Rationale Contemporary society is getting ever more fragmented with numerous divisions. People are knowledgeable or not knowledgeable, healthy or sick, technologically skilled or not. The generational gap is getting wider as well. In different ways, European Union is struggling for a cohesive society. Many are European projects supporting cohesion, dealing with various social matters and topics. In the project Funmilies, our endeavours are...
RATIONALE Today’s employers have to trust all their employees that they can learn and support the evolution of the company in our changing world. Moreover, older employees in state of functional illiteracy, the low educated and the low skilled ones need to be involved in educational programmes as to stay on the labour market. The project is meant to empower adult educators offering them and constructing with them knowledge and skills needed...
The CODANEC project, CONNECTING DANUBE NEIGBOURS BY CULTURE is coordinated by ILEU in collaboration with Danube Networkers DANET of which Slovenian Third Age University is a founding member. CODANEC is devoted to maintaining close working relationships with most different organisations and institutions along the Danube in the field of older people’s education, participation and social inclusion in later life. CODANEC has been active to...
Timeless is a 24-months Erasmus+ KA204 project funded by the European Union. The project is devoted to the professional development of educators specialized in older adult education. In co-operation with older learners materials for learning English as a second language will be elaborated dealing with both learning the system of English language and learning about cultural heritage chosen by older learners. Timeless is meant to raise the...
Rationale The preliminary needs analysis conducted in each partner organization has shown that older people lacked updated digital skills which may cause a lot of problems for them and decrease their quality of life. Retirees may live alone, though they have the need to socialize, remain in constructive touch with other people, have a lot to give. Therefore, there is an urgent need for them to have access to education based on digital tools....
For 39 years it has been growing to become the largest Slovenian older adult education network. It offers learning, educational and socialising opportunities and fosters social participation.
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