The main goal of the Urban Learning project is to increase the organization's ability to offer older people educational activities and exchange experiences to strengthen European identity through town learning. The project highlights the specific objectives: - Exchange of good practices in the field of Urban Learning, - Strengthening the competence of educators in the field of intergenerational exchange of knowledge and experience in the field of urban education - Increase the capacity to act at transnational and online level in the COVID-19 situation. The Urban Learning project is partner organizations from Portugal, Poland, Malta, Italy, Spain and Hungary The expected results are the key elements of the project implementation. The planned results will change the reality after meeting the needs of target groups such as: adult educators, seniors. Material results will be achieved during implementation: Result 1 (R1) - Mapping the city. Using the example of constructed LivingMap (City Mapping), partner organizations will show how their learning opportunities exist in their city. The maps will be prepared in intergenerational groups. The map will reflect: Part I. Introduction, Identification of the state - educational and social determinants of the learning situation in the city. Recognize and use practical opportunities and online learning. Part II Barriers hindering Urban learning. Part III Local and regional programs supporting senior citizens' learning. Culture on the web. Result 2 (R2) Atlas of Good Practices - The Whole City Learns in the field of urban learning. The result will be a collection of experiences of partner organizations from six countries in the field of good learning practices in the city based on intergenerational education. The result will be a source of experience and perspectives for adult educators. Atlas will be available in paper, CD and Online version. Result 3 Preparation of the city workshop program - Workshop - The whole city learns. The workshop program will be intergenerational education taking into account mutual learning of generations. The sustainability of the project results will be ensured by the ability to continue the project and use its results after the end of the funding period. The project is sustainable through activities and results that are continued and maintained after the end of funding from the Erasmus + Program. The resources of partner organizations needed to ensure the sustainability of activities were included. For the Gaudete Foundation and partners, intergenerational education is the ability to continue the Urban Learning project and benefit from its results after the end of the funding period.
The partnership involved adult education organizations from six European countries. The external context of the project was related to the student's situation in the city. The main objective of the project was to increase the capacity of the organization to offer senior citizens education and exchange activities in order to strengthen European identity through urban learning. Specific objectives were achieved in the project: Objective 1: Exchange of good practices in the field of Urban Learning. Objective 2: Strengthening the competences of educators in the area of intergenerational exchange of knowledge and experience in the field of urban education. Objective 3: Increasing the capacity to act on a transnational and online level in the COVID-19 situation. The achievement of the project is the achievement of all assumed project goals.
The organization applied for the implementation of the project because it was necessary to improve activities in the field of developing educators' competences and to exchange good practices in the subject of the project. Adult education organizations from large European cities have formed a partnership to exchange experiences and good practices. The theme of the "Urban Learning" project included supporting seniors in learning in an urban environment. There are many places to study in cities, which most often go unrecognized. The project was a response to the needs of partner organizations in the field of developing intergenerational education. The project responded to the needs of adult educators who received new solutions developed as part of the project. The project responded to the needs of seniors, whose problems were solved thanks to the solutions developed as part of the project. The project has shown that urban learning can include urban learning centers, chance encounters, educational walks in urban and park environments, a library, churches, streets, spaces for engaging in educational and social interactions. The implementation of the project was important due to the relevance of the subject of learning in the city.