BRAMIR: Beyond Retirement – A Migrant
Integration Resource
Erasmus
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24 months: 2016-2018
Coordinator: JUGENDFÖRDERVEREIN
PARCHIM (Germany)
Partners: CARDET (Cyprus)
Meath
Partnership (Ireland)
Oxfam Italia (Italy)
University of
Pitesti (Romania)
Future In
Perspective (Ireland)
INNOVENTUM
(Finland)
ENTER
(Austria)
E-Seniors
The BRAMIR
project addresses two certainties for all EU Member States, namely; the ageing
of the population and an increasing dependence on immigration as a potential talent
pool to sustain the civic, social, political and economic fabric of the EU.
While there is considerable variance with regard the speed and immediacy of
these changes within and between Member States, they are coming and will impact
all countries in the not too distant future.
The BRAMIR
Project proposes the development and implementation of a multi-layered andragogic framework designed for a seniors target group
comprising older workers approaching retirement and recent retirees. This
framework will incorporate a bespoke training curriculum and a suite of
appropriate teaching resources to enable the redeployment of the seniors target
group as volunteers to support the development of key civic and social
competences within the established and growing migrant communities. The project
proposes a mutually beneficial arrangement affording the seniors target group
an opportunity to remain active contributors to society while addressing the
growing migrant integration problem.
The road to
inactivity for older workers is more often than not a road of no return.
Research shows that prolonging the active engagement of impending and recent
retirees’ impacts positively on their personal self-esteem, their mental and
physical health and well-being; fights social exclusion and offers recognition
of their continued importance to society.
bramir.eu/