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Fostering Cooperation and Intergererational (IG) Learning
FCIGL Grundtvig Project 2012-2014 |
Partners
KIVOTOS ELPIDA CY-CYPRUS
Colegiul Tehnic RO-ROMANIA
Organismos Politismou Neas Genias ke Athitismou
Dimou Kilkis (OPONGA) GR-GREECE
E-JUNIORS association FR-FRANCE
Asociacion Provincial de Centros de Enseñanza Privada de Granada ES-SPAIN
D.1 SUMMARY
The project
aims to encourage intergenerational learning (IGL) by exploring cross cultural
experiences, best practices and methodologies within Europe and the wider
life-long learning community. The EU pays particular attention to its aging
population and 2012 is designated as the year of Active Aging and
Intergenerational Solidarity. Some European countries have already developed
IGL methods and tools, but there is still a gab that needs to be filled with
knowledge and expertise. The project will introduce formal and informal
practices of IGL that bring Elders and younger generations closer together,
such as tandem formation, IGL communication and cooperation techniques. The
partners involved will provide practical knowledge in IGL and cooperation in
different social aspects such as the working environment, social clubs and
networks.
To achieve
the main goal of the project, the partners will initially exchange information
on local structure and experiences of IG-Learning and the acquisition of key
competences. The guide will have a specific structure that will include its
relevance to EU policies, methods, practices and approaches. At a second stage,
the partners will host study visits in each country meeting, so that visiting
partners experience different practices from first hand. The coordinating
institution will gather experiences and partner feedback reports, which will be
the main body of the best practice guide. In the third stage, the partners will
test the developed instruments through the creation of tandems of elders,
middle aged and young people, while the guide will keep evolving. Finally, the
partners will evaluate the project activities and produce a report describing
the various phases and activities of the project; leading to the Best Practice
guide.
D.3. PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY
The main aim
of the project is to foster intergenerational cooperation and learning. The
partnership will bring together young people and elders through their normal
course of action. The visiting partners will have the opportunity to experience
different methods and approaches in IG learning. The partnership will gather
the experiences and practices of partners and it will add certain practices and
approaches on IG Learning across Europe. Finally, a best practice guide will be
compiled to a single compendium with the knowledge acquired from the
partnership.
The
concrete objectives of the project are:
-The
exchange of experiences and best practices for IG learning through study visits
in the meetings at each country
-The
increase of knowledge on different methods, practices
and approaches in different EU countries, such as tandem -formation, ICT
learning, communication skills.
-To raise
awareness about the needs and educational priorities of young people and elders
and how younger generations can support the elders.
-To improve
the acquisition of key competencies among young people and elders based on the
8 Key competences of Lifelong Learning
-To create
a guide of good practices and approaches
The
problems that the project aims to address are:
-How to
ensure young people and seniors remain active throughout life
-Ways of
enhancing cooperation among generations while covering their educational needs
-Reduce
barriers to learning while reducing the risk of social marginalization
-The
improve understanding between generations, breaking existing stereotypes and
foster IG cooperation
The
partnership in this project will follow an applied field approach; where the
host country in each meeting will organize a study visit, demonstrating in
practical terms their own approach and methods used.
The project plan includes 4 stages:
PREPARATION
Initially,
there will be an exchange of partner experiences related to IG learning and the
distribution of tasks between partners at the kick-off meeting.
DEVELOPMENT
Study
visits in each country will follow and Creation of cooperation tandems while we
Initiate our best practice guide
FEEDBACK
Testing and evaluation of approaches and methods in partnership meeting. Further development of the guide
EVALUATION
The final meeting, during which the partners make a summary and
evaluation of the final output and the project in general. Preparation of
the final report describing progress of the project and its effects.
D.4. RESULTS AND
OUTCOMES
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PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
F.1. DISTRIBUTION OF TASKS
The project
requires from each partner to provide input from experiences and practices from
his country and organization. The idea derived from partner contributions and
the workload was allocated based on each partner specific capacity and
expertise. Kivotos will provide management and
coordination of the partnership, facilitate communication, dissemination,
resolve any possible issues and mediate on possible problems that might arise.
Each hosting partner at the meeting will have to organize a study visit;
something that would ensure the active contribution of each partner through
field work. Also, each partner has to provide input and feedback in the
creation of the best practice guide throughout the project lifetime. The edit
of our guide will be done by Kivotos. At all project stages,
there will be an exchange of experiences and methodologies on Intergenerational
learning and cooperation from field experiences. The monitoring of the project
will be enriched by the creation of a Steering Committee composed of a member
from each partner which will convene at each country
meeting. Each partner will also have to undertake the supervision of a project
outcome and activity based on its own capacity.
1 Kivotos will be responsible to oversee and create the final
output; the best practice guide of methodologies and tools on IGL and
Cooperation. It will also provide academic learning on possible causes of
conflict and cooperation among generations.
2 The
French Partner will be responsible for the creation of the project blog and
demonstrate the potential of digital and e-learning methods.
3 The Greek
partners will focus on the contribution of young people in local
environment/communities cooperating; with other generations, being middle aged
or elders. It will also prepare the dissemination material.
4 The
Italian partners will provide methods and mediation tools that can enhance
cooperation and learning among generations.
5 The
Spanish partner will be responsible to supervise the evaluation proceedure of the project, including midterm and final
report.
6. Romanian
partners will demonstrate the Intergenerational cooperation among young people
and adults in the training field and at workplace.
All
partners will also contribute in the dissemination activities of the project
through their local and European contacts. It should be noted that the partner
tasks and outputs will be generated by an IGL process; by individuals of
different ages working together.
F.2. COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATION
The
effective cooperation of the partnership will be assured by a Steering
Committee, composed by a representative of the partner institutions. Under the
overall responsibility of the coordinating partner, the SC members will keep
direct day-to-day contact through e-mail, skype
conference meetings and phone.
In each
country meeting a separate meeting of the steering committee members will be
taking place. Its function is to analyse the state of
affairs, the planning of future steps, suggestions on improvement of the
project functionality and to take necessary measures, if required. The steering
committee will agree on the key milestones of the project, analyse
the previous project phase and decide on further steps in the work plan for
reaching the project aims. The project coordinator and the sub-coordinators for
separate items inform on project progress and agree on necessary steps,
partners’ contributions adjustments in the work plan etc.
Communication
between participating organisations will be ensured
as follows:
- by using different ICT’s: writing emails, using Skype,
phones, faxes
- by using the blog, which will be linked with the
participating organisations websites
- through direct face-to-face contacts, during planned six
meetings
Finally,
the host country will be responsible to disseminate a "Meeting
Report" which will summarize what was covered and what was agreed during
the partnership meeting. This report will be disseminated to all partners
through email.
F.3. PARTICIPANTS' INVOLVEMENT
Our
partnership focuses both on staff of participating organisations,
young and elderly learners but pays more attention to the latter. They will be
both actively and intensively involved in the project’s activities.
Learners
They will
be actively involved in planning, implementation and evaluation of project
activities. In particular:
Planning –
learners from project target groups (young and elderly people) will be invited
to project seminars to discuss together with them their needs on such topics
like quality of education, methods of personal development, acquisition of key
competences, interest in intergenerational learning.
Implemetation – there will be 3-4 activities organized in each partner countries,
which will work on IGL methods and the acqusition of
key competences. Moreover, in each meeting, partners will have to organize a
study visit in order for the rest to withness a best
practice example.
Evaluation
– It will be the outcome of the feedback received from their work/activities
and cooperation.
Staff
It will be
involved in planning, implemetation and evaluation of
project activities, both at a local and European level. In particular:
Planning –
the Staff of participating organisations through
mutual cooperation will jointly develop a common approach and tools aimed to
facilitate elaboration of best practices through exchange of methods and
experiences. The meetings
will represent the main planning moments, where partners will have the
opportunity to share good practices, participate in study visits and debate on
intergenerational learning.
Implementation
– The staff will have active role in collecting necessary materials and
elaborating compendium as well as creating tandems among young people and
elders. They will also monitor the work of cooperation tandems and help them go
through the project.
Evaluation
– The staff will be involved in preparing a reports
with Intergenerational methods feedback reports. Additionally, they will
participate in reporting after each of transnational meeting as well as in
preparing intermediate and final report.
F.4. INTEGRATION INTO ONGOING ACTIVITIES
The
partnership is mainly focused on learner involvement and seeks to introduce new
learning tools and methodologies through the foreseen guide. Active ageing and
solidarity among generations includes creating more opportunities for older
people to continue working, to stay healthy longer and to continue to
contribute to society in other ways, for example through volunteering needs to
be supported by a wide range of policies at all levels of governance. Therefore
it is imperative for our organizations to exchange best practices and
methodologies among European partners. The partners involved will share their
own experiences and enrich their knowledge and understanding from the practices
of other partners; towards the process of the project and the creation of the
final product.
The
partners involved cooperate at regular basis with young and elder people in
their local areas. The learning derived from the creative interaction of learners, both
youngsters and elders, during this project could be a constructive experience
for the trainers and staff involved. Local staff will engage with foreign
partner's staff in exchanging methodologies and experiences during the process
of drafting the guide. The staff will be asked not only to develop, but also to
disseminate the new methods and experiences created in the guide to other
colleagues and incorporate learning activities in its training.
F.5 EVALUATION
The
evaluation process will be directly linked to the monitoring process of the
project, as will use the primary quantitative and qualitative data for
monitoring. After each meeting there will be an evaluation of the meeting for
monitoring purposes of the project and a meeting report will follow from each
hosting partner.
During the
initial meeting, the project flow and tasks will be explained from the
coordinating institution and management tools will be explained, including a
monitoring plan. That will permit to control if activities are implemented as
planned and it will be based on the use of monitoring tool available, the M-tool
and it will include the following aspects: communication, local activities, mobilities, active participants/partners involvement,
outcomes, evaluation, dissemination, valorisation,
community involvement.
The
evaluation plan will foresee three main areas: management of the project,
process and outcomes and will be implemented in different moments of the
project’s life: ex-ante, on going and ex-post
evaluation. Both, quantitative and qualitative data provided by all partners
will be used for evaluations reports and feedback reports will be received
during our activities. The data collection will be implemented by use of
documents analysis, individual interviews, questionnaires, discussion groups
and will concern aspects mentioned above.
Both,
monitoring and evaluation plan will be discussed and elaborated by all partners
at the beginning of the project during the kick-off meeting, the responsible
partner for evaluation plan and monitoring plan and reports will be the
coordinating organisation.
F . 6 DISSEMINATION
AND THE USE OF RESULTS
The
partnership has specified how the results and experiences would be
disseminated;
In the
participating organisations:
Each
participating partner will promote the project within their own organisation.
The
internal promotion will be done by:
- producing
fact-sheets and leaflets for distribution among departments;
- giving
out information about the project at staff meetings and in internal
newsletters;
- using a
bulletin board to exhibit material from the project;
- direct personal contacts during daily communication,
- communication over the Internet,
-
consolidating the project by integrating it into each organisation’s
training programme.
In the
local community
At a local
level the project will be promoted by:
- organisation of local seminars for non
profit organisations and vocational training centres, as well as all interested parts and bodies,
municipality representatives, NGOs and other local partners ;
- all partners’ website will contain information about the
Partnership and the process of its implementation,
- involving
the press at local level; at national and at European level;
- providing
information about the project at local meetings, workshops and exhibitions;
- writing
articles about the project in magazines
In the
wider lifelong learning community
The
following activities will publicise our project to
interested parties throughout Europe:
- on-going publishing of activities on the project and
organizations’ websites for visibility,
-
advertising the project events and other activities by means of mass media and
internet,
- visiting
other institutions (non profit organisations,
councils, training departments, etc.),
- inviting
trainees and staff from other organizations to take part in the participating
organizations' events
- Including
the material in the EVE portal
G.2 WORK PROGRAMME
