Game On! Bonding Generations and Cultures Erasmus Project

Project Title

Game On! Bonding Generations and Cultures

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

“Our heritage: where the past meets the future.”

The slogan of European Year of Cultural Heritage, combined with our community needs and our experiences, was the inspiring trigger for this project and led us to the idea of Bonding Generations and Cultures through Traditional Sport and Games.

“Game On! Bonding Generations and Cultures” was a two-year Strategic Partnership for Exchange of Practices in Adult Education, and involved public and private organizations, from Portugal, Italy, Bulgaria, Poland and Spain.

The project was based on 4 premises:

– Population ageing is one of the greatest social and economic challenges facing the EU and “Active Ageing” has become a policy priority within the European Union. Projections foresee a growing number and share of elderly persons (aged 65 years and over) Eurostat’s annual demography data collection shows there were 510.3 million people living in the EU-28 as of 1 January 2016, of whom almost 98 million were aged 65 years and over.

– One of the headline targets of the EU 2020 Strategy for Education and Training is that at least 15% of adults should participate in lifelong learning. The challenge is to provide learning opportunities adults, throughout their life, especially disadvantaged groups, including senior citizens.

– 2018 is the European Year of Cultural Heritage with the aim to encourage more people to discover and engage with Europe’s cultural heritage, and to reinforce a sense of belonging to a common European space.

– Intergenerational dialogue refers to the way that people of all ages can learn together and from each other, and is an important part of Lifelong Learning, where the generations work together to gain skills, values and knowledge.

Through the exchange of methodological approaches between the involved partners, we created a European Intergenerational and Intercultural learning opportunity, engaging senior citizens in active ageing and promotion of Europe’s cultural heritage, focusing on Traditional Sports and Games, tackling several challenges and needs from our communities.

The project was framed within a long-term perspective and planned with a view to achieve a multiplying effect and sustainable impact, and it had a good geographical balance, involving 5 countries from South, Central and Eastern Europe, which contributed to ensure a real European outreach of the project.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 96885,23 Eur

Project Coordinator

Freguesia de Cascais e Estoril & Country: PT

Project Partners

• Stowarzyszenie Nowa Kultura i Edukacja
• Associazione INNOVAMENTIS
• MUNICIPALITY TRUDOVETS
• ZWIAZEK STOWARZYSZEN MULTIKULTURA
• Asociación Socio-cultural La Punta Bajamar Avanzando