CERTIFIED TRAINING FOR SILVER CAREGIVERS Erasmus Project

Project Title

CERTIFIED TRAINING FOR SILVER CAREGIVERS

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Recognition, transparency, certification; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Health and wellbeing

Project Summary

“CT4 SILVER CAREGIVERS: Certified Training for Silver Caregivers ” is a 24-month partnership funded under the Key Action 2 of the Erasmus+ programme for VET initiatives coordinated by Diputation of Zamora (Spain) with the support of the AFGE (France), Dafni (Greece), Rural Hub (Ireland), TREBAG (Hungary), IPCB (Portugal) and University of Almeria (Spain). The main aim of this proposal and partnership would be to work together and to create a new curriculum and modules in active&health ageing within the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), related to train those professionals (in the professional profile of Healthcare for Dependant Persons in Social Institutions) who work as informal carers for elderly people and who promotes silver economy employability (ex.informal carers workers, VET teachers, social services, health public administration employment advisers, NGOs, technicians related to health community services, employment programmes, etc.),Using new technologies and non-formal techniques ( ex, dual training methodologies).

The project will train those in active&health ageing to generate and promote service-learning opportunities while raising awareness about global issues (silver economy and community social services) and to allow that young people, women with low skills, immigrants develop skills for their personal growing and employability as informal silver caregivers or to reskill in rural areas.

To make this possible and besides creating training materials for VET trainers/trainees and informal cares, the project will also build on each country networks called Living labs SILVER CAREGIVERS FORUM addressed to ( health professionals, family caregivers, socio-health services), it could provide services to their local communities while acquiring competences that could contribute to their personal growing, CV improvement or/and future entrance on the labour market, wit the purpose of delivering sustainable qualified Jobs.

All would be possible thanks Training Workshops, an E-learning platform for (VET trainers, health professionals, family caregivers, socio-health services ) from the project countries could carry out service-learning placements on their areas (or at EU level) towards their training and employability while producing a positive impact on their communities and towards the inclusion of their groups with fewer opportunities.

The project will also design different dissemination strategies and events that will allow to spread its results among different. stakeholders related to silver economy and social inclusion for people on risk of exclusión in rural areas. All the intellectual outputs and results obtained will be created combining non-formal education, theoretical contents and flexible techniques that would make possible to adapt them to different contexts or areas out of the ones on which the project will be originally implemented.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 192360 Eur

Project Coordinator

DIPUTACION PROVINCIAL ZAMORA & Country: ES

Project Partners

• INSTITUTO POLITECNICO DE CASTELO BRANCO
• UNIVERSIDAD DE ALMERIA
• DAFNI KENTRO EPAGGELMATIKIS KATARTISIS
• Association de Gestion des Fonds Européens
• TREBAG SZELLEMI TULAJDON- ES PROJEKTMENEDZSER KORLATOLT FELELOSSEGU TARSASAG
• The Rural Hub CLG