New technologies threats for elderly (NTTE) Erasmus Project

Project Title

New technologies threats for elderly (NTTE)

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Overcoming skills mismatches (basic/transversal); ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

NTTE partners discovered that for the last five years people  65 + started using computers and Internet regularly, at least once a week, and mobiles/smart phones every day. They use Internet because it is cheaper and they can stay at home, keep contact with relatives, doctors, make appointment, buy online food/medication; pay bills. Some of the retired need to work for living. New technologies help them find easier a job, get online training, obtain new skills. For their leisure time and
hobbies social media provide opportunities for making friends, attending cultural/sports events, sharing photos, videos, etc. But all those digital devices can threat seniors if they do not have main rules set for usage.  

This Strategic Partnership has previous experience in the field of adult education (on Moodle platform) – project UUD (BASD and Inercia
Digital); project SOCAPI – (Champions Factory and BASD); projects European Partnership for Activities that Include People with Risk of Marginalization; In Europe, with us or without us (BASD and NCGE). The project initiative was of
BASD. 

The adult trainers will acquire competences, skills and knowledge how to support older people in their safe communication using new technologies in order to build correct habits and facilitate them in social integration. 

Participants. Adult trainers, staff of the partners: 2 trainings x 2 persons per partner plus additionally 3-4 local participants from hosting partner (20 total). 

Activities. 2 TPMs in the UK and Bulgaria; 2 trainings in Spain and North
Macedonia. Selecting of good practices in each country; training for trainers – 8 local ones; Information campaigns, dissemination events, on-line publications; Monitoring and Evaluation process. 

Methodology. The project has approach that will involve big number of participants in 3 types of activities; – research activity – selecting of good practices in each country; training of trainers – 2 international and 8 local ones; information campaigns, dissemination events, on-line
activities. The common methodology for achieving results is based on teamwork and expertise of partners. Each one is in charge to coordinate at least one main activity. 

Results. Project Management Handbook; a set of training materials; Dissemination & Exploitation Strategy; Evaluation and monitoring report; 20 trainers trained (3×2 from each partner and x 3-4 local ones) trained in: new digital skills, safe Internet; non-formal methods; learnt at least 8 new EU practices to work with adult people, building the project network applying security rules set online for integration; bringing together mechanisms to combat social exclusion through digital  approach and security online; promoting the new image of active ageing, using smart phones; Open textbook for adult trainers in Internet security – e-version; Moodle platform with resources; Facebook Page for adult trainers; Local events with at least 15 adult trainers and seniors in each country after each training; During the projects will be involved seniors: 100 for each organization + 50  with fewer opportunity / for each partner = 200 + 400= 600  older people will be involved in local activities (in 4 countries); Meetings with older people at municipal library/community centres – discussing with them difficulties they face online; 

Dissemination events face to face and online; publication of articles, leaflets, etc. Impact envisaged. Gaining skills/competences/knowledge on national/EU contexts of the Digital Agenda of Europe and adult people; Having a practical experience, based on specific case studies selected by partners to see how different countries deal with security online; Participating to EU network of professionals and stakeholders, with more opportunities to work in national and international contexts; Having a course available to enable adult trainers for LLL professional update; help to adult trainers, providing guidelines to respond to seniors needs; Innovation in methodologies and approaches. 

Longer term benefits. The partnership will  apply the results of former
ERASMUS+  projects as useful resources to provide synergy and exchange of good practices between countries, regions and sectors. NTTE intends to create training materials integrating digitalization with social innovation aspects, related to seniors safe online integration. NTTE will highlight the importance of the training phase of seniors, as it represents the basis to give them an appropriate quality of life from an infrastructural, social, psychological and economic point of view. A set of training materials,  practice oriented, transferable and re-designable resources that target groups  can apply to deliver non-formal education integrated with learning designs and resources for hands-on learning activities and case studies for Internet security for end-users.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 45436 Eur

Project Coordinator

CHAMPIONS FACTORY LTD & Country: UK

Project Partners

• INERCIA DIGITAL SL
• Balkanska Agenciya za Ustoychivo Razvitie
• Union- National Council for Gender Equality