"""ESCAPE: Enhancing Seniors' Competencies for Active Participation in Europe"" was a 24 months project, involving 3 different organizations coming from Italy, Spain and France, working in 3 different but interrelated sectors: senior education (UCLM, SP), Digital competences (E-Senior, FR), Eu Participatory Democracy (Fattoria Pugliese Diffusa, IT). After collecting their best practices, the partners worked together on a final deliverable, an E-Book where they give tips and tricks about how to support senior 50+ to actively take part at EU level, by integrating seniors digital education with E-Participation. There is a lack of participation in EU, especially of Senior citizens facing economic and geographical obstacles, as they have less access to information, trainings, Info Days, tools, ecc.... On the other hand, seniors would like to have their say, they need to be heard but they don't know how to do so. One effective way is to use the existing European Participatory Democracy Tools (EU Elections, Consultations, Citizens' Initiatives, Citizens' Dialogue, Petitions, ....); but they can be accessed and practiced only if the user has basic digital skills, as they are mostly online. The main aim of ESCAPE was to define an Educational Methodology to support the seniors in taking actively part to the construction of the Future of Europe. Each partner took care of one aspect of this process, adult education, digital skills and E-Participation and, thanks to the 4 LTTAs, they co-designed a new Approach to Seniors Education. During the 24 months project, there were organized 3 International meetings + 4 Learning/Training activities + local educational workshops. 22 direct participants (Staff members, educators and trainers) attended the planned meetings and a total of 180 seniors participated in the field experimentation of the ESCAPE Approach, in each of the 3 partner Countries. The final project main result (the E-Book) is now available online and freely downloadable from the ESCAPE website, EPALE, ERASMUS+ Project Results Platform and from the project Facebook page, so as to allow other practitioners to use and replicate it, after eventually adapt it to their local context and seniors' needs.More digitally active citizens in EU brings not only benefits to the communities where they live, but also to the European Union itself, as they can actively contribute to the construction of the Future of Europe."

"""SE-MOVEH: Social inclusion and EMployment Opportunities through the Valorization of European cultural Heritage"" is a 24 months project, involving 4 different organizations coming from Italy, France, Malta and Romania, working in different but interconnectable sectors: education of disadvantaged young adults, ICTs, Environment, EU Participatory Democracy, integration of migrants, Cultural Heritage, Public Services, Social Entrepreneurship. The cross-sectorial aspect of the project represent its strength: partner organizations with different backgrounds and specifities, but with a common objective.2018 was European Year of Cultural Heritage and it is a priority to valorize it. This Strategic Partnership intends to do so, by supporting Social Inclusion and Entrepreneurship of disadvantaged young adults.After sharing best practices, thanks to the study visits in the different Institutions, the project partners will co-design a unique Training model for entrepreneurship through the valorization of the European Cultural Heritage, which, after being tested at local communities level, will be released as an E-book. This output will be the main result of the Strategic Partnership and it will be freely available in the online young and adult education resource platforms EPALE and SALTO, on the project's blog and on Social Media Platforms, so as to be used from any other organization and adapted to the specific contexts.Thanks to the implementation of 3 International meetings (Preparatory, Intermediary and Dissemination) + 4 Learning/Trainings activities + 4 local educational activities, about 32 participants (Staff members, educators and trainers) will increase their skills and competences and at least 30 young adult learners (disadvantaged, unemployed citizens and migrants) per Country will partecipate in the community experimentation of the new methodology.SE-MOVEH will have an long term impact on:- the ORGANIZATIONS - Exchange of best practices in Adult Education from different fields and contexts: cultural, entrepreneurial, social, digital, public services and cultural policies- the STAFF MEMBERS - learning from each other about how supporting the young adult learners in their learning process, for increasing their opportunities in entering the job market as main actors- the YOUNG ADULTS LEARNERS - acquisition of skills and competencies in the field of entrepreneurship, through the valorization of the Cultural Heritage- the LOCAL COMMUNITIES - valorization of the Cultural Heritage through new and fresh entrepreneurial initiatives started by disadvantaged young adults."

"To achieve the objectives of the 2030 Agenda, the UN recognizes a strategic role to education and training, with a view to Lifelong Learning.There are two dimensions in which the Educational Institutions, generically defined, are called to participate. The first is related to their institutional mandate, that is to achieve the goals described in Goal 4: ""Provide a quality education, fair and inclusive, and learning opportunities for all"". The second is inherent in the strategic role that the Institutions plays in shaping competent and responsible new generations that contribute to sustainable development.In this scenario, the Strategic Partnership for Adult Education named ""FACIT: Fostering Active CITizenship competences"" intends to raise the standard educational approach to an upper level, by promoting interdisciplinarity as the key for Active Citizenship learning/educational opportunities, through the acquisition of specific competences coming from different sectors, from Ecology to Economy, from ICT to Participatory Democracy and Social Cohesion. The project activities are scheduled in order to achieve the project objectives: FACIT will directly affect the educators/trainers/facilitators/staff members from the 5 partner organizations from IT, FR, PT and HE, working with Neets, Unemployed adults, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, adults facing geographical and economic disadvantages. Their involvement in every project's step will allow them to acquire new competences in the designing of innovative educational approaches to enrich Active Citizenship competences of their adult learners. After FACIT completion, the staff members will have learned how to integrate Economic, Digital, Ecologic, EU and Global Citizenships in the designing of any educational path (in any sector).This will be possible thanks to a structured work program with tailor-made activities. Beside the 3 International Meetings for coordination and management of FACIT, other specific activities are planned.1/ In the first step, by taking part to 5 Study Visits, the partners will exchange best practices on educational approaches in 5 diverse sectors, which could improve learners' Active Citizenship competences: Economy e Business start up (Kainotomia, Economic Citizenship), EU Participation (FPD, European Citizenship), Human Rights Education (Integra Onlus, Global Citizenship), ICT (E-Juniors, Digital Citizenship), Ecology and Environment protection (Geoclube, Ecological Citizenship);2/ The second step will concern the designing of a new methodological approach, adoptable in every context and sector, which will take into account all the 5 declinations of Active Citizenship previously experienced. Thanks to this new approach, in every Training course or educational path, it will be possible to ensure the full acquisition of Active Citizenship competences, regardless of the sector and the specific topic of each activity. E.g., it will be possible to educate adults to environment protection, by also introducing them to the economic impact of pollution, to the rights and duties of being EU Citizens, to the existing tools to have a say at EU level and to the necessary digital competences to use them online.In order to reach this results, one educator/teacher/facilitator per partner will be involved in a 2 months Training Assignment on Active Citizenship, to be held during summer 2021 in Portugal, when Geoclube usually hosts a Summer Camp for young adults, with the topic of Active Citizenship. The 4 foreign trainers (from FPD, Kainotomia, Integra Onlus and E-Juniors) will work together with the Geoclube's trainers; each of them will lead a training session in his/her own sector, focusing on the learning achievements in terms of Active Citizenship competences.3/ After the Training Assignments, all the partners will co-design the final draft of the methodology, which will be adopted, by each of them, at the local community contexts. The results of this practical experimentation, which will involve a total of about 150 EU learners, will be collected and discussed by the partners and they will lead to the final version of the ""FACIT TOOLKIT"", to be released and freely downloadable, among all, from the main Adult education platforms (EPALE, E+ Results Platform, SALTO)."