<< Objectives >>The main objective is to identify good practices and technologies related to rural activities, in order to raise awareness on sustainable management in agriculture, livestock and forestry activities, so that through an adequate use of natural resources, sustainable rural tourism is promoted, social, economic and environmental benefits are obtained to improve the infrastructure of services, stop depopulation and adaptation to climate change of the rural activities.<< Implementation >>Kick-off meeting. Assessment of the state of the artWorkshops:• Analysis of the environment of key aspects of rural economic activities, which develop rural tourism initiatives and potential.• Analysis of successful initiatives (also Digital) in rural tourism, identification of training needs and potential KA2 with future Intellectual outputs.Guide to good practices and results.Communication and dissemination.Share experiences and training to new organizations in the management of Erasmus+<< Results >>The main result of the project will be the identification of good practices of sustainable rural tourism related to agriculture, extensive livestock farming and other natural values, analysing the degree of existing digitalisation and the characterisation of the demand and supply of rural tourism, It will allow the identification of scenarios and will subsequently contribute to the design of proposals, initiatives and/or technological tools for their implementation in this field.

<< Objectives >>Ruralism4EU - “Enabling rural renaissance through Green and Digital transitions” is a small-scale initiative whose objective is to collect intelligence at EU level to support organizations working on rural development topics to offer better services for the rural communities they serve and build a momentum for the renaissance of EU rural areas by exchanging and capitalizing on the information gathered, but also on the experiences of project partners to build their capacities.<< Implementation >>1. Collection of best practices/case studies and stakeholders engagement to collect a series of case studies linked to rural revitalization, safeguarding and transferring traditional knowledge and “green” agricultural practices, digitalization for rural workers and population, to be shared and analyzed by project partners and external stakeholders.2. Two Exchange of Knowledge meetings where the results of the research will be presented and discussed among partners.<< Results >>A collection of case studies and best practices (approx 20) that promote the development of rural areas in the context of green and digital transitions and that have a high transferability potential;About 20 external stakeholders involved that can share their initiatives, as well as their needs and challenges in relation to the objectives of the research undertook by the partnershipTwo in-person exchange of knowledge meetings.

The ALITHE project brings together partners from the UK, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Germany, Cyprus and Romania with a shared experience in engaging adults in education, using the latent cultural and natural assets of the immediate area. During the last 10 years of joint working we have seen great changes in the European villages we work in 1. more young people leaving and a concentration of older people. 2. Less and less intergenerational learning. 3. Growth in eco-tourism but a much greater growth in CULTURAL TOURISM, showing us that the culture of rural areas represents an asset ripe for sustainable development. Cultural heritage becomes latent and hidden and the active engagement and inclusion of older learners within adult education activities more and more necessary. ALITHE will engage and involve older learners but with more IT savvy younger adults facilitating this, thereby encouraging intergenerational learning. The project activities and new curriculum module will celebrate the coming together of generations and empower senior and junior adult learners with new skills, self-confidence and a sense of place within our shared European history and culture. Project Objectives are: 1. Share experience between the partnership of delivering adult education within the Historic Environment (Historic Buildings, Cultural Landscapes, Museums, Archaeological Sites, Heritage Reconstructions, Historical Re-enactment…) 2. Focus on ‘learning by doing’ examples that have potential to twin older and younger adult learners together, facilitating intergenerational learning.3. Highlight the inspirational potential of providing all adults with learning opportunities in the historic environment, with a range of fully recorded examples and case-studies available online 4. Mobilise a minimum of 15 individual senior learners, twinned with 15 younger learners from within the partnership, including disadvantaged and ethnic minority groups, to participate in curriculum testing and development activities arranged by host partners (6 blended mobility of learner activities each attended by 2 learners from each partner + 1 AP). 5. Demonstrate European transferability of learning outcomes, the activities incorporate Roman and medieval themes. 6. Develop a new ECVET curriculum module to be added to Green Village training, with transferrable Learning Outcomes of relevance across the partnership. The module ‘Intergenerational Cultural Learning’ will be developed, tried and tested during the blended mobility of learners activities in a range of historic environment settings. 7. Record the blended mobility of learner actions in detail through photography, video, personal reports and participant impact and upload to dedicated, linked project websites hosted by each partner.8. Produce a professional 25 minute film (on the web through Youtube) entitled ‘Developing Cultural Assets’, which will serve as both dissemination for project achievements and as a learning resource for those delivering new curriculum. 9. Provide training for adult education staff working with adult learners in delivery of the new module through a 6-day short term joint training action in Romania. The 24 month project structure has a clear timetable and methodology to test and record learning outcomes in a variety of historic environments which lead to a staff training event to ensure that the training can be delivered effectively.The potential of historic environments as a learning resource is exciting and far reaching. ALITHE will showcase the diverse nature of education activities in a range of environments which are transferable across Europe and accessible to a broad range of adult education providers. The benefit for junior and senior adult learners (learning alongside each other) will be tested, measured and recorded to ensure that the curriculum and specified learning outcomes are relevant and valued for learners from each partner region. ALITHE is about sharing experience and best practice between a partnership with great experience but now recognizing even more the value of local cultural heritage and the critical importance of intergenerational learning. We will promote learning across generations through ACTIVE delivery of training and systematically recording the impact on learners, achievement of learning outcomes and broader impact on self-confidence, social interaction and health. It is clear that the recent COVID-19 outbreak and social-distancing restrictions have had the hardest impact on older members of the community. It is hard to predict how quickly social-distancing and self-isolation for older people will come to an end. But, it will end, and we must look to the future and ensure that opportunities are available for inclusive intergenerational learning at the earliest opportunity. It has never been more important to bring all ages of society together.

People with special needs are in danger of segregation and their chances in the labour market are very limited. Promoting their professional inclusion is of the utmost significance, as it provides realization, autonomy, inclusion and a better quality of life.In this context, farming appears as a good niche for their inclusion, as long as the right kind of training contents, methods and qualified professionals are put into it. Contextual factors such as the environmental and the rural areas crisis, open new opportunities for an active participation of these social groups in the Green Farming Sectors. Providing more employment opportunities than conventional farming, while generating positive environmental impacts, Green Farming Sectors show a great potential for the training and socio-professional inclusion of persons with special needs.However, for this to become a reality, proper training is needed. Responding to this need, AGROINCLUSION pursues as a central goal:- To improve the quality and adaptability of vocational training, training methods, materials and curricula for persons with special needs, for the enhancement of their skills and of their opportunities for socio-professional inclusion in the Green Farming Sectors.And the following specific goals:- To set up a synergic transnational partnership between different organizations providing vocational training or work for the socio-professional inclusion of persons with special needs in the Green Farming Sectors.- To exchange and to explore good practices, real experiences, methods, tools, training programs, etc., in the fields of VET and the inclusion of these social groups in the Green Farming Sectors, that can be replicated in other territories.- To identify and compile needs and good practices that should be implemented in practice in order to improve the training and socio-professional integration of persons with special needs in the Green Farming Sectors (including successful reduced dual training systems).- To bring sustainability concepts to these social groups.To achieve these goals, the project brings together 7 organizations (6 countries) experienced in VET and socio-professional inclusion of persons with special needs in the Green Farming Sectors, to share and exchange knowledge, experiences and best practices.The project work plan is centred in the implementation of Workshops for the transfer of good practices and innovative approaches related to:- Training materials and methods related to technical aspects of the Green Farming Sectors adapted to people with special needs.- Vocational Educational systems: Dual training systems adapted to these social groups.These workshops are mostly addressed to trainers/workers engaged in training and socio-professional inclusion of persons with special needs, and VET trainers/workers related to the Green Farming Sectors, which are the project main target group.The project will produce the following results:-Strengthened cooperation and knowledge exchange between organizations experienced in VET and organizations providing training and socio-professional inclusion for persons with special needs in the Green Farming Sectors.-Improved competences of participants through the exchange of experiences and best practices and the acquisition of knowledge on a diversity of tools, methods, approaches, etc., for the training and professional inclusion of these social groups in the Green Farming Sectors. -Transfer and adoption of best practices and emergence of innovative approaches supporting the socio-professional inclusion of persons with special needs in the Green Farming Sectors. -Increased understanding of the needs of socio-professional integration of persons with special needs in the Green Farming Sectors and the challenges for a better alignment of training strategies with the specificities of these social groups.-Greater presence of concepts of sustainability in VET and training for persons with special needs.As well as important benefits. In particular:Project partners and other participants will benefit from the exchange of experiences and good practices, the acquisition of knowledge, skills, ideas, methods, etc., that may allow more adapted strategies to the training and socio-professional integration of persons with special needs in the Green Farming Sectors. The project will also indirectly impact, through the enhanced knowledge and skills of trainers and workers involved, the beneficiaries of VET institutions and of organizations training or promoting the socio-professional inclusion of persons with special needs in the Green Farming Sectors.Many of these will remain in the long run, as the skills, knowledge and social capital acquired by project partners and other participants, can be used in their daily practice after the project. This knowledge and skills can also be transmitted to co-workers, or in the context of other partnerships or projects in which they participate