PROJECT NAME: Improge
PROJECT NUMBER: Grundtvig project 84100360/k-KE
PROJECT DURATION: 2008 – 2010
PARTNERS:
- EPLEFPA, France
- SOMA HELLINON PROSKOPON, Greece
- NALMA, Lithuania
- CLA, Italy
- FBI, Austria
- University of Nicosia, Cyprus
- PRO-MED, Poland
- FEPAMIC, Spain
- Yenicaga Public Education Center, Turkey
- PIFKE, Hungary
PROJECT OBJECTIVE:
- The aim of the project was to promote the higher level of the participation of the older people (50+) in the working process and to help them keep in employment. The project established a trans-national network to encourage participation of the older people in education with the special focus on their special needs.
PROJECT OUTCOMES:
- Transfer knowledge, methods and good practices for senior citizen education,
- Transfer experiences about the learning needs of senior citizens and strategies on how these needs can be met
- Exchange experiences in developing strategies and methods for teachers, trainers and other adult education staff who work with senior citizens
- Identify effective models on how to make use of the potential of senior citizens by contributing to the learning of others
- Raise awareness on the senior citizens in the workplace as a concept focusing on increasing the employment and position of this disadvantaged group in the labour market
- Promote in companies and society positive context of diversity meaning workplace that respects and includes a work environment that maximizes the potential of all employees
- Share knowledge and experiences at a regional level and promote the development of new approaches in the field of training of older people.