Societal changes and poor situation of elderly, chronically ill and disabled people in Kosovo and Russia require the latest know-how of social rehabilitation, which aims at improvement of social capability and possibilities to cope with everyday life.The aim of this project is to enhance education in social rehabilitation and management through lifelong learning, in line with the Bologna process and in collaboration with partners of education, rehabilitation practice and ministries. The program countries are long-term partners from HEIs in Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands and Portugal. They have complementary high-level and wide special expertise in modern pedagogy and rehabilitation. The partner countries are Kosovo and Russia (5 HEIs, 3 ministries, 1 NGO and 4 rehabilitation centers).The outputs and results are:- Clear and practical definitions of the competences of rehabilitation professionals working in different cultural contexts in the field of social rehabilitation.- Six continuous professional development (CPD) courses: one top-up course for teachers and five for rehabilitation professionals on EQF levels 5, 6 and 7, and a digital platform to support the implementation of the courses.- Teacher and student handbooks, course plans and other relevant teaching and learning material.- Regional, national and international networks for collaboration and sustained development of education as well as practice and management of social rehabilitation.The key pedagogical strategies to achieve the results are co-construction and blended learning. The project reaches its goals through the built courses activating professionals and students in the field of rehabilitation.The main impact of the project is the enhanced level in rehabilitation services and management skills resulting in higher client satisfaction and quality of life in PA societies.

"The demographic transition of ageing influences currently all European societies, changing the health status of the population (WHO, 2017). The European social and health systems and education are inadequately anticipating these challenges, as they cannot react fast enough to provide prevention and adequate promotion of health: health care is often provided by various specialists, service lacking alignment and integration, leading to increasing costs and lower accessibility of health care. Therefore, there is an urgent need to address challenges related to the governance of ageing societies (Priority #1), which calls for deliberate and foresighted innovation of educational, social and health care environments that equip and prepare its professionals with capacities focusing on prevention, health and wellbeing using evidence-based practices (Priorities #2 and #3).The aim of the SIENHA project is to support Healthy Ageing among European countries through the competence development of social and health care professionals, in order to:- Increase understanding on healthy ageing as a lifetime process requiring increased attention at all phases of life (from childhood to old age);- Transform understanding and support continuous development of competences of students, teachers and professionals to foster Healthy Ageing across Europe;- Support the exchange of knowledge across Europe to learn from the best practices in higher education to develop Healthy Ageing;- Increase citizens' knowledge and individuals’ involvement in supporting personal health and healthy ageing;Number and profile of participants:Seven higher education institutions (HEIs) across Europe conform the SIENHA consortium. Partners were selected to the project based on: (1) regional outreach to ensure that results are sensitive to the cultural, socioeconomic and demographic reality; (2) strategic focus in healthy ageing, health promotion and development of education and research on the topics at national and international levels; (3) willingness to foster policy development and transfer of results to other levels of education and the working life; (4) expertise in developing interdisciplinary social and health care education through international collaboration and modern pedagogies. Partner institutions include:1.Universitat Ramon Llull, ES2.Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, PT3.Santa Casa Da Misericordia De Lisboa, PL4.Kolegji Heimerer, KO5.Stichting Hogeschool Utrecht, NL6.Hochschule Für Gesundheit, DE7.JAMK University of Applied Sciences, FIDescription of activitiesThe activities used to achieve the objectives of the project include 4 Intellectual Outputs:1) Framework of competences in Healthy Ageing2) HA curriculum in Healthy Ageing 3) Innovation and research Toolkit in Healthy Ageing4) Handbook in Healthy AgeingThree Multiplier Events in the format of workshops and symposiums and foreseen to present the different perspectives on healthy ageing and the results of the different outputs. To test SIENHA’s results and to initiate dissemination and to promote sustainability, SIENHA will implement 3 TTLA activities to pilot parts of the developed HA curriculum and courses and the pedagogical strategies, held in Portugal, Poland and Germany. To monitor and adjust the development of the above activities, seven transnational meetings will also be held.Methodology: models of co-creation and co-construction and validation, as well as stakeholder involvement will be a priority at every step of the project, following a Citizen Science approach.Results and impact envisaged:1) A framework that establishes key healthy ageing (HA) competencies to be achieved by several health and social professionals, along with the content and pedagogical guides that ensure its completion;2) HA curriculum (EQF level 7) to qualify and optimize health and social services professionals competences;3) A Toolkit of innovative and research strategies, as well as priority lines and methods for educational and scientific development in healthy ageing;4) A Handbook that summarizes contents of the key project results to be usable by all partner HEIs, target groups and end users;5) A compendia of pedagogical strategies and methods to stimulate the 4th Industrial Revolution competences: ""learnability"", critical and fast thinking, emergent decision making, creativity, entrepreneurial skills, co-creation and empathy on professionals;6) Advocacy and increase of the awareness and understanding of new models for healthy ageing in professionals, end users and stakeholders;7) A strategic network of sharing best experiences on the concept and actions for healthy ageing, sustainable society and influencing decision making.The project aims to impact higher education quality, health-care services, decision-makers, policies and service providers and the public through developed knowledge, competences and outcomes developed on healthy ageing (HA)."

"The objective of this project is to develop the automatic recognition of non-formal learning outcomes (basic, technical and transversal skills) in the training of very low-skilled adults from socioprofessional integration training (SPI training) in relation to existing systems in the different contexts of the partner countries of the projectHe will Implement the phases identified in the recommendations on the validation of non-formal learning outcomes and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET) in training institutions with low-skilled and distant from employment audiencesValidation is ""a process of confirmation by an authorised body that a person has acquired learning outcomes corresponding to a given standard"" (EU Council, p. 5).The automatic or non-automatic recognition of the learning outcomes of the low skilled adults is still too weak and does not allow learners' progress to be clearly identified in terms of their autonomy, responsibility and complexity of task achievement (see Progress within the European Qualification Framework - EQF - according to the 8 levels of control of the resources to be mobilised and more particularly levels 1 to 3 or even 4) as well as in terms of basic, technical and transversal skills.There are still too few qualifications or certification profiles developed for type 1, 2 qualifications (levels of the European Qualifications Framework -EQF), most often targeted by training organisations in Social and Professional Integration in relation to the basic level of learners entering their training. This lack has the effect of blocking people in their progress in their training path.The overall objective of this project will be to strengthen existing mechanisms in order to increase the number of training opportunities positioned in national qualifications frameworks (in conjunction with the EQF) at levels 1, 2 through the development of a system recognised by the competent authorities allowing learners to receive direct recognition or positioning of their learning within the non-formal training organisations in which they have pursued their training.The operational objective is to allow automatic recognition/positioning (at levels 1, 2 and 3 of partner countries' qualifications frameworks):- basic reading, writing, mathematical and numerical skills are acquired through orientation and/or refresher courses- professional skills: technical and non-technical skills and transversal skills directly related to professional situations (teamwork, communication, problem solving, etc.) acquired in the context of so-called professionalizing and/or qualifying training.Specific objectives : - Provide an overview of approaches and methodologies implemented at national levels for the recognition and validation of non-formal and/or informal learning for low-skilled audiences at levels 1 and 2 of the EQF- Describe and analyse examples of good practice in developing the positioning, recognition, of non-formal and informal learning at levels 1 and 2 of the EQF- Identify common transnational issues and make recommendations to policy makers.To achieve these objectives, case studies will have to be carried out (Intellectual Outputs) to:IO 1: Identify/Define the processes and procedures by which non-formal and informal learning could be recognised at levels 1 and 2 of the EQF: Workshops of innovative measures for the assessment of learning outcomes in formal, non-formal and informal vocational training systems;IO 2: Identify common characteristics between the case studies in order to deduce a model for positioning non-formal/informal learning outcomes on the basis of identified good practices: development of a model for positioning formative and summative evaluations of partner countries at levels 1 and 2 of the qualifications framework;IO3: Elaborate a User guide for the positioning modelIO 4: Develop a policy recommendations guide to enable the implementation of recognition / positioning of non-formal/informal learning at levels 1 and 2 of the EQF"

<< Objectives >>Since the 20th century, the vision of death has become a symbol of medical failure and a taboo. Recently, the ageing of the population and the Covid-19 health crisis have highlighted the need to reappropriate issues related to illness, suffering and the end of life. The HMH project aims to share, discuss, debate and educate on issues related to anticipating and raising awareness about end-of-life care, whether it is near or far.<< Implementation >>In the continuity of the Belgian project of anticipation of end-of-life care, the PSPA-PAVS, the enrichment of national experiences as well as an innovative pedagogy will allow the general public, the (non-)professionals of health, care and education, training to have coherent and efficient socio-pedagogical tools. Debates, exchanges, discussions and recommendations will animate the partnership (4 countries) and the stakeholders during the whole project.<< Results >>The experience synthesis guide and the e-learning platform produced in the framework of the HMH project will be disseminated to the sectors concerned, to public, private and associative services as well as within European networks such as EAPC and Eurocarers. The consortium will ensure that the target audiences and beneficiaries identified can have access to the socio-pedagogical tools created on the basis of the themes of support for anticipating end-of-life care.