Age-Sensitive Public Services: The Need for Competence Training

Erasmus+ VETCooperation partnerships in vocational education and trainingID: 2025-1-IE01-KA220-VET-000352722
EC Contribution
€2,500
Consortium Size
9 orgs
Start Year
2025
Summary

The overall objective of the project is to raise the level of professionalism among public sector staff in their communication and interaction with their older clients: • Building trust and confid...

Objectives

The overall objective of the project is to raise the level of professionalism among public sector staff in their communication and interaction with their older clients: • Building trust and confidence • Improving understanding. • Providing support • Fostering equality • Enhancing the client experience.

Activities

The consortium will develop Guidelines for age-sensitive interaction and communication with clients, a Resource Pack for age-sensitive Communication, an interactive e-Platform with podcasts and videos, a mobile application and the chatbot for individual requests. They will be pilot tested and validated before the production of final versions. A series of dissemination and promotion activities will accompany the project and will render the outcomes available until at least 2032.

Impact

Guidelines for age-sensitive interaction and communication Interactive e-training for age-sensitive communication with clients Interactive e-Platform and a mobile application for smart phones. Podcasts and videos to engage with content on the go. AI-based chatbot where users can quickly find answers to their individual questions. These tools will be available in English, German, Greek, Italian, Slovene, Slovak and Turkish.

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