“SENIORS IN A CULTURE ROAD OF AWARENESS VIA THE MODERN AND INTERCULTURAL DIVERSITY” Erasmus Project

Project Title

“SENIORS IN A CULTURE ROAD OF AWARENESS VIA THE MODERN AND INTERCULTURAL DIVERSITY”

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Creativity and culture; Cultural heritage/European Year of Cultural Heritage; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

The target group of this project, people 55+, increase in all European countries. We live in aging societies. In this process the group of elder people does differentiate by very different living situations and concepts of life as well as different cultural and religious imprints: early retired people; unemployed elder beings; elders in Life Long Learning Institutions; workaholic elders who need reorientation; elders that feel abandoned and are in the risk of social exclusion such as minorities, immigrants, refugees etc. Characteristic for more or less all European countries is that a growing part of the 55+ are endangered to become separated/ excluded. Social isolation and loneliness in older adults are substantial public health problems, lead increasingly to illness and often to unnecessary health care utilization. Interventions such as peer support, volunteerism, physical activity, arts and recreation- based activities may consequently improve health and well- being. At the same time in many countries of Europe there is a luck of organizations that focusing specially on that age group
To deal with this multiplicity is a challenge for the whole society. Especially concerning Culture and Education specific offers have to consider life experiences and life conditions of the generation 55+ to improve the chances of cultural and social participation. Due to this project citizens from different countries, cultures and traditions through cultural activities (dances, arts, theatre, photography, cooking, etc), ICT and foreign languages intend to develop intercultural consciousness, limit the prejudices and highlight the commons. This is of high relevance, because the engagement with Arts, ICT, Language and Culture is for many elder people the opening for new opportunities in participation and higher quality of life
The main aim of this program is to reinforce people at 55+ to adapt an active, healthy, creative and successful way of living. The objectives concerning a) citizens of 55+ are: to enrich cultural awareness and heritage, enhance personal development, group cohesion, socialization and sense of belonging and b) trainers/staff are to exchange ideas, experiences, good practices, reinforce cooperation and improve management competencies and internationalization strategies. The partners of this project- 7 organizations from Greece, Italy, Germany, Bulgaria, Georgia- are expertise on the fields of Arts, Culture, ICT with seniors and are willing to be innovative in giving seniors some tools and resources from their shared experiences and practices
The project aims to reach out to the widest possible audience inside (>600) or outside the project (>1500), in particular local communities and regions.
For the achievement of the project there will be a precise planning with a clear division of responsibilities and detailed control and coordination. Each partner will determine from the outset who will be responsible for each action and will receive frequent feedback on the process. The coordinator will supervise and be responsible for information such as exact timetable, funding, agreements etc. Five transnational meetings will be used to establish face to face contact, review the project progress and for training and work shop purposes. Each meeting will be reported by the coordinator.
At the first phase questionnaires focusing on Clarification of the needs and the expectations, Cultural Awareness, Quality of life will be given to point out the profile of the target group. The design and implementation of the activities concerning Arts (Folklore Dance, Painting, Theatre etc.) Culture, Language and ICT will be conducted by each partner. A variety of events such as Performances, visits in Museums etc. are going to be held. On line courses, webinars, digital games etc. are going to be conducted as well. All these activities and events are going to be recording and evaluated by each organization. Good Practices will be selected and as a result, a Compendium of Good Practices will be published. This Compendium will be available online on the project’s website, on the partner organizations’ websites and fb pages and thus, available to many people inside and outside this project. An online platform for this project with all the material will be installed. A list of members will be created, information and possible involvement of other organizations and associations will be empowered. Another expected result of this project is to create an EU network of seniors to keep up with traditional culture, be familiar with an active way of living and gain well-being. In addition, the creation of a network of professionals/staff to promote communication, cohesion and exchanging of professional skills. This could be a prerequisite for designing a new European project Partnership Strategies that would involve intercourse and interaction between the stakeholders with multiplier events and intellectual outputs.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 69935 Eur

Project Coordinator

ECHO PLAYBACK THEATRE KOINSEP & Country: EL

Project Partners

• OIKOLOGIKOS POLITISTIKOS SYLLOGOS CHAIDARIOU
• Università dell’età libera libera Enzo Ficai
• Training 2000 psc
• Balkanska Agenciya za Ustoychivo Razvitie
• GEORGIAN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
• Arabisch Deutsches Center für Dialog e. V.