Educators of cultural competences for people aged over 50 Erasmus Project

Project Title

Educators of cultural competences for people aged over 50

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 adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Creativity and culture; Access for disadvantaged

Project Summary

The project “Educators of cultural competences for people over 50 years of age” was implemented between 01.10.2017 and 28.02.2019.
The aim of the partnership project was to
– exchange of experiences between educators on motivating people 50+ to social activation, including participation in culture with the use of Internet communication tools.
The project assumed the exchange of experiences between educators from 3 countries, Poland, Spain and Holland, partner organizations dealing with support and motivation of people over 50 to undertake informal education, in order to broaden participation in culture through the use of Internet communication technologies.
Four international meetings were held within the framework of the project:
I. meeting in Łódź – organizational meeting, preparations for the project activities and first exchange of experience, the meeting was attended by 5 people, the structure of documents related to the analyses needed for the project implementation was discussed, the assumptions for the production of a documentary film were developed,
The second meeting in Barcelona, in the seat of PROBENS organization, was devoted to the exchange of experiences between educators from Poland, Spain and the Netherlands on the subject of applied didactic and motivational methods and tools, addressed to people from the 50+ group. These meetings were attended by 12 educators. During the meetings, film materials from the classes were recorded. The meetings were attended by 23 people from the 50+ group, from Spain, Catalonia and South America. Educators and 50+ people in front of the camera shared their experiences. Educators talked about methods of their work and people from the 50+ group talked about their experiences related to informal education.
III. meeting in Enschede/Leeuwarden – the meeting took place in the intergenerational senior citizens’ club/cultural center, community club from Suriname, sports club for senior citizens and art museum. The meetings were attended by 12 educators and 28 participants of classes and trainings organized by the host institutions of the PiD Foundation. The participants of the international meeting, educators, took part in the observation of the participating motivational activities for seniors in the field of participation in social and cultural life, organized activities for seniors in their club, as well as the observation of the activities of the rowing club for seniors on the Leeuwarden canals. All observations were recorded on audio-video and interviews with educators and people from the 50+ group who participate in the activities.
The fourth meeting in Łódź is a summary and exchange of experiences, a visit to cooking classes and healthy lifestyle lessons organised by the Biosynergia and Naviculam Foundation. The meeting was attended by 9 educators and 26 people from the 50+ group. The participants of the international meeting could take part in the observation of participating classes in the field of common cooking, healthy eating lessons. The aim of the classes was not only to develop habits of healthy eating and lifestyle, but also to learn about different culinary cultures. Educators could exchange experiences and watch the first film materials together. Conversations with the participants of the above mentioned classes were recorded on audio-video.
The main objective of the project was to exchange experiences between educators from 3 three organizations from different countries. The product is a 25-minute documentary film about the methods and tools used by educators and people from the 50+ group who take part in trainings and lessons organized by partner organizations and their local partners. The 50+ people talk about whether their lives have changed since they started attending the classes or at the end of the classes.
The project had an impact on the staff of the organizations participating in it because it broadened the knowledge and competence of educators by learning new methods of working with people aged 50+.
The film was made in different languages and the subtitles are only in English. Due to disk damage, the film will be made available again online on the social media channels created by the partner organizations as it will have to be re-edited and translated.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 30449,5 Eur

Project Coordinator

NAVICULAM Sp. z o.o. & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Asociación para el Estudio y Promoción del Bienestar Social
• Participatie in Diversiteit