European Seniors Friendly Communities
▶Summary
1) Encourage older people to be active members of the local and EU community. 2) Improve and extend the provision of high-quality learning opportunities tailored to the needs of seniors. 3) Develo...
▶Objectives
1) Encourage older people to be active members of the local and EU community. 2) Improve and extend the provision of high-quality learning opportunities tailored to the needs of seniors. 3) Develop European and local partnerships for seniors’ friendly communities. 4) test and make sustainable different actions to promote the inclusion among seniors to increase the wellbeing of the elderly and spread awareness and collective responsibility towards them.
▶Activities
• Project Implementation and management of transnational partnership • Design of ESFC guideline and implementation of local activities • Transnational workshop for educators • Transnational exchange for seniors • Awareness raising campaign "Seniors Friendly Community" • Setting up a European Network of seniors friendly communities formed by aged-friendly branded organizations • Dissemination and Exploitation of results
▶Impact
• Development of the skills of educators, professionals and volunteers working with seniors. Enhancement of the ethical and social dimension of local community engagement for elderly well-being. • Exchange of experience to promote EU practices for active inclusion of elderly, setting up 1 European network of Seniors Friendly Communities. • Establishment of new forms of collaboration among stakeholders setting 3 local agreements among aged-friendly branded organizations.