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THE TIMELESS SOUL

2020-2-ES02-KA105-0152192020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: ES|CY|IT|SI|SK|TR · Grant: €20,144
Inclusion - equityIntercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learningAccess for disadvantaged

Objectives

Europe is aging according to the 2018 Report on demographic aging produced by the mandate-based Working Group on Population Aging of the Economic Policy Committee (EPC) and the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) The Council says that European society is aging. In 1950, only 12% of the European population was over 65 years old. Currently, the proportion has already doubled, and projections show that in 2050 more than 36% of the European population will be over 65. In four decades around two million older people will be part of the world population. On the other hand, the world in which we live is different from that in which we were born, that is to say, much more urbanized and with an accelerated technological advance. Consider the following, about three-quarters of the elderly population is not adapted to development, a percentage that tends to increase in the coming decades. On the other hand, we have the context of a young adult who is “trapped” in a society that devours time and the efforts derived from stifling competitiveness in some cases, and that does not lead in most cases to having time. necessary to serve senior adults and learn from their extensive experience acquired over the years and that we are surely wasting. According to a Eurobarometer survey carried out in 2018, citizens of the European Union consider that older people do not understand changes in society, nor do they understand younger people, such fact makes it impossible for them to participate actively in their environment. However, young adults feel responsible with the elderly class, and claim, for example, that they would not leave their relatives abandoned in a nursing home, a concern that may be the first step in solving the problem of disintegration. The recognition that there is conflict between generations is a recent sign that young people are receptive to filling this gap between them, a gap that extends to social problems such as unemployment, poverty, exclusion and racism. Intergenerational learning is an excellent mechanism to promote transformative education. People learn from each other by observing, imitating, and modeling. Intergenerational learning programs provide very remarkable learning opportunities and promote a change of attitude from one generation to another. As a side effect, intergenerational and intercultural solidarity is also enhanced, a feature that is more than necessary in view of the current European socio-economic climate. General objectives of the proposal: - Identify what are the intergenerational processes and methodology, their characteristics and benefits. - Promote processes and tools based on intergenerational exchanges of experiences based on intergenerational learning methodology and mutually benefit from their results. - Promote cohesion and break down the barriers of prejudice and stereotypes created about age groups, fostering the intergenerational relationship between young people and senior adults. Specific objectives - improve the lives of the participants by raising awareness of participation in intergenerational programs as well as reducing tensions and misunderstandings between young people, adults and the elderly. -promote social change by decreasing interracial tension and increasing intercultural understanding. -provide means for the development of more inclusive communities, in which diversity and difference are accepted. These objectives are in full accordance with the objectives and priorities of the ERASMUS + 2020 program: 1- Support the establishment and access of processes to improve skills for adults with a low level of skills, knowledge and competences that allow them to improve their reading, writing and calculation skills and their digital skills, as well as other key skills enabling Their independence. 2- Improve the participation of all young people in democratic and civic life in Europe. These objectives seek to cover the following needs: - Need to cover a lack of literacy-cultural, social and digital education in our older adults and seniors when it comes to reducing the digital gap that makes it impossible for them to become independent and helps family reconciliation that improves their lives. - Need for more consistent family support through the commitment of young people to the family nucleus to support meeting the needs of their elders. - Youth development, by promoting essential values among young people by senior adults, for the personal, social, professional development of the young person.

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