the education and training systems are still mainly organized around the possibilities for young people, and the existing educational systems still don't reflect enough the elderly people' and Adult educators' needs. The Universities of the Third Ages and similar initiatives bring together the elderly, but only in their own company. Meanwhile, people can fully function only in contact with various forms of social organisation. Personal contact between different generations can reduce prejudices and stereotypes that are at the root of age-discrimination, and reduce social isolation of the elderly. Intergenerational learning is one of the approaches that could be effective to use in this context. It is systematic transfer and interactions of knowledge, skills, competences, wisdom, norms, and values between generations. Different generations should be connected in learning process for their mutual benefit, experience exchange and competencies sharing. Adult educators should be empowered with the tools and knowledge to organise the process of intergenerational exchange more effectively.