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About SFS – Skills For Seniors

The project wants to favour the social inclusion of over 60, overcoming the obstacles created by the evolution of communication tecnology and global languages with a shared best practice in the sector of quality education for the elders.

Skills for Seniors has got a double aim: to favour the sharing of best practices in promoting active ageing and to create new education opportunities for over 60 aimed at closing the mismatch of competencies and improve the skills to connect with and comprehend the global world.

SFS Objectives and Activities:

The project wants to reach the following objectives:

-to create quality training opportunities for the elders, aimed to improve the knowledge of English language, ICT and media literacy, European citizenship;

-improve the wellbeing of over 60 and their personal autonomy and communication skills, for a better social inclusion and participation in active citezenship;

-update the active ageing programmes of the participating organisation through the cross-fertilisation of best practices;

-promote active ageing and adult education

-create a shared best practice at European level.

SFS foresees two kind of activities to be held in 24 months between 01/10/2017 and 30/09/2019:

Training courses in virtual mobility: three courses (English language, ICT and media literacy, European citizenship) to be held nationally. Each class will be composed of 25 participants.

Short term mobility: three international exchanges, one for each project’s topic, to deepen the knowledge in these fields and put in place the new skills acquired throught the confrontation with the others.

The activities will be organised with regard to the specific needs of the target, adults that have left the education system since ages, and will be oriented to a full involvement of the participants, avoiding frontal lessons and using methodologies like peer learning, learning by doing and project working designed for over 60.

The management will follow a methodology based on four blocks (Preparation, Sharing of best practices, Virtual mobility, Short term mobilities), so to help the Staff in the monitoring of project’s implementation activities.