We wanted to achieve the following: - improve the skills of the staff in the field of preparing participants for international mobilities in the field of motivating, preparing and offering support to our adult learners, in order to encourage them as much as possible to participate in international mobilities and to improve the possibility for them to acquire new competences, and at the same time by training employees ensure the professionalization of educators, which would strengthen the organization's capacity in the field of adult education -raise the basic competences of multilingualism in older learners, with an emphasis on English, to promote more active citizenship and aging, which would enable easier integration of learners into international activities, which would contribute to greater opportunities for acquiring new competencies - improve the understanding of the European Union and common diversities - increase interest in participation in international training among adult learners - form a competent advisory team that will provide support to adult learners and motivate them to participate in international mobility - design an advisory manual with tips and advice for inclusion of adult learners into mobilities.
When the new Erasmus program period introduced the opportunity for the participation of adult learners in international mobilities, we, focusing on members of the University of the Third Age, unemployed and immigrants among our adult learners, requested feedback on their desires to engage and international mobilities. The analysis of the feedback revealed that our learners are afraid of participating in international project activities due to low-developed language competencies, with a particular emphasis on English, and fear of the unknown and cultural differences.We would also like to involve our learners in our KA2 local project activities and activities within international project meetings and training sessions that we host. However, we often encounter fear or resistance to participating in such activities, as they express apprehension about the unknown and active involvement, especially a fear of communicating in a foreign language.While over the years of participating in Erasmus+ projects, we have gained enough experience in motivating and preparing our staff and lecturers for participation in international mobilities and projects, we lack knowledge and skills on how to achieve the same with our adult learners.