DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ENHANCING ACTIVE AGEING THROUGH NOT-FOR-PROFIT SHARING ECONOMY

Demographic ageing is accelerating. EU-27 people older than 65 and than 80 will be 103,2 and 29,3 million in 2020 (DG Ageing Report 2012), placing additional strains on the EU welfare systems (EU 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth). Active Ageing (AA) is “the process of optimizing opportunities for health, PARTICIPATION and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age” (World Health Organization, WHO). COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION is a pillar of AA (WHO). SHARING ECONOMY (SE) (also known as collaborative economy or collaborative consumption) refers to economic and social systems that enable shared access to goods, services, data and talent as opposed to ownership Not-for-Profit Sharing Economy (NFPSE); It provides opportunities of exchange of services or resources without a remuneration. Examples are exchange circles, time banks, online talent platforms and neighborhood networks as a way of putting neighbors in touch with each other, using people’s skills and imagination and building a network of neighborhood support (www. timebanks.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/KeepingtheGPAway.pdf). A common is that they use time instead of money as their common denominator. They are a useful tool for work-life balance, ACTIVE AGEING and neighborhood regeneration (Del Moral and Pais, 2015) and can help members to acquire new skills (Dubois et.al. 2014). Nowadays, NFPSE is enhanced by ICT Platforms that create an open marketplace easily connecting users. Many of the new ones NFPSE Platforms, have been launched combining the traditional face to face spaces with digital platforms to facilitate communication among members and registration of exchanges. NFPSE and their related ICT Platforms is a powerful tool which can connect Elder Persons with their communities, making them to be more active and integrated. SHARING-ACTIVE is launched with the main objective of increasing the competences (attitudes, skills, knowledge) of EPs and their Communities, about how to enhance AA through NFPSE through an innovative training program The project has the next specific objectives: • To raise awareness and motivate the full collective around EPs about their capacity and potential for participating in the Community and deliver added value. • To transfer knowledge and guidelines to EPs about collaborative models and supporting ICT Platforms. • To transfer knowledge and guidelines to Communities about how to engage EPs in such collaborative models. • To develop Digital Skills of EPs for exploiting ICT Platforms supporting NFPSE. In order to cover the needed competences, the Consortium includes 6 partners with the next main competences: • 4 entities working in the field of AA and ICT Literacy of EPs (POLIBIENESTAR, IAT, E-SENIORS, IED), involving a big collective of persons, families and professionals. In addition, IED is specialized in the development of e-Training Platforms (IED) • 1 Research Centre (FORBA)and 1 consultancy company specialized in SE (COERH) • All partners have experience in Social Innovation and Training Through the execution of this Project the next results will be obtained; • Co-Created Methodological Guide will be developed, with the direct participation of End Users (Elder Persons and their Communities) with the main objective of determining the key contents, methodologies and ICT Platforms needed for creating and improving the critical competences of Elder Persons and their Communities for increasing their Active Ageing through Non-for-Profit Sharing Economy • Training Materials for creating and improving the critical competences of Elder Persons and their Communities for increasing their Active Ageing through Non-for-Profit Sharing Economy • Designed Experiential Training Activities for enhancing the practical and experiential training of Elder Persons and their Communities in implementation of Non-for-Profit Sharing Economy for Active Ageing purposes, including the optimal and oriented exploitation of aforementioned Training Materials within real environments. • Development of an e-Training Platform, including awareness, training contents and references or links to existing ICT Sharing Economy Platforms solutions for facilitating the implementation of Non-for-Profit Sharing Economy approaches, concepts and tools for Active Ageing purposes. • Creation of 4 SHARING-ACTIVE UNITS in the entities of the Consortium directly involved in Active Ageing in order to ensure the sustainable exploitation of the project after the project lifetime. • Development of Dissemination Actions addressed to the European collective related to Elder Persons. VALIDATION ACTIONS will be organized on each country, based on the practical implementation of Training Materials, Designed Experiential Activities and e-Training Platform, involving about 40 persons, including Elder Persons and their communities. Evaluation and analysis will be done.