SUMMARY OF THE
Erasmus+ project - RESET
2017 - 2019
Pedagogy for Workforce Transition
The project is coodinated
by E-Seniors and has 6 more partners from 6 different countries:
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Synthesis Center for
Research and Education Ltd (Cyprus)
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INNEO - Studio TwórczegoRozwoju
(Poland)
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AsociatiapentruEducatiesiDezvoltareDurabila (Romania)
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The Rural Hub CLG (Ireland)
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Innoventum OY (Finland)
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University of Peloponnese (Greece)
In the context of an ageing society, the social
security’s system are challenged. To achieve more sustainable economic and
social development, the EU has set itself the target of increasing the
employment rate of older people. For this to be successful, governments, social
partners and organisations need to work together to develop the skills and
employability of older people. Education, guidance, training and employment
opportunities must be adapted to an age-diverse workforce. Supporting older
persons to remain productive members of society through continued labour force
participation is essential to reduce social exclusion and help older workers
escape the poverty trap that often accompanies retirement. To realise this
potential the RESET project will develop:
- a new bespoke, training programme for older
workers to develop their skills as social researchers
- a digital competence toolkit that develops
all the necessary IT skills to conduct desk and field based research and to
analyse and present research findings
- a comprehensive in-service training programme
for adult educators to support them in delivering the new curriculum resources
- a business development and planning framework
for older persons to support them in developing their new business models
- an e-learning portal to facilitate the
training of all project target groups
- a thought provoking scientific paper that
outlines the benefits to be derived from the RESET project approach and that
encourages policy makers to support this type of initiative to achieve greater
workforce participation and enhanced social inclusion
Target population:
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42 experts, 6 in each partner country will
participate in the local advisory committee in each partner country. These
groups will meet throughout the project life-cycle to inform the development
process and will be important advocates for the project supporting all dissemination
actions.
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91 adult educators will complete the in-service
training
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70 older workers will develop their digital
competence by using the training materials provided in the digital toolbox of
resources
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70 older workers will complete the social
researcher curriculum
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A minimum of 20 adult educators and older
workers will participate in the Senior Worker Festivals in each partner country
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A minimum of 90 adult education tutors and
managers will attend the final conference in France
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A minimum of 10 senior managers, trade union
representatives and policy makers will attend the National Campaign Events in
each partner country
Wednesday the 1st of November 2017, the RESET - Pedagogy for Workforce Transition
project officially started. The project, lead by the French partner Association
E-Seniors, involves 7 partners from Finland, Romania, Ireland, Greece, Cyprus
and Poland plus an associated partner from Switzerland. The projects aims
at creating innovative training programs for seniors to increase their skills
as social researcher and therefore foster their employability. The project’s
kick-off was held in Trim (Ireland) the 20th and 21st of November. This meeting
allowed the different partners to get to know each other’s and to plan the
work for the next 6 months.
The RESET project has been funded under the ERASMUS + programme.
For more information, please contact the project coordinators PatriziaPapittoppapitto@eseniors.eu
or Ariane Girault agirault@eseniors.eu
