Elderly, poorly qualified persons are seriously disadvantaged and are thereforeexcluded from further education processes. This demonstrably results in the exclusionand isolation of the elderly, with increased risks of health problems and reduced mentalcapacity and hence poor social cohesion as a result of a lack of self determinationamong the elderly.The objective of the project is to promote intergenerational social cohesion in Europe byenabling socially disadvantaged persons to acquire skills during retirement andstrengthening the ability of these people to take an active part in social life and helpbring about social change. The aim of SEELERNETZ (‘Senior citizens in Europe learn innetworks) is to encourage socially disadvantaged retired persons to participate in skillacquisition processes in Europe by increasing their integration in social networks.The main outcome is a defined European model of low-threshold access to socialnetworks in order to enable the elderly to acquire skills. This model is differentiated intosub-types, depending on regional and target group requirements and can beimplemented in practice by social organisations working with and for the elderly. Acatalogue of recommended actions (including a financing and feasibility study of themodel in terms of sustainability) will be prepared at European and national level basedon the results of the survey and the model projects.SEELERNETZ is an education project for the elderly and a training project for dealingwith the elderly.