<< Objectives >>Seniors are a very vulnerable and neglected social group when it comes to media literacy skills, resilience to disinformation and digital competencies. That is in consequence threat to democratic development of our society, that is why we aim with this project to raise the capacity of involved organisations and empower our adult workers working with seniors with the new skills and methodology to approach seniors to raise their media literacy skills as well as their level of digital competences.<< Implementation >>The timeline of the project is following:1. Online Kick-off meeting 2. Focus groups to analyze the needs of seniors 3. Seminar to reflect the results of focus groups into new methodology and tools4. Job shadowing in Poland and Slovenia 5.Local activities to implement the new methods in the practise 6. Seminar to adapt the working methods and tools and fine tune them into the final version. 7. Online final evaluation meeting<< Results >>We expect organisations to raise their capacity in the field of adult education, to create a new methodology and tools to approach seniors and be able to give them knowledge and skills of media literacy and digital tools. Results will be summarized in a booklet which will be available for organisations working with adults and shared on EPALE platform.

"BACKGROUND AND NEEDSIn 2019, there were more than 3.3 million unemployed young people in the EU. For the first time in history there is a risk that today's youth will end up less financially stable than their parents. 29% of16-29 years old are at risk of poverty or social exclusion and 11.6% of 15-24 years old are not included in the education, training and 15.9% of youth is unemployed in this age group. Social and economic exclusion go hand in hand. Financial literacy actually makes a difference. When young people learn to live independently, they will need to be able to plan and make the appropriate financial decisions, for example, to choose a utility contract, a mobile operator. They will have to manage the risks, e.g. save money for ""rainy days"", avoid unmanageable debt and take care of pension. At the same time, financial products are becoming more complex, thus making reasonable decisions became more difficult.PARTNERSThe FinLit project involves 4 partners from 3 coutries, with relevant experiences and competencies to successfuly implement the project activities and achieve its goals. GOALThe goal of FinLit is to empower young people with competencies, knowledge and confidence to take responsibility for their lives and create a secure future for themselves and their families. Specific objectives:• map existing competencies in partner countries on financial literacy (40 young people in each country will be included); young people will also identify their financial literacy needsKPIs: 3 competence folders / 40 young people / 120 completed questionnaires• Develop a platform (with an e-course) that will ensure that young people have acquired knowledge, skills and competences in financial literacyKPIs: 1+ integrated course platform,> 20 young, with certificates obtained• create training materials and deliver a course using ""short-term staff training"" and ""short-term youth blended mobility"" - 20 young people and 15 individuals (staff)KPIs: successfully completed activities and acquired knowledge, competences, skills• Perform multiplication eventsKPIs:> 110 participants• disseminate (n> 1000)TARGET GROUPSa) Young people (18-24 years old): integrated or have already completed formal and non-formal learning and training and are interested in acquiring additional or new financial literacy skills, competences and knowledge.b) Staff (youth workers, teachers, trainers, professors) at various institutions working with youth (e.g. youth organizations, non-governmental organizations, schools, universities) interested in increasing their knowledge of financial literacyc) Organizations active in the fields of youth as well as financial, financial sustainability. Their needs are largely intertwined with the educational needs of the staff.d) Project partnersMETHODOLOGYFinLit project will be implemented through O1-O3, C1-C2, and E1-E4.PROJECT IMPACTSThere are several types of expected FinLit impacts:Short term:1. Impact of (online) training actions during project lifetime. In the short term, the project will increase the competences and knowledge of> 100 young people through participation in project activities, validation of e-platform, e-material, ...2. Impact of Dissemination actions during project lifetime. In the short term, 1,000 people (young people and other stakeholders) from partner countries will be aware of FinLit's activities, mainly through multiplication events, dissemination activities, a closing conference.3.Impacts on youth and society - with new knowledge and competences, young people will be able to better manage their own financial resources, become more confident, make appropriate financial decisions, which will have a positive impact on their lives and society as a whole.Long-term:4. Impact of (online) training actions after the project life time. We expect that young people will show a strong interest in acquiring financial literacy competences and skills. In the long term, at least 10 young people will be trained in financial literacy every year, thanks to the work they have done and the results obtained, 5 years after the project is completed.5. Impact of Dissemination actions after the project life time. In the long term, we will continue to disseminate information with the website, social networks and annually inform at least 250 young people and other stakeholders, who will be able to share experiences on the existing website, e-platform, and acquire new knowledge."

"<< Objectives >>Building capacity of partner organizations and getting young people involved in rural areasRebuild opportunities for youth participation after the Covid 19 pandemic.Raise awareness of local participation and activities of young peopleNetworking and harnessing synergies through the cooperation of different local project partnersEuropean dimension of experience exchange between new partner organizations from four countries<< Implementation >>Kick-off meeting of the four partner organizations from Latvia, Poland, Romania and GermanyPreparation of the training course ""Get involved on local level“Training course ""Social Idea Incubator for Youth ParticipationLocal activities in the four partner organizations to ""get involved"".Evaluation seminar and further development/follow-up ""Looking back and moving forward“<< Results >>Establishment and consolidation of a partner organization structure for the promotion of youth participation in rural, disadvantaged areas with young people with few opportunitiesIncreasing the quality of the profiles and the international work and cooperation of the partner organizationsFurther development of forms of participation and for young people in rural areas and impact of the partnership development by integrating the project results into the concrete further activities"

<< Objectives >>- Explore the term sustainability and share best practices in organizational management;- Personally mentor min. 8 - max.12 young local NGOs/informal groups to run sustainably, as well as reach their target groups;- Develop an online program and engage at least 50 young NGOs both from Program and Partner countries on how to develop and adopt a sustainable strategy for running their organizations;- Reinforce synergies between partner organizations for future international cooperation.<< Implementation >>- Offline kick-off meeting in Bulgaria;
- Ongoing work on the local level: project management & mentoring of local young NGOs/informal groups;
- ‘NGO.Sustainable' training course in Greece for mentored organizations and their members/young people active in youth work;
- Offline coordination meeting in Poland
;- Production of project results (by each partner, prepared online);
- Online results-sharing event aimed to reach 50-100 extra organizations;
- Online evaluation meeting of partners.<< Results >>- Increased professional competences of youth workers in the field of organizational management;- min.8 - max.12 mentored young NGOs/informal groups on the local level in Bulgaria, Estonia, Poland and Greece;
- Increased capacity of partners and mentored organizations/informal groups to operate in a sustainable way
;- Reinforced synergies between international partners;- Reach of 50-100 extra NGOs with an online course designed for young NGOs from both Program and Partner countries.

"<< Background >>When we look at the situation of persons with disabilities (PwDs) in our societies, they have been marginalized and denied basic rights that most of the population benefit. As it’s stated in European Disability Strategy, 1 in 6 people in EU has a disability that ranges from mild to severe making around 80 million who are prevented from taking part fully in society and the economy because of environmental and attitudinal barriers. When we narrow our research to better understand the situation in our partner countries; %9.1 in Greece, %10.3 in Romania, %13.8 in Poland and %12.3 percent of whole population of Turkey are consisting of PwD.In the light of these statistics, EU and its Member States have a strong mandate to improve the social and economic situation of PwD. EBAGEM regularly implements local&international activities to conduct inclusive and sustainable approaches to raise the social engagement of PwDs. Our key priority is providing the most proper standards for PwDs to reach the education and increase the resources&capacity for more inclusive trainings. One of concrete example for such work is our previous implementation “Peer to Peer Trainings for Mothers with Special Kids” under Erasmus+ KA2 Adult Education. We strongly believe that first teachers of PwDs are their family members/caregivers but especially their mothers. If mothers competences can be raised, then these kids can express themselves in more comfortable ways, can be healthier and their self-esteem can be raised. It shouldn’t be forgotten that mothers/caregivers are as disadvantaged as PwDs in our societies. To support these mothers/caregivers in family education, our project provides comprehensive approach to raise the capacities of NGOs,Adult Educators working in disability field. The selected methodology is Game-Based Learning (Gamification) Methodology to Adult Educators& mothers to create joy and information-based tools for their kids at home.However, our implementation showed us the need the techniques in NFE methodology have some missing parts to respond the educational need of PwDs and their families for family education. As well as with the pandemic, PwDs have been fall into vulnerable categories in our societies and has significantly affected the PwDs and their family members to be more isolated and family members have been spending more time together at home than before. It also created a greater need on mothers/caregivers to play more intense roles to respond the social needs of PwDs in educational and social dimensions.Another common issue that we see the effect on our works with partners is evaluated as the post-pandemic circumstances. The pandemic disrupted the lives of all children, but it has caused additional stress for those with disabilities. And parents and child experts alike are not only worried about their emotional state, but also how the lack of in-person instruction will affect children with special needs in the long run. “Children with higher needs will need more consistent care,” said Brooke Ingersoll, a psychologist at Michigan State University. “Major breaks in services could lead to a loss in the skills they acquired. Without daily therapies, there could be some backsliding.” By raising the operational capacities of involved organization through LTT and 2 results; we aim to increase the methodological competences of adult educators and it will create a development for their further works with mothers/caregivers and PwDs.Our project has been created to respond the needs of mothers who have special kids, caregivers/family members who have individuals with disability nearby them.<< Objectives >>Expected Impact & Results of our project during & after the life-time project- Min. 15 representatives from 5 organizations have increased their operational capacities by implementing EU-funded project.- Min. 270 local stakeholders (including managers, trainers, people with disabilities and their relatives) have increased their awareness about Erasmus+ Program.- Each country has established structured and sustainable dialogue in cooperation with their silent partners and enriched further collaboration opportunities at local level.- The methodological capacities of 20 Adult Educators from 4 countries will raised on gaming in inclusion.- 25 organization representatives in C1, 20 Adult Educators in C2&C3, 30 mothers with special kids in C4 have received Participation Certificate.- Min. 200 mothers of people with disabilities, caregivers / personal assistants have participated in local trainings awareness of local communities have been raised on social inclusion and family education.- Gamification for Adult Educators working in Disability - Web Page & Guide is created as a result of 18 months cooperation and have been disseminated with national - Europe wide networks to reach more beneficiaries- Tool Kit on Game-based Learning in Family Education is created as a result of 18 months cooperation and have been disseminated with national - Europe wide networks to reach more beneficiariesThe impact of our project beyond the life time can be seen as;- Involved organizations have increased their reputation at local level by successfully implementing EU-funded project.- The website and guide are created on Gamification in Adult Education has been shared with min. 10 networks at European wide and min. 20 networks national wide.- 60 tools developed and created Tool Kit has been shared in the further works of organizations and reached more mothers/caregivers in 4 countries.<< Implementation >>In the scope of 18 months project lifetime, there will be 1 physical Transnational Project Meeting in Turkey and complementary online partners meeting, 4 Learning Teaching Training Activities, 2 Project Results, 4 Multiplier Events and local implementations such as Round Table Meetings, Local Trainings, Dissemination Campaigns. In the scope of project management & transnational meetings: - Online Kick Off Meeting will be held in Dec'21 and monthly online meetings will be set afterward.- Half Day Partners Administrative Meeting will be implemented at the same with C1 in Greece in Apr’22.- Online Mid-term evaluation meeting will be held in Oct’22 to ensure the quality in local trainings. - Final Evaluation Meeting in Turkey will be held at the same time with Final Conference in Turkey during Disability Week in May’2023.In the scope of Learning Teaching Training Activities:- C1 “Structured Dialogue Essentials Training” will be implemented in Apr’22 with the participation of NGOs & Public Bodies’ representatives with total number 25.- C2 “Gamification for Adult Educators in Disability Field Training” will be implemented in Jun’22 in Turkey with the participation of 20 Adult Educators + 5 Expert Trainers.- C3 “Gaming for Family Education Training” will be implemented in Oct’22 in Poland with the participation of 20 Adult Educators and 5 Project Coordinators.- C4 “Raising Key Competences of Mothers with Special Kids - Game Fair"" will be implemented in Mar’23 in Romania with the participation of 30 mothers/caregiversIn the scope of Project Results:- R1: Gamification for Adult Educators working in Disability - Web Page & Guide by leading of EBAGEM and participation of all organizations between Mar’22 – Oct’22- R2: Tool Kit on Game-based Learning in Family Education by leading MG and participation of all organizations between July’22 – Nov’22In the scope of Multiplier Events: - E1 “Tool Fair” will be implemented in Oct’22 at the same time with C2 in Poland with participation of 50 local stakeholders- E2 “Game Fair” will be implemented in Mar’23 at the same time with C4 in Romania with the participation of 60 local stakeholders- E3 “Final Conference” will be implemented in May’23 during Disability Week in Turkey with participation of 120 stakeholders- E4 “National Seminar in Greece“ will be implemented in May’23 to share the project results with local stakeholdersIn the scope of PMI Activities:- Creation of Admin Guide, PR & Dissemination Guide, Quality Assurances & Quality Standards Guide, Evaluation & Monitoring Guide for administrative management of project in Dec’21- 2 Round Table Meeting in all countries 1) Targeting 15 Adult Educators 2) Public & NGOs ; both working in the field of disability in Feb’- Local Trainings with min. 40 mothers/caregivers in all countries, at total 200 people will be reached between Nov’22 – Feb’23- Promotion & Dissemination of Project results in all months but Dissemination Campaigns in particularly starting from the beginning of local trainings with the contribution of mothers/caregivers<< Results >>Our project focus on three dimensions: 1) To ensure more inclusive and sustainable collaboration in Adult Education among civil and public organizations in the field of disability 2) To increase methodological capacities of Adult Educators to implement game-based learning methods in the field of disability 3) To increase gaming competence of Caregivers / mothers to bring joy and knowledge in family education The expected Results of the Project:- 15 Civil and Public Representatives have come together in Round Table Meetings in 4 countries to talk about the efficiency of local and national level structured dialogue process in disability field. - 15 Adult Educators have been reached in Round Table Meetings in 4 countries have more insights about their learning needs and the most challenging situation they faced during their regular activities in disability field.- As result of realization two Round Table Meetings, results have been collected under “Inclusive Dialogue Meetings in Adult Education” Report. - NGO Staffs (Managerial and Operational Staffs) and Local Public Body Representatives have come together in “Structured Dialogue Essentials Training Course in Greece. - ""www.gamingwithoutbarriers.net"" web page related to Gamification for Adult Educators in the Field of Disability has been created within leading role of EBAGEM and contribution of all involved partners. - 20 adult educators have taken place in the “Gamification for Adult Educators in Disability Field” Training Course in Turkey.- 20 Adult Educators have found opportunity to increase their methodological capacities on game-based learning according to various types of disabilities.- 20 Adult educators have received Participation Certificates after their participation in two training courses in Turkey and Poland.- 20 Adult Educators have increased their competences about how to design game-based learning activities for mothers with Special Kids/Caregivers. - 60 Tools on gaming techniques for mothers with special kids to support them in family education have been created and implemented with min. 40 mothers in 4 countries.- “Gaming in Family Education” Tool Kit has been created and 60 Tools have been collected and shared with all beneficiaries.- 200 mothers with special kids (including the relatives of PwD) have received gaming trainings in 4 countries, 30 of them will participate in C4 in RO.- 270 stakeholders have been participated in multiplier events and raised their knowledge about the importance of Gaming in Adult Education for PwDs have been promoted in 4 countries."