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"Nowadays we are called to create a culture in which people are invited to understand other people’s points of view or ideas that are different to their own. To nurture this trustful and respectful culture, it is critical to ensure a safe environment for disadvantaged people. Listening to people, understanding and solving problems collectively, taking advantage of all the experience of aged people are all essential elements that contribute also in creating the sustainable development which purpose Agenda 2030. In this sense, the partners institutions, which have ample experience working with the elderly, and exactly because of this background, it has been detected that the level of personal satisfaction of the elderly significantly increases when they carry out volunteering activity. Therefore, the partners institutions of the project have identified the need to foster the elderly to carry out volunteering activity. In this way, a twofold aim could be reach, on the one hand, the diverse associations of disadvantaged might benefit from these collaborations with the elderly but, in turn, they obtain as a reward an increase of their personal satisfaction since are aware of their contribution to community and they can feel the are much more useful people to society.The main goal of the project is to support older people to connect to society and to develop an open attitude towards other people, stimulating and enabling older people to remain actively engaged in society. The project aims to increase the learners competences in new technologies and improve social awareness, which involve the ability to understand and empathize with others, particularly with people from different backgrounds than one’s own. Participation in the project will cause the learners to open up to other cultures, increase their knowledge about other communities and the change of view on the reality that surrounds us improving integration and contributing to overcome stereotypes. They will build and solidity social inclusion of different target groups by exchanges of innovative experiences using new technologies. All this will make them strengthen their social sensitivity and sense of ""European community"". Therefore, one vehicle to get older people to be volunteers is the new technology, it will make easier the participation in the activities of all the community for an inclusive society that will increase the number of people connected and integrated in the society.The partnership is made up of UCLM University (coordinator) and 3 other institutions from Poland, Chipre and Italy : Foundation AKTYWNI XXI, SYNTHESIS Center for Research and Education Ltd and LUMSA University.The main outcomes of the project will be the following:- Curriculum for Mentors: the first outcome will be the creation of an innovative training methodology and training program for older volunteers supporting the integration of disadvantaged groups. It will have an user-friendly downloadable format to develop and training courses organized in each partner country (O1).- AID-Software App Tool is an online web app, which offers support to mentors through at least 8 podcasts, 12 tools/practices and 12 reflection questions for the implementation period in their context from adult learners will be created “Adult Inclusive Design"" (O2).- AID-Multimedia Tool awareness-raising film reflecting the unique experiences of the project participants - elderly volunteers and disfavored people - and aimed at reducing existing misconceptions, combating society stereotypes (O3).- AID-testing: questionnaire on personal satisfaction of older people acquiring the skills as volunteers and electronic database of responses collected from volunteers before, during and after training and practice with disadvantaged groups (O4).The main results that we intent to achieve after the project include:- To raise digital competencies of those who work with the different target groups of vulnerable adults (50+ and staff of companies and organisations).- To increase the ability to understand and empathize with others.- To have and use and volunteering innovative method, which all partners can use.- To increase the social integration through ICT skills.- To Improve the skills of teaching staff at participating institutions.- One training event will be organized for the staff of all the partners.- 4 multiplier events will be organized in all of the partners countries.The project is likely to produce outcomes that will be relevant also for other fields of education, such as migrants/disfavored people training, than the field that is expected to be most impacted by the project. The project will have a substantial positive impact on the participating organizations and on their staff and/or learners, and this impact of the project on the participants and organizations involved is likely to occur during and remain after the lifetime of the project."
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