Carry ON-LINE Erasmus Project

Project Title

Carry ON-LINE

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 : Partnerships for Creativity

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Creativity and culture

Project Summary

The situation generated by Covid-19 has had a strong impact on the population and, in addition to the health problems caused by the disease, it has dramatically changed the way we live, interact with others, do sport, work, etc.; we can say that it has affected “almost all aspects of daily life in the European Union” [European Agency for Fundamental Rights]. Different studies and research [Pinazo-Hernandis of the University of Valencia, the United Nations Report on the Impact of COVID-19 on older persons, the III Report on the Fundamental Rights Implications of the coronavirus pandemic by FRA, etc.] have evidenced these changes and highlighted the deterioration in the quality of life of adults and older people. In fact, in all our countries we have witnessed processes of digitalisation of the public administration and the work of companies that have highlighted the existing digital divide between the over-50s and the under-50s and made these people feel excluded from the system.

Therefore, professionals and organisations from four countries, we have decided to present this project whose main aim is to develop digital skills and creative thinking in adult population so they can learn to learn in a changing and dynamic environment that requires the use of digital systems and online tools.
This “Carry ON-LINE” project is a strategic partnership for the exchange of good practices in the field of adult education that will last 18 months and that, starting on May 15, 2021 and ending on November 14, 2022, is coordinated by Iniciativa Internacional Joven (Spain) and has partners from Greece, Portugal and Italy.

The main objectives of the project are:
-To facilitate access to resources and opportunities offered by public and private entities through digital and online systems, in order to reduce the digital divide;
-To improve the digital skills and competences of adults and senior citizens in order to contribute to their employability;
-To develop the creative thinking of adults and seniors to enable them to learn how to learn in a changing and dynamic environment;
-To create educational tools that facilitate the development of creativity and adult learning and access to the digital world;
-To strengthen the existing international network of four organisations working for the personal and professional development of the population through exchange and cooperation between Programme Countries.

The main activities are:
-Transnational coordination meeting in Arcos de Valdevez (Portugal) to specify strategies, working methodologies and details of the following activities
-Local activities: analysis of adapted needs, meetings to present the project and identification of good practices;
-Creation and development of educational tools for the online training which have the following modules: (1) Creative thinking and learning to learn; (2) Functional literacy in the framework of ICTs; (3) Digital competence for job searching. The organisations will support their participants in a process of accompaniment and mentoring.
-International training in Malaga (Spain) of five days for four adults on creativity, learning to learn and digital skills;
-Creation of motivational videos for other adults and senior citizens;
-Activities for the presentation and dissemination of products and results: eBook and videos;
-Final event in Marsciano (Italy) for the presentation of the project products and a final evaluation among the partner organisations.

The general methodology of the project is based on the pedagogical principles of non-formal education, liberating pedagogy and emotional intelligence.

During the project, adults and seniors will be provided with new tools to develop their digital skills, creative thinking and the competence to learn how to learn in a dynamic and changing environment that requires constant updating.

This project will have an important impact both on participants (new and/or improved competences, personal and professional development, etc.), and on organisations (use of new competences and tools, exchange of good practices, better quality and efficiency of work, etc.), and on society in general (increased awareness of the importance of digital competences and creativity, increased knowledge about the participation of adults and seniors in European educational mobility programmes, increased interest in the digital world, etc.).

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 36130 Eur

Project Coordinator

ASOCIACION INICIATIVA INTERNACIONAL JOVEN & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Travelogue Associazione di promozione sociale
• INTERACTIVE MEDIA KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER INTERMEDIAKT
• EPRALIMA – ESCOLA PROFISSIONAL DOALTO LIMA – COOPERATIVA DE INTERESSE PUBLICO E RESPONSABILIDADE LIMITADA