Our main goal was to improve the competences of teachers and other staff involved in adult education, as well as the Management Board responsible for organizing activities at U3A. By implementing the project, participating in mobilities and carrying out planned activities, these people improved their competences in the organization of adult education, including the organization of classes. Working together on the ecological program allowed us to improve our knowledge and skills on this topic. Environment and combating climate change became important topics at the forum of both partner organizations. Together, we carried out a number of ecological activities, workshops and trips to workplaces and other places related to ecology and climate care. We have created a senior-friendly ecological program that can be implemented in any senior organization both in Poland and in Europe. While implementing this project, we also took care of active aging of seniors. Seniors from each organization were involved in its proper course during mobility. Seven people took part in the mobilities, but they were accompanied each day by a group of local seniors led by members of the Management Board. They were physically, socially and cognitively active.
We applied for this project to meet our diagnosed needs: 1. Acquiring experience in running the organization of adult education by the UTW Management Board. We wanted to improve the competences of both staff and employees/volunteers. 2. We wanted to learn about the offer of a foreign organization providing informal adult education, 3. There was also a need to expand the educational offer of both organizations by exchanging experiences between them, mutual learning from each other through observation, creating an offer of classes ecological projects to be implemented in both organizations.4. Improving the quality of our services. 5. Increasing seniors' satisfaction with the educational activities offered to them. 6. Increased activity of seniors by inviting them to participate in more educational activities. Proposing new ecological activities. The project implementation met all needs. Seven people from the management board and volunteers from each organization went to the partner country twice to jointly implement the planned activities and achieve the intended goals. We applied for grants in this particular action due to the lack of experience in implementing E+ADU EDU projects and in conducting adult education.