Archipelag Pokoleń. Kurs praktyk międzypokoleniowych dla animatorów i edukatorów
Start date: Sep 1, 2015,
End date: Aug 31, 2017
PROJECT
FINISHED
“Archipelago of Generations. Course on intergenerational practice for animators and educators" is a strategic partnership and project set up in trilateral cooperation by non-governmental organizations from Poland (Association for Creative Initiatives ę / Warsaw), the UK (Beth Johnson Foundation / Stoke-on-Trent), and Germany (Kreisau-Initiative eV / Berlin).
The main objective of the project is to promote the competence of staff working with older people and intergenerational groups in Poland, Germany and the United Kingdom through the development of international certified on-line course and joint development of teaching materials: a catalogue of good practices and a set of methods / scenarios for activities with intergenerational groups.
The activities are aimed at personnel of the partner organizations, cooperating networks of coaches, leaders and experts, and more broadly - people interested in the development of competence in working with older people and intergenerational groups. An important group of participants will be those 60+, as animators and experts on the needs of this age group.
Activities include work on the elaboration of the course and methodological publications and a joint learning process of all three organizations, based on a series of short training programs, a series of project meetings and virtual collaboration spaces. They will be concluded by a series of events to disseminate the results in the form of workshops organized in each of the three countries.
The project is directed by an innovative design thinking approach, methodology of incubation of ideas and the principle of empowerment.
The project partners have significant and varied experience in the field of supporting active aging and cooperation of generations. Each country represents also a different stage of development of policies and practices in this field, which is why international cooperation will bring all those involved, as well as all target groups, tangible benefits. The online course on intergenerational practices and two methodological publications will increase the competence of educators and animators, all partners will strengthen their institutional capacity. Experience and expertise transferred between the partners will be an impetus for on ongoing support of solidarity between generations in Poland, Germany and the UK.
Diverse realities of the involved countries, as well as rich and various experience of the partners will be a factor stimulating the process of mutual learning. All partners act as cross-linking organizations and support local initiatives in their own countries, which secures broad and effective dissemination of achieved results.
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