Innovative Techniques of Seniors Activation

<< Objectives >>The objectives of the project are to collect innovative methods of working with seniors, which empower seniors to introduce social change in their local communities. The project also aims at raising the competences of trainers / educators in the 6 participating countries: Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Italy, Cyprus and Slovenia and inspiring seniors to get involved in new initiatives and also to develop co-operation between senior organisations / communities across Europe.<< Implementation >>Numerous activities will be implemented within the project, including 6 international workshops for seniors’ educators, international workshops for seniors, 18 piloting workshops testing the collected methods in 6 countries, 6 multiplier events (including an international one in Italy), 7 transnational project team meetings, international webinars, development of an e-learning course, an online toolkit and a handbook.<< Results >>The planned project outcomes will be the following: an interactive e-learning course for educators / trainers working with seniors, including 12 innovative methods of involving seniors in community development, a web portal in 7 languages (PL, SI, BG, CY, IT, RS and EN) with a range of 60 tools, resources and good practices both for trainers / educators and for seniors. Also a handbook with good practices collected in all participating countries, in 7 languages.