The general objective of CAXATO was to generate a training ecosystem with the Camino de Santiago, European cultural exchange and learning heritage, as the backbone, where adults over 50 years old become the protagonists of their educational process, enhancing the acquisition of key competences with special interest in social (soft skills), digital and media, cultural and artistic, global and for sustainability, improving their visa project. The project aimed to: - Implement successful and innovative models aimed at training and social inclusion of adults, as well as fostering European identity. - Through the transnational potential of the Way, promote experiential learning of the universal values of European culture, as well as facilitate the knowledge/enjoyment of its rich heritage. - To implement participatory methodologies with senior learners at the centre of the processes, favouring their activity and autonomy. - Build skills (European framework of key competences for lifelong learning), positive experience, motivation, self-esteem and more creative life projects.
Caxato was born out of a common interest in improving the quality of life of older adults through education. The ageing of the population is a long-term trend that started several decades ago in Europe. This trend is visible in the changes in the age structure of the population and is reflected in the increase in the proportion of older people together with a decrease in the proportion of people of working age in the population as a whole. The ageing of the population, increasing longevity and the necessary quality of life is a challenge that will become more acute in the coming years. In addition, the situation of uncertainty and questioning of European values of coexistence, call for actions that consolidate a (pro)active citizenship with its environment and the most vulnerable communities. Caxato was conceived as a proposal of active ageing, in all its meaning, where older adults become protagonists of their training and actors of the educational processes. It focuses its value on the participants, on the development of their skills and contributions to the construction of a global European citizenship through the heritage of the Camino de Santiago.