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Pressrelease – New Meeting in Romania

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The second partner meeting under the Grundtvig project “Ageing well: don’t hesitate, be active” shall take place in Craiova, Romania. All partners shall meet in the period 17-20 April to discuss their local activities implemented so far: language classes, ICT classes, meetings for exchange of ideas between generations, etc. Senior participants shall present their personal interests and hobbies. The idea of the project is oriented exactly towards elderly people: to support their active and dignified life. The project activities are targeted at socializing them by meeting them with their EU peers in order to exchange ideas and experience.
The agenda of the meeting includes also some organizational questions related to the fact that the Italian partner UNITRE left the partnership as early as November 2012. The meeting envisaged for Italy has to be now hosted by one of the two partners: Gabrovo, Bulgaria or Pardubice, Czech Republic. All partners have to decide how to implement the project successfully, even without the Italian organization.
So far the project activities included a kick-off meeting in Poland, development of a detailed work plan, creation of a project logo and web-site, as well as organization of some activities for seniors on local level. The meeting in Craiova shall give all partners the chance to present their local achievements. The Romanian hosts have also prepared a cultural tour around Craiova and visit to a traditional Romanian restaurant. More than 20 people are expected to come from Greece, Bulgaria, Poland, France, Czech Republic and Lithuania.

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We are: 7 partners (schools, vocational training centres and NGOs) from 7 EU member states

Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, Greece, Bulgaria, Lithuania and France

Our joint project is:  AGEING WELL: DON’T HESITATE, BE ACTIVE!

Our objectives for the project are:

  • Prevent retired people from social isolation and make them being active;
  • Support and boost their skills;
  • Introduce the contemporary life, culture and natural heritage of partner countries based on the presentations of seniors  in an interactive way;
  • Learn them how to use modern tools for their hobbies, interests and communication with their children and peers;
  • Promote active citizenship and creativity of the target group;
  • Support volunteering;
  • Share experience in the field of non-formal seniors´ education;

We shall organize:

  • 6 international meetings: kick off meeting in Poland, closing meeting in France and 4 thematic meetings (Romania, Greece, Lithuania, Italy);
  • non-formal educational sessions for acquiring languages and ICT skills for senior students;
  • local events for seniors – hobby sessions, exhibitions, meetings and discussions;

Our senior students shall work on and share information about the following topics:

  • Personal interests – senior will introduce their personal interests with the help of ICT tools;
  • Nature and environment – seniors will choose the tools how to present their local (country) natural and environmental heritage;
  • Going around the city – „City by seniors´eyes“ – seniors participating in the meeting will go around the host city/town and make their own pictures. All seniors will present and compare they insights and perspectives;
  • Cultural life of my place – stories /reports about cultural events/celebrations in partners’ places;

We shall present our work in:

  • 4 virtual rooms for seniors’ pieces of work (one per topic) – the four sections on the website shall contain videos, pictures, presentations created by seniors;
  • web-site – containing newsletters and all the related project information;
  • good practice booklet  – for sharing experience related to the training activities done by each partner;