<< Objectives >>The project FinDigWomEd is a collaboration between two organisations aiming to create together a training programme for adult women in digital literacy and financial education. By doing so, they would contribute to fighting the gender gap in both of these areas. These skills are related to each other and together can lead to greater economic independence and employability, as well as development of entrepreneurial mindset.<< Implementation >>The main activity of the project will be organisation of trainings in the area of digital education and financial education for educators working with adult women. After completing the trainings, the educators will prepare a series of local workshops for women, combing the knowledge acquired during both trainings.<< Results >>The project will allow the partners to acquire knowledge about good practices in teaching of financial and digital educations that they will be able to implement in their services, especially by inclusion of a training format combining both areas that they will create. The project is also expected to increase of the level of financial and digital knowledge of the women participating in the local workshop and to raise awareness about the importance of these two areas of knowledge.

<< Objectives >>The general objective of the project is to enhance digital literacy and skills in people over 65 years old and boost their autonomy in using and manage mobile devices and their apps.The specific objectives are: to offer efficient education and training to elderly learners in digital mobile literacy; to implement an on line course open source to help educators and volunteers that aim to support elderly in digital literacy; to develop an app of virtual assistance targeted on elederly users<< Implementation >>Analysis of the direct beneficiary target (elederly over 65 yars old), their needs, challenges, motivations, limits.Workshop to develop learning contents and methodology for a digital course open source addressed to educators and trainers for the digital mobile literacy of senior users. Local pilot classes to validate implemented contents and methodology and monitoring impacts on learners.Implementation of the Digital course Development of the app of virtual assistance and testing on learner<< Results >>On line Course open source for educators and trainers to provide the skills, methodology, language, teaching material targeted on over 65 years old learners and efficient successful.A mobile application for virtual assistance to senior users to help them to overcome their difficulties in managing a list of the apps more helpfull for their daily life. The main expected impact is an empowerment of seniors in the digital transition that will improve their life with helpfull services.

"<< Background >>This project is initiated by the partner organisations from four EU countries affected by the global Covid-19 crisis. According to the recent Eurofund survey, all EU countries were negatively affected by the pandemic. In spring 2021, there was an overall increase in negative feelings, anxiety, loneliness, and depression, across most social groups. An increase in depressive feelings was recorded particularly among younger groups; 64% of young adults (18–34 years) are at risk of depression, while the highest increase in loneliness was recorded for senior citizens. All project partners have experience in adult education. We all share the common goal to improve health and wellbeing of the most vulnerable social groups suffering from the long-term consequences of Covid-19, including young adults and senior citizens. All members of our organisations are also suffering from the negative consequences of pandemic. We need to respond to this ongoing crisis as soon as possible, in order to prevent more negative consequences in the future. It is well-known from the previous social crises that dealing with immediate consequences, saving lifes and restoring infrastructure is not enough. Healing process has to include sharing experiences of loss and grief and building resilience and positive thinking. This process starts with acknowledgement of negative experiences. Trying to forget the past without analysing it is a recipe for post-traumatic stress disorder and more negative health and social consequences in the future. The project aims to reduce negative consequences of the pandemic for health and wellbeing. We plan to achieve this goal by developing an educational program and a non-formal learning methodology focused on improving physical health and psychological well-being of people suffering from long-term negative consequences of the Corona crisis. The adult education program will be focused on developing lifestyle skills that will help learners to cope with the psychological stress, to build resilience in the face of loss and grief, to share negative experiences with their peers and to gain psychological support. The innovative non-formal learning methodology for adult educators will be based on storytelling and will help to improve the competences of educators in dealing with vulnerable groups suffering from negative physical and mental consequences of the global health crisis. Storytelling is a powerful tool that helps people to make sense of stressful events and traumatic experience. By telling their stories, people from vulnerable groups, including young adults and elderly citizens will gain agency and the sense of control of their life. Storytelling as a non-formal learning methodology will help in building resilience, positive thinking, coping with loss and grief and getting support from peers and healthcare professionals. This methodology will be used to develop a webinar for adult educators working with vulnerable groups (young adults and senior citizens). Participants will be able to improve their competences of giving support to vulnerable groups by encouraging storytelling, active listening and empathy. We also plan to develop an online course for people suffering from the negative consequences of Covid-19 crisis, focusing on two groups: young adults and senior citizens. Both young adults and senior citizens suffered from the limitation on their physical and social activities that negatively affected their physical and psychological health. However, their challenges are different. While young adults could compensate the lack of social contacts by using digital networks, senior people often lack digital skills. On the other hand, senior citizens have more resilience, simply because they experiences more negative events in their life. By sharing their experiences and co-creating solutions these two groups can help each other to get back to normal life.<< Objectives >>The project aims to achieve the following objectives:1. Develop an educational program and an online course for building resilience and stress resistance, improving physical health and psychological wellbeing for young adults and senior citizens suffering from the negative consequences of Covid-19 crisis. This project is initiated by partner organisations from four EU countries affected by the global Covid-19 crisis. All members of our organisations are themselves suffering from the negative consequences of pandemic. We strongly believe in the power of collaboration and the synergy effect of combining different expertise areas, such as storytelling, behavioural change techniques for health and well being, digital skills for social communication, and non-formal learning methodology, in developing efficient educational tools to build resilience and stress resistance. We approach our goal by focusing on sharing experiences through storytelling, developing empathy and mutual support between different individuals, social groups and different countries, and creating positive impact on society in general, both locally than internationally. 2. Reduce negative consequences of global health crisis for health and wellbeing. We need to respond to this ongoing crisis as soon as possible, in order to prevent even more negative consequences in the future. It is well-known from the previous social crises that dealing with immediate consequences is not enough. Healing process has to include sharing experiences of loss and grief and building resilience and positive thinking. This process starts with acknowledgement of negative experiences. Trying to forget the past without analysing it is a recipe for post-traumatic stress disorder and future crisis. 3. Address the needs of the two the most vulnerable social groups suffering from the long-term consequences of Covid-19: young adults and senior citizens.These two groups suffered from the restrictions on physical and social activities imposed by the lockdown, but they had different challenges: senior citizens lack digital skills to use social media and telecommunication devices for social communication, while young adults lack resilience and stress resistance. These two groups can help each other in developing coping strategies and resilience skills. 4. Develop an innovative non-formal learning methodology based on storytelling for adult educators that will increase their competences and give them educational tools to help learners to cope with stress and grief and to improve their physical health and psychological wellbeing. Storytelling is a tool used in psychotherapy, but not in adult learning. We will use storytelling techniques to share traumatic experiences, to create an opportunity for psychological peer support, to start the healing process and to build self-efficacy in adult learners. It will also encourage participants to take an active part in improving their health and wellbeing, helping others and making positive social impact.5. Develop non-formal adult learning material.The project will develop an educational program, online course, non-formal learning methodology and a webinar for adult educators. All results will aim at one goal: to help improve health and wellbeing of people who suffered from Covid-19 crisis. 6. Make positive social impact by providing useful educational tools for many stakeholders at the local and international level, including health organisations, youth centres, local governments, research centres, and home-care providers.<< Implementation >>The main project activities include: 1. Developing adult educational program focused on building behavioural skills and competences that will help learners to deal with everyday stress and long-term negative health consequences of the Covid-19 crisis. The program will be focused on building the following skills and competences: building resilience to prevent negative consequences of stress, grief and life changing events; stress-coping strategies and skills (e.g., meditation, mindfulness, positive thinking); digital skills to increase communication via social media and teleconference tools; gaining more control of physical health by developing healthy eating habits and physical exercise routine; storytelling skills to share negative experiences, frustrations and grief without aggression and self-destruction; empathy and active listening skills to provide psychological support to peers. The target groups of this activity will include: 1) elderly citizens suffering from the restrictions on social activity and lack of contact with their friends and family; 2) young people with special needs suffering from disruption of their daily physical and social activity; 3) all people suffering from physical and psychological consequences of Covid-19. 2. Developing online course ""Back to normal: Building resilience after Corona"" for elderly citizens suffering from the restrictions on social activity and lack of contact with their friends and family and young people with special needs suffering from disruption of their daily physical and social activity. The course will be focused on the following topics: how to go thorough loss and grief; coping with stress through meditation, mindfulness, and positive thinking; social communication via digital tools; how to take control over your health: eating habits and exercise routine; getting agency and self-efficacy by telling your Corona story; and gaining empathy by listening and giving support to peers.3. Developing non-formal learning methodology based on storytelling for adult educators to improve their competences of developing resilience in vulnerable groups suffering from negative physical and mental consequences of Covid-19 health crisis. The non-formal learning methodology will be based on the development of the following skills: storytelling skills to share feelings and experiences in the safe environment; empathy and active listening; providing understanding and support to people suffering from similar problems; co-creating solutions together and sharing them within the peer group; empowering learning group members with positive feedback and mutual support; increased self-efficacy and social participation of adult learners. The non-formal learning methodology will include educational tools that will help adult educators to organise and lead storytelling process and develop necessary skills of their learners, including young adults, and elderly citizens, in building resilience, positive thinking, coping with loss and grief, healthy eating habits, physical exercise routine, mindfulness and other skills that can help them to gain control of their physical health and psychological well being after the Covid-19 crisis. 4. Creating a Webinar: ""Stories about Corona: how to use storytelling in building resilience of young adults and senior citizens"" for adult educators working with senior citizens, young adults, mental health patients and residents of healthcare facilities.<< Results >>The outcomes of the project will include: 1. Adult educational program aimed at developing behavioural skills and competences that help learners to deal with everyday stress and long-term negative health consequences of the Covid-19 crisis, including resilience in the face of loss, grief and life changing events; skills of coping with psychological stress (e.g., meditation, mindfulness, positive thinking); digital skills to increase social communication via social media and teleconference tools; gaining more control of physical health by developing healthy eating habits and physical exercise routine; storytelling skills to share negative experiences, frustrations and grief without aggression and self-destruction; empathy and active listening skills to provide psychological support to peers. The program will be targeted at two main groups: elderly citizens suffering from the restrictions on social activity and lack of contact with their friends and family and young adults with special needs suffering from disruption of their daily physical and social activity. The program can be used for all people suffering from physical and psychological consequences of Covid-19. 2. Online course ""Back to normal: Building resilience after Corona"" for elderly citizens suffering from the restrictions on social activity and lack of contact with their friends and family and for young people with special needs suffering from disruption of their daily physical and social activity. The course will include the following topics: How to go thorough loss and grief; Coping with stress through meditation, mindfulness, and positive thinking; Social communication via digital tools; How to take control over your health: eating habits and exercise routine; Tell your Corona story; Listen and give support. 3. Non-formal learning methodology based on storytelling for adult educators to improve their competences of developing resilience in vulnerable groups suffering from negative physical and mental consequences of Covid-19 health crisis. The non-formal learning methodology will be based on the development of the following skills: - storytelling skills to share feelings and experiences in the safe environment; - empathy and active listening; - providing understanding and support to people suffering from similar problems; - co-creating solutions together and sharing them within the peer group; - empowering learning group members with positive feedback and mutual support; - Increased self-efficiency and social participation of adult learners. The non-formal learning methodology will include educational tools that will help adult educators to organise and lead storytelling process and develop necessary skills of their learners, including young adults, and elderly citizens, in building resilience, positive thinking, coping with loss and grief, healthy eating habits, physical exercise routine, mindfulness and other skills that can help them to gain control of their physical health and psychological well-being after the Covid-19 crisis. Target groups: - adult educators working with senior citizens, young adults, mental health patients and residents of healthcare facilities 4. Webinar: ""Stories about Corona: how to use storytelling in building resilience of young adults and senior citizens"" for adult educators working with senior citizens, young adults, mental health patients and residents of healthcare facilities.The expected results of the project are:- innovative educational tools to increase resilience and stress resistance of young adults and senior citizens; - adult educators gain innovative non-formal learning methodology for building resilience through storytelling; - improved physical health and psychological wellbeing of participants;- increased self-efficacy and responsibility of vulnerable social groups for their health and wellbeing; - increased social participation and mutual support of vulnerable groups."

"""Revitalisation of forgotten traditions: cultural heritage in modern screen print"" Erasmus+ strategic partnership project aims at extending and developing educator's competences what is one of priorities of adult education. The project is relevant to horizontal priorities of Erasmus+ Programme because it will focus on development of high-quality skills and competences, social and educational value of European cultural heritage.This project is focused on the exchange of good practice in the field of traditional motifs: folk ornaments, traditional patterns, handbags decorated in original way which are highly appreciate by the customers. By using ornaments, participants of project activities will acquire an ability to incorporate European cultures into own designs. The consortium of four partners from Portugal, Estonia, France and Latvia wants to share innovative approaches between each other, to teach/train educators, so they can teach adult learners, support them and disseminate best practices.The consortium will share information about different challenges in project partner's countries and different tools to overcome them. The exchange of best practices and different techniques of teaching and learning in formal, non-formal and informal education is relevant to pursuing learning- by-doing methods, reinventing ourselves not only as a person, but also as a group. Partners plan to learn the art to live together through respective differences and attitudes.This proposal is based on adequate needs analysis carried out by all partners before they joined this project proposal. All project partners analysed needs of their learners and staff members.The specific objectives are:1)to support professional education of staff members from partner's organisations;2)to increase capacity of partner's organisations as providers of adult education;3)to exchange good practices and develop strategic partnership between project partners.There will be staff members and educators from partner's organisations involved in transnational project meetings in France, Estonia and Portugal and short-term joint staff training events in Portugal and Latvia. The participants of local activities will be staff members, educators and adult learners. Local stakeholders, including associated partners and media representatives will be involved in dissemination activities.Learners with fewer opportunities, particularly people in age 50+, unemployed, national minorities, migrants and refugees will be actively involved to the project activities, bringing their experience and competencies into the project. Learning and training activities will give the added value for them in terms of up-skilling, boosting their employment potential and enlargement of the intellectual horizons and creativity thanks to the mobility.More than 100 people will be directly involved to this project and more than 1000 indirectly during dissemination activities (web-surfers engaged in social networks and in the reading/watching of partners websites and social media).Partners decided during the project activities:1)to develop the various ethnographic elements for screen print products using European traditions and cultures;2)to learn traditional folk ornaments techniques in own and other European countries;3)to learn new types of ornaments, new techniques, materials, methods and skills from each other.There will be intangible results:-acquisition of new competences for educators in the partner's organisations;-exchange of experience among staff at international level;-enhanced intercultural competences for the staff and learners;-long life learning network of partners and other stakeholders involved to project at local, national and European level;-increased EU project management competencies.Tangible results will include:-E-Handbook with good practices for educators;-video about training;-promotional materials (project logo, leaflet, press publications, information for social media, Faceboook page, video for Youtube, etc.).All participants will experience the recognition and improvement of their personal and interpersonal skills and their social competence. By the end of this project they will be able to demonstrate own competencies about producing unique screen printing pieces with the inspiration and use of forgotten traditions.The impact of the project activities will be strong to all involved. Revitalisation of forgotten traditions will bridge the past, present and future and connect different cultures and people. Staff members and adult learners will develop competencies to make own samples in screen printing. Participants of this project will obtain new experiences and knowledge about European countries, cultures and people. Universal language of art will help to build mutual understanding between partners, educators and learners, and between people in different ages and with different cultural and social backgrounds"

"Aujourd'hui, les personnes connectées aux médias sociaux deviennent une source d'information et peuvent créer des ""sujets tendance"". Il est donc important que les gens fassent preuve d'esprit critique vis-à-vis de ce qu'ils reçoivent et avant de diffuser l'information. Les éducateurs d'adultes agissant au nom des apprenants adultes dans le cadre de la société civile doivent apprendre à reconnaître, analyser et expliquer à leurs groupes cibles, les termes et idées clés pour comprendre les principes de l'éducation aux médias et à l'information (MIL).L'objectif général du projet de partenariat stratégique Erasmus+ ""Media and information literacy in adult education"" était d'échanger les bonnes pratiques et de tester des méthodes innovantes en matière d'éducation aux médias et à l'information. Les activités de ce projet ont permis d'accroître la capacité des participants à réfléchir de manière critique au contenu qu'ils reçoivent par le biais des médias sociaux. Le consortium visait à sensibiliser les utilisateurs à la véracité des contenus en ligne, tout en promouvant une utilisation plus responsable d'Internet.Les objectifs spécifiques du projet étaient les suivants :- accroître le développement professionnel des éducateurs d'adultes,- collecter et développer des méthodes d'enseignement et d'apprentissage de la culture médiatique et de l'information,- partager les meilleures pratiques entre les partenaires du projet,- développer et renforcer les réseaux européens de partenariat, dans le domaine de l'éducation non formelle. En créant des activités de qualité dans le domaine de l'éducation aux médias et à l'information, les partenaires de ce projet ont renforcé la capacité des citoyens à distinguer les informations fiables de la désinformation, à analyser le contenu des médias sociaux et à améliorer leur esprit critique à l'égard des médias.Deux réunions transnationales, l'une en France et l'autre en Estonie, et deux formations, l'une en Espagne et l'autre en Croatie, combinées à des activités locales, se sont complétées pour la collecte, la création et l'échange de bonnes pratiques en matière d'éducation aux médias et à l'information.Grâce aux activités du projet, les participants ont réussi à développer leurs compétences dans le domaine de l'éducation aux médias et à l'information, tant sur le plan théorique que pratique. Le MIL a été ciblé, par le biais de méthodes d'apprentissage non formelles, d'apprentissage expérimental et participatif, et d'apprentissage par la pratique, dans le but d'améliorer les expériences et les compétences des membres du personnel des organisations partenaires.Les principales activités du projet visaient les éducateurs et les bénéficiaires finaux - les apprenants adultes et les citoyens en général, comprenant les représentants de minorités, par exemple les personnes ayant un niveau d'éducation formelle limité, les migrants, les anciens réfugiés, les personnes de plus de 50 ans et les personnes risquant d'être socialement marginalisées. Plus de 100 membres du personnel et apprenants adultes des pays des partenaires du projet ont été directement impliqués dans le projet, et plus de 1200 indirectement lors des activités de diffusion.De plus, les participants au projet ont amélioré leurs compétences en matière de dialogue interculturel et interreligieux. Ils ont également développé des compétences dans le travail avec les TIC et ont amélioré leurs capacités à organiser des ateliers de haute qualité dans le domaine du MIL. Parallèlement, en échangeant des bonnes pratiques, les partenaires ont enrichi leur travail quotidien et leurs capacités à responsabiliser leurs groupes cibles. Les éducateurs d'adultes formés sont capables d'analyser, de comprendre et de créer des mesures locales pour expliquer aux apprenants adultes comment identifier et réagir face à la diffusion de la désinformation.L'impact sur les groupes cibles est visible sur les nouvelles compétences qu'ils ont acquises après la mise en œuvre des activités du projet. Les organisations partenaires ont amélioré la qualité de l'éducation des adultes. L'association des résultats intangibles (compétences) et des résultats tangibles (boîte à outils) permet de pérenniser les résultats des projets.Ce projet de partenariat stratégique aura un impact à long terme. Les partenaires ont établi des contacts internationaux avec diverses institutions d'éducation des adultes, des organisations non gouvernementales, des PME et des start up. Par conséquent, ce projet a permis de développer des partenariats entre les ONG, les PME et d'autres parties prenantes, en vue de promouvoir l'apprentissage tout au long de la vie, et d'améliorer la qualité et l'efficacité des expériences de mobilité à des fins d'apprentissage. Cette mise en réseau favorise l'enrichissement mutuel et l'échange des meilleures pratiques en matière d'éducation aux médias et à l'information, dans l'UE."