Erasmus + nowy POWER Seniora

We applied for the project because we participated in the performance of adults, other people with fewer chances of performing in adulthood. The aim was to establish cooperation of the Local Knowledge and Education Center for adult education in the Biecz Commune with foreign partners and to renew the cooperation established in 2017. We assumed that we would introduce seniors to participate in this high level event. We wanted to arouse interest in the cultural heritage of Poland and Slovakia and learn about UNESCO monuments in both countries. The project was made available to participants: closeness and combating loneliness, inclusion/restoration to community life, co-creation and being appreciated, co-operation, maintaining relationships with other beings, including the previous generation. We wanted, through the staff of partner organizations, by crossing good and enriched experience, learned new methods of working with adults, including non-formal education. We also wanted our seniors to take part in strengthening the credibility that we have our own capabilities and greater activities, by getting to know seniors and their support from the city, and learning about new methods of educating seniors.

The aim of the project was: 1.to increase the participation of adults (50 people), in particular people with fewer opportunities to actively participate in social life by strengthening their social and intercultural competences. 2. building relationships of cooperation and partnership of the Local Knowledge and Education Center for the education of adults in the Biecz Commune with foreign partners in the area of ​​developing key competencies of adults increasing the level of knowledge in various areas of life (education, entrepreneurship and culture).3. establishing new social relationships by seniors4. increasing the participation of seniors in culture, arousing interest in cultural heritage, its history and how it is used5. activation, involvement and integration of participants, lifestyle change. It was important to involve trainers from partner institutions (museum, library, NGO in both countries), including seniors who shared their many years of experience and passions with others, and they acquired new methods of working with adults, e.g. Vladimír Urban, a choreographer from Kosice. We encouraged seniors to participate in high culture events in large numbers, such as vernissages, exhibitions, music concerts, meetings with a

3 international.Spot.project. I BIECZ KRAKÓW May 13-15, 2022, 54 people, (digital workshops, art history 54 people, theater at MICET INTERACTIVE MUSEUM Theater Education Center in Krakow, visited the Biecz Library,UNESCO sites, churches in Binarowa ,Sękowa,learning about DIGITAL APPLICATIONS, participation in a theater performance titled NIE Boska Komedia", visit to Wawel Castle, in the basement of Krakow Cloth Hall - the use of multimedia and the digital world in education through culture (participants recognize buildings by their ornamentation to use the knowledge and skills from the workshops digital); II in BIECZ July 30-31, 2022(51 people, Walk along the Biecz Jews Memorial Trail, TalmudTorah Synagogue Biecz,permanent exhibition, participation in a meeting with Kromer Festival Biecz artists, 2 concerts, culinary workshops - reg.product of Biecz (gingerbread), international yoga,III in Kosice,July 30-31,2023, 54 people.Organization of 4 online workshops in the field of early music for seniors from Slovakia with the aim of preparing seniors to listen to early music during, among others: KROMER FESTIVAL BIECZ July 2022 and Kosice Music Spring - May 2023.Participants worked on the Meet platform. 12 events popularizing 204people

3 international meetings, for 151 people, took place for 33 hours. workshop classes for approximately 500 participants. Methods and good practices of non-formal education and experiences were exchanged by the partners' staff, the level of knowledge and skills of 151 project participants, members of NGOs: FEMAN, SOBRANCA in the use of innovative methods of non-formal education increased. The level of interpersonal competences increased project staff and partner organizations (6 people). Thanks to the workshops, seniors consciously took part in concerts and local events related to music, painting and art, poetry and prose. There was an increase in the participants' knowledge of the possibilities of using the ERASMUS + program. There was a significant increase in activity among seniors who were involved in projects for the benefit of the community. local. The quality of activities carried out for and with the participation of seniors has improved (2x participation in the International Senior Festival, where the project was promoted for approximately 5,000 participants in 2023 in Krakow. Cooperation between the project partners has been tightened through further exchange of information and knowledge. Partners are preparing to submit f