Motivation of partners in this project was to “equip” seniors and adults with disabilities with set of skills needed to work on personal development in fields of digital-social-entrepreneurial intelligence and creating (self-)employment opportunities proactively in today’s reality of employment uncertainty and the world of extinction of many known jobs and occupation now and even more in the future. With this project, we want our beneficiaries, seniors and adults with disabilities, to improve their digital social entrepreneurial skills, and we also aim to empower more adult educators for organising digital social entrepreneurial learning activities, in line with the newest updates. Project objectives were: - Empower seniors and unemployed adults with disabilities for digital social entrepreneurship start-up. - Empower our adult educators and improve knowledge management of our organisations in theory and practice for building competences of educators in digital social entrepreneurship for seniors and adults with disabilities. - Exchange good practices and further develop quality strategic partnership among partners from 4 European countries with different realities in regards to employment and digital/social entrepreneurship.
There is an alarmingly big number of seniors and adults with disabilities who lack the employment and regular salary/income. Quite often, both salaries of the employed citizens, as well as the pensions for the retired seniors, where exist - are not fully sufficient for the high costs of life in those “older” ages. More and more seniors and adults (with disabilities), thus, are looking forward to another way of regular money incoming into their households. In addition, persons with disabilities often face societal barriers and disability evokes negative perceptions and discrimination in many societies. For this target group, formal education takes too much time and is not a preferred option to take. The adult education is a very appreciated option both for seniors and adults with disabilities and is perceived as a better option, as it is easier to enrol in an adult education programme, as well as the courses last shorter and are following the latest trends and needs of society and opportunities existing. The project responded to the outcomes of the survey implemented and regular work with our beneficiaries and educators of our organisations; by empowering for and promoting the digital social entrepreneurship among them.