Grundtvig partnership project Empowering Marginalized Elders

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1 Grundtvig partnership project Empowering Marginalized Elders Meeting Paphos, Cyprus November 2011 This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

2 What about EDUNET? The aim of the EDUNET organization is to make a platform of services and resources for the promotion of lifelong education, for supporting professional education, the education for active citizenship and for lasting development EDUNET proposes a diverse offert of education and professional formation of quality. EDUNET develops projects and programmes at a national and international level and supports the projects of european cooperation in the field of education and professional formation

3 EDUNET EDUCATIONAL EDUNET develops some offers of nonformal and informal learning: Activities of training and developing the key activities at youngsters, specific to a society of knowledge; Activities of supporting the adults for achieving the abilities and competences necessary to personal development and for professional integration and active citizenship; Activities of supporting the vocational education and training of quality and the transition from school at active life; Solutions of learning foreign languages and of training and developing the digital competences;

4 EDUNET RESSOURCES EDUNET offers a variety of rich educational resources for trainers and course participants such as: Creating an educational portal and an e-learning platform; Creating educational software; Editing books and publications; Creating and publicizing didactic materials;

5 EDUNET PARTNERSHIP EDUNET develops national and international educational projects and programmes Projects of development and transfer of innovation in the educational field; Projects of promoting the active European citizenship based upon the understanding and abiding the human rights and democracy and which encourage the intercultural dialog, to know and respect other European nations and cultures; Specific projects for increasing the social cohesion; Specific projects for supporting the persons and institutions from disadvantaged areas and from the rural area.

6 2007 LLP - Grundtvig Multilateral Project: E-AIDS - An e-learning environment for HIV/AIDS education 2008 LLP - Leonardo Learning Partnership:IENE- Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe LLP - Grundtvig Learning Partnership:PROMIP - Promoting Migrants' Participation LLP - Grundtvig Learning Partnership:European School for Sustainable Development (E2D2) LLP - Grundtvig Learning Partnership:Parents' aggression: Look at yourself - parents toward situations causing aggression LLP - Leonardo da Vinci - Mobility Project:Developing new professional competences for the students from the Agricultural Schools 2009 LLP Leonardo Transfer of Innovation: IENE 2 -Intercultural Education of Nurses in Europe 2010 LLP - Grundtvig Learning Partnership: ME(U)MORIES LLP - Grundtvig Workshop: Virtual Library for promoting the European Heritage 2011 LLP - Grundtvig Learning Partnership: Empowering Marginalized Elders LLP - Grundtvig Workshop:Think RO!

7 The project adresses nurses being in European mobility or in traineeship placement and nurses working in contact with patients with different cultures and languages.

8 E2D2 OBJECTIVES To promote economically and environmentally sustainable development To use local historical, cultural and linguistic resources as a great value for the European cohesion. To help and encourage the local community to develop their region. Results A handbook with examples of best practices from each partner country

9 PROMIP The PROMIP-Lerning Partnership focussed on the issue of migrants' participation in the host countries. The main objective of the partnership was to find out what are the encouraging aspects and hurdles/impeding factors for the participation of migrants in the host society. Beramí, Frankfurt, Germany Amics de la Unesco Barcelona,Spain Ingrian Cultural Association Helsinki, Finland Adult Education Centre, Tromsø, Norway Adult Education Centre in the Northern Region of Münich, Germany

10 Virtual Library for promoting the European Heritage Dates : From 04/04/2001 to 09/04/2011 Place:Craiova, Romania Language : English Target group(s): Adults having basic computer skills. Each participant created a virtual book of presenting the local heritages from its country. The books were sent to the other participants by . The participants added the books to the Virtual Library and evaluate them by adding notes. A Virtual Library of the European patrimony bcreated on the wiki website. The participants uploaded their created books on the wiki page. They made comments and communicate on the wiki space. During the tree study visits, the participants collected information about the local heritage: architecture, art, culture, history and landscape.

11 The MU(U)MORIES project deals with senior citizens, promoting their active role in a local community, helps them to get up to speed with digital technology, improves their language skills and develops cross generation activities. The project activities will enable two different generations to better understand one another and to promote both Community and European spirit. Within the Memories project, EDUNET provided seniors citizens with ICT training, especially courses for grandparents with the aid of their grandchildren, and organize social activities to engage the seniors both in the modern, digital world and in the social community life. EDUNET cooperated with various public and private schools and non-governmental organisations in the region.

12 Discover Romania. Discover your way of thinking Grundtvig Workshop RO1-GRU Venue: Craiova Date of the Workshop: 14/05/ /05/2012 Target Group Adults interested in discovering Romanian culture and personal development that have at least basic English skills, including adults with disabilities and adults with special needs.

13 Programme : Day 1: Introduction to Romania and its language practice basic words and expressions with locals Day 2: Religion and traditions Day visit Madona Dudu Church, Romanian traditions, parade offolkloric costumes, workshop of traditional dances, learning the cultural hymn of Oltenia region; Day 3: Arts Day visit the Museum of Arts, the influence of folkloric art on Brâncu? i s works,workshop on sculpture and carving; Day 4: Handcrafts Day visit the Museum of Ethnography, workshop on weaving and knitting,workshop on pottery and ceramics; The Application Form and its annexes must be signed by the participant and sent directly to the Workshop's organiserthe application should be sent in original by post office or courier to the following address: Asociatia EDUNET Str. Basarabia nr. 9 Bl. E2 ap Craiova, Judetul Dolj, ROMANIA The deadline to send the application is 30th January 2012 (the stamp of post office or courier). web site address: Day 5: Trip to Novaci Traditional Pastoral Festival Climbing with the sheep on the mountain, visiting a traditional Romanian

14 EDUNET PURPOSE In the search of a job, many people travel abroad or in other parts of Romania, which results to the abandonment of the elders who are left behind without the proper care. Edunet will focus on the lonely elders or parents whose children are living abroad and they are left alone in residences or in day care centers. Edunet will undertake to organise in the project a language training course and a series of workshops where elders could learn how to use computers and communicate by e-mai, Skype or Messenger with their family and friends living in Romania or abroad. Edunet will undertake to organise a language training course and a series of workshops where elders could learn how to use computers and communicate by e-mai, Skype or Messenger with their family and friends living in Romania or abroad.

15 Local activities Organizing the activity : building the project team, attract the specific group, set up the activities plan Creating the local partnership Selecting voluntary young people Training course for voluntaries Learning activities done by youngs and elders on how the to use of modern information Educational and social activities for elders Dissemination activities

16 Voluntary NGO s Strategic partners Helping in organizing ICT and lingvistic training Regional Social Protection Departament Strategic partner Selecting target groups Organizing social and cultural activities High schools Support for the educational activities (computers room) Elders Associations Strategic partners Organizing social and cultural activities ACTIVITIES IN THE PARTNERSHIP: Organizing training workshop for voluntaries Promoting dialogue between the generations, youth involvement learning elders how the to use of modern information Organization of educational Teachers training center Strategic partner Providing consultance for training