<< Objectives >>The project aims to identify models of adult education training activities that are truly effective in advancing the digital inclusion of seniors.<< Implementation >>Against the backdrop of the digital transformation and the digital divide affecting senior citizens, the project will do two things: 1) conduct a survey to learn what has so far been keeping seniors from participating in digital skills training (implementation barriers); and 2) develop and widely share a digital handbook of best practice models that have successfully overcome these barriers.<< Results >>Both, the survey on implementation barriers and the handbook of best practice models, are useful reference tools and resources to inform, shape and/or complement training efforts and engagement activities of adult education organisations and related stakeholders, which will contribute to strengthening the effectiveness and impact of digital training activities and in turn advance the digital inclusion of seniors.

"IT'S YOU is a 24-month strategic partnership project for innovation in the youth sector (January 2021-December 2022).The partners involved are Aretes (IT), Dedalus (IT), MARAK DIGITAL MARKETING (ES), Fundación Docete Omnes (ES), CYCLISIS (EL), EDIT VALUE (PT), DRPDNM (SI).The project is developed in 5 European countries (IT-EL-ES-PT-SI) where the population of young people is highly composite and enriched by a significant presence of young people with migratory backgrounds.On the one hand, the context analysis carried out in the 5 countries shows the need for young people to reflect on a new concept of citizenship, as the result of a synthesis between formal rights/duties and the exercise of intercultural citizenship skills; on the other hand, the need of the Youth Workers (YW), committed to the issue of intercultural citizenship, to improve and professionalize their socio-educational tools and strengthen the network of contacts with other European YWs. The objectives of the project are: to encourage young people to develop / improve the skills of intercultural citizenship; to improve the professional capacity of the YW; to increase the opportunities for an exchange of experiences and skills with other operators at transnational level; to strengthen European networks of YW and young people on the issues of intercultural citizenship.The project is aimed at YW and young EU and non-EU citizens:-at least 25 YW engaged in various types of services on the issues of intercultural citizenship, which work to promote social change starting from the life of the young people by adopting non-formal education methodologies and digital tools.-at least 75 young people, EU and non-EU, between 16 and 30 years of age, including young natives, young people with a migrant background, young people belonging to the ""decimal generations"", unaccompanied minors or unaccompanied new adults.Furthermore, it is expected to involve:-at least 150 young people involved in the IOs experimentation and dissemination phases;-at least 75 youth workers involved in the IOs experimentation and dissemination phases;-stakeholders and policy makers who can help to deepen the thematic contents of the project, strengthen the network work that IT’S YOU intends to generate, transform some key points collected in the project (see Vademecum) into operational proposals to be implemented primarily on European territories involved.In order to achieve the stated objectives, the IT'S YOU project foresees the creation of continuous exchange and comparison activities between stakeholders, YW, young people and civil society subjects on the project themes, as well as the realization of 2 IOs:1) IT'S YOU Net (IO1), a European social network that promotes the exchange of experiences, ideas, reflections on the issues of intercultural citizenship.2) IT'S YOU Challenge (IO2), a platform that contains non-formal tools for assessing and enhancing the skills of intercultural citizenship of young people.The IT'S YOU project uses diversified approaches and methodologies which, by combining, favor the achievement of general and specific objectives: Social Networking, Peer Learning, non-formal education, Sociological and Sociotherapeutic approach, Barcamp and Focus Group Online.The results that IT'S YOU strategy allows to achieve are for the YW:-increase of professional skills in the field of education for intercultural citizenship (as declined in IOs);-increase in contacts (virtual and tangible) and network links between European YWs;-increase of methods and tools to promote the multicultural protagonism of young people.The expected impact for young people, EU and non-EU, between 16 and 30 years old, in particular for young people with a migrant background, will be articulated as follows:-increased self-awareness of the intercultural citizenship skills possessed;-improvement / enhancement of intercultural citizenship skills (multilingual, digital, citizenship, cultural awareness and expression);-increase of cooperative and collaborative attitudes to practice citizenship and conscious adherence to shared values;-increase network links between young Europeans who practice intercultural citizenship.The events that enhance the process and the contents of the project (BARCamp and Focus Group Online) and the Multiplier Events act as a sounding board for the dissemination of the themes and products of the project: this increases the overall effectiveness of the impact of IT'S YOU and makes the project sustainable over time as it becomes the heritage of an extensive community of actors (Youth, YW, stakeholders and policy makers to whom the 'Vademecum' is symbolically delivered)."

<< Background >>The digital transformation is profoundly affecting the ways in which people contribute to societies, live and work, including in terms of the number and types of jobs available. While worries of widespread technological unemployment may be overstated, the impact of digital transformation on the nature of work and the skills required is very real and already upon us.The need for quality career guidance for adults is not new, but its importance has been underscored by the pandemic. Career guidance is a fundamental policy level to help adults successfully navigate a constantly evolving labor market through advice and information on job and training opportunities. There is a lack of understanding of the importance of training in today’s labor market, or difficulties in identifying suitable training opportunities.To succeed in the digital world of work, people need sound cognitive skills including digital skills, social and emotional skills, job-specific skills and importantly the ability and motivation to cope with change and keep learning, both in and out of the workplace. Life-long learning opportunities need to be promoted, particularly for low-skilled workers and ones that are just taking steps to enter the labor market with no previous experience how does it work in real, and barriers to training need to be addressed. Career guidance is most effective when it is tailored to an adult’s particular needs and when it empowers them to take informed action. For adults who are in need of retraining but are unaware of their options, conducting a thorough assessment of their skills is a necessary starting point in designing individualized career and re-training pathways. In face of demographic change, forthcoming digitalization and individualization, economic crisis, global competition and skills shortage many organizations around Europe are coming under increasing pressure to find and keep talented employees at all levels of skills who bring the right qualification, competence and motivation. The needs we plan to address with this project, taking into consideration all mentioned above are: - Addressing digital transformation through development- Creating up-skilling pathways, improving accessibility and increasing take-up of adult education- Improving the availability of high-quality learning opportunities for adults.The FAST TRACK project has the ambitious goal of becoming a Europe online one-stop-shop addressing the needs of career guidance practitioner,s different work providers and users:- Gen Y generation or Millennials are currently between 25 and 40 years old, they are young adults, already finished their studies but due the global career crises, most of them are still unemployed or are working the jobs that are not their qualifications. The project will help them to improve their skills and find suitable careers in a dynamically changing world. - Career guidance practitioners and other intermediary bodies offering career support to individuals will receive ready-to-use training tools and resources, as well as access to the multi-functional platform through which they can present their services, achievements and good practices and get in contact with people that need support in developing their career management skills- Relevant stakeholders, such as policy makers, experts, employers and educational institutions will benefit from the long-term outcomes of the projects: enhanced access to services, better understanding of the career management skills in the society, improved provision and uptake of CMS training, and better match between training and labor market demands.but also: - increase adult participation in learning- increase competences of adult educators and staff for motivating the participation and supporting persistence of adults in learning- increase the use of open online tools for implementing blended learning and increasing the flexibility of training programmes, supporting self-directed learning.<< Objectives >>Taking the above into consideration, the project aims at providing career guidance practitioners and tutors with the tools needed to implement Career Management Skills, utilizing at the same time certain features of modern ICT. It also seeks to improve the quality of the learning and guidance process by developing their key skills and experimenting with new technologies.Main objectives of this project are:- Identify and develop teaching and learning approaches, methods and resources that effectively support the development of CMS as transversal key competencies- Develop assessment and evaluation practices improving the quality of learning on Career Management Skills- Identify and develop the incorporation of the European dimension in CMS teaching and learning- Providing the professional community of career guidance practitioners with the tools to implement CMS via the application of new technologiesTeachers, educators, career practitioners and also beneficiaries of the project, will get specialized training in order to be able to actively participate and support adults in their career guidance process, using the interactive digital platform as a vehicle to expand and upgrade career guidance to higher levels of efficacy and usefulness.Partners will for sure address multi-sectoral (or cross-sectoral) challenges in order to improve the quality of support to certain target groups or sectors; develop an integrated approach to different learning obstacles; Increase effectiveness and efficiency in the use of partners’ resources and make the best use of activities in the region.Partners will produce a range of project results addressing the real need of target groups of the project:- Prepare GEN Y for new job opportunities - digital transformation will lead to jobs being lost,and others being created. As labor markets transform, it is imperative to promote successful and fair transitions from declining to expanding work opportunities.- Empower GEN Y with a mix of skills to succeed in a digital world. To succeed in the digital world, people need sound cognitive skills including digital skills, social and emotional skills, job-specific skills and importantly the ability and motivation to cope with change and keep learning- Get ready for a massive training challenge - Life-long learning opportunities need to be promoted, particularly for non- experienced young adults entering the labor market and barriers to training need to be addressed. This will be achieved through strengthening career guidance, assessing individual skill gaps, enhancing opportunities for distance learning, simplifying skills validation systems and increasing and targeting financial incentives and funding of life-long learning initiatives.- Improve the future readiness of adult learning systems. Adult learning systems need to be significantly scaled up and reach adults most at risk of being left behind by the digital transformation. - Training that is line with labor market needs is essential to ensure that learners see returns in terms of employment opportunities to their participation. - Develop digital tools to assist in re-and up-skilling. Digital tools can help tailor, accelerate and inject far more flexibility in the process, with the aim to give individuals more ownership over what, how, when and where they learn. As a lack of time and the location of training are often cited as a major barrier by non-participants, digital tools have a significant role to play in increasing training participation.- Develop new standards to recognize the skills acquired through lifelong learning.<< Implementation >>All project partners are experienced and have needed experts among their staff members to implement project activities and to achieve the project objectives and all planned results:-Set up MOOC for developing career management set of skills consisting of:Online CMS training modules for total of 12 career management skills which will be made of short online lessons, interactive resources for each of 12 CMS (practical cases and exert tips, online short exercises etc.). On the MOOC there will be also the self assessment developed which will lead learners to the right oriented training modules, final evaluation and tests for each training modules with the possibility of certification at the end. All of this is planned to be produced and developed as part of the first project result to be tested internally among project partners and with associated partners before the piloting and implementation with GEN Y – 15 participants in each partner country, 105 in total .-Develop career manual as short face to face course on transversal skills, as part of Introduction to career management. Focus will be on motivating GEN Y generation to find their own path in the fast - changing labor market and to encourage them to successfully navigate their life and careers through the online environment. It will be used also during the piloting in each partner country.-to deliver the piloting program in an appropriate way and to provide career guidance practitioners and teachers with useful tools to implement CMS, with a coherent and consistent use of modern ICT, the new training model will be developed for face-to-face and online delivery. The training model will be delivered during the C1 activity where 2 adult educators/professionals from each partner country will be trained to deliver the piloting program of PR1 and PR2 to the GEN Y. All developed materials and resources will be free for further re-use, even when the project is over and will be translated in every partner language.<< Results >>The project is expected to enhance career guidance, counseling and coaching, but also as related forms of support for employers and their employees.Regarding all mentioned above, the major results of the project are comprising of:-MOVE UP – MOOC for developing CMS of adults – online CMS training modules with evaluation phases developed and certification at the end of the training.-IN THE FAST LANE – introduction to Career Management to adults – manual for face-to-face course on transversal skills-LEAD THE WAY – training model for educators and career guidance practitioners for face to face and online delivery of the planned pilot program.The planned training/teaching/learning activity will train the educators and career guidance practitioners with the needed knowledge to conduct the workshop and enhance their skills to deliver the needed training together with using a digital supportive resources and training modules to GEN Y target group of participants. In addition to these project results, the multiplier events are planned to be organized in each partner country and the continuous, associated dissemination through different online channels.The combination of “learning” and “doing” as foreseen will promote critical thinking and motivation strategies of the learners is vital for future viability. This in turn will have impacts on career opportunities of young adults from different educational and social backgrounds.Facing the pandemic issues that reflected very much also on the education and the new digital era that we all were force to take on and adapt to, all the education package will be available as open source online, usage of the online elements that will raise digital literacy for trainers and learners. It will emphasize that in the digital era online experiences are an important source of education.The project partners also expects that cooperation and communication with all the associated partners will foster enforced networks among all, which will not only assure sustainability of this project’s outcomes but also enable other cooperative projects. Based on the project outcomes, the most fruitful resources developed will be retained, categorized and shared with individuals and in the private sector during the 28 months of the project implementation but also, even when the project officially end.

The S.A.E. Smart Adult Education project ((hereinafter SAE) is a strategic innovation partnership project implemented in the field of adult education, lasting 24 Months (December 2018-November 2020). SAE supported and fostered the qualification process of operators and teachers working with fragile adults by providing new tools, techniques and working methods based on digital opportunities. The project has been an important opportunity for educators, operators and teachers to enhance their digital skills in order to evaluate, plan and manage new and effective interventions aimed at bridging the relational and social gap imposed by the regulations.The project has developed three main Intellectual Outputs:1. The SAE WEB App (https://www. smartadulteducation.eu/) is the result of an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of existing similar products developed by partners at the design stage. The partners have imagined a product that can be used on all digital devices, especially smartphones, a place for interaction between different types of users, containing innovative digital methodologies, a place for orientation towards lifelong learning choices. The Web App is characterized by the presence of 4 areas: The SAE Guide, the Digital Learning Toolkit, the Competence Assessment Toolkit, the Archive or Repository.2. The SAE WebApp User Guide is the operational reference for using the Platform. The Multimedia Guide that the partners have produced, collects: how to use the WebApp in detail; how to design and apply the evaluation tools (E-Assessment/Results). It helps teachers, professional educators and volunteers, working in the field of adult learning and education, to make the best use of the operational tools available on the Smart Adult Education Platform.3. The SAE E-Assessment Toolkit provides assessment and self-assessment tools that measure the skills possessed by fragile adults and any changes that may have occurred as a result of targeted learning pathways. The Toolkit offers four integrated working tools which are: SMARTY, a simulator for self-assessment of skills; the SAE Matrix, a matrix for interpreting the answers given by adults with Smarty; the Evaluator Register, a guide for accessing and processing Smarty data; the Reasoned Catalogue, a reasoned collection of experiences references and references.The teachers / educators / training operators directly involved in the project activities were about 500, while the adults with low skills and/or low qualifications about 230.SAE has involved 4 European countries (Italy, Spain, Romania, and Greece) and has promoted the digital approach within organizations engaged in adult education in these contexts, spreading the use of the digital tools produced. In total, around 250,000 people were reached directly or indirectly through social media, especially during the pandemic and the regulation of social distances, and through interpersonal meetings. Articles, blog posts, social media and attendance at Multiplier Events were crucial for the dissemination of the project’s results. This broad involvement has fostered the spread of a model and tools that can be easily replicated in different contexts from the social, economic, educational, etc. point of view.The active participation of the world of adult lifelong learning was encouraged during the project. Local Working Groups were set up in the 4 territories, where educators and teachers discussed the training needs in terms of digital tools and innovative learning methodologies. In addition, meetings and discussions were organised with experts from the academic world and training for the sharing and development of content.The SAE project has been innovative for all the subjects of the partnership and for the subjects involved, enhancing, developing and spreading a new way of conceiving digital as a daily work tool, making available new digital products, strengthening the methodological-professional skills of educators and teachers and, ultimately, bringing a contribution to the innovation of a mode of intervention - the digital one - more and more necessary to act effectively towards fragile adults.

"<< Background >>The initial idea of the project is based on the observation that the practices described as ""Outreach"", although present in social work training, remain both difficult to put into practice by social workers and volunteers working with socially excluded people and young people and are not very present in the logic of support systems. It is the articulation of the three dimensions: policy planning, institutional organisation and professional/field intervention, which makes effective implementation difficult. This difficulty is visible in the regular questioning of specialised prevention associations which are entrusted with missions that question the basis of their intervention. It appears to us that there are a number of needs that are not covered today in most countries, particularly in terms of bridging the gaps mentioned above. The project will enable us, in the light of the experiences and practices in each country, to identify and evaluate the gaps in existing training, the concrete gaps between training and practice, the gaps between the needs of the populations and the ways in which they are expressed (needs), and how they are taken into account. We note that there is a gap between the strategic, organisational and professional levels of planning and execution of the intervention. The challenge is therefore to bridge the gap between training and practice, and to improve existing training content, and to question the gap between practice and social policy.<< Objectives >>Our general objectives are therefore to : Reduce the gap between training and practice through the education of adults (whether volunteers, returnees, continuing education, etc), Reduce the gap between social policies and professional practices, To concretise adult learning and intervention strategies that strengthen greater coordination between institutions, national, regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society, To fight against isolation, withdrawal and the renunciation of rights by those most in difficulty. Operational objectives : Identify existing studies and practices Design a training module and integrate it into existing training courses, Train trainers to implement this module, Train adults who will implement the experimentation (educators, volunteers, social workers, etc.) To create and experiment with a support methodology Experiment with low threshold services Construction of an educational kit and a common reference framework.<< Implementation >>Our project will be based on 4 main activities: - The capitalisation of training contents and outreach practices in the partner countries - The design and implementation of a training module on outreach in social work training - The design and testing of a methodology for outreach by professionals and volunteers - The design of an educational kit containing these elements. To accompany these activities, 2 learning mobilities are planned: one to train the trainers who will intervene in the training modules on outreach, the other to train in the practical methodology of outreach in the field.<< Results >>The results will allow us to verify that we are achieving the objectives set by the project. They will therefore be of several kinds and will cover several levels. Results during the project Accompaniment of individuals and groups Innovations in responses to people's needs Exchange of practices between partners and participants Training of adults Creation of a theoretical corpus and good practices of outreach (IO 1)Creation of a training module on outreach (IO 2)Creation of a methodology for outreach, (IO 3)After project : Better consideration of people's ways of functioning and needs, Better adaptation of responses to the needs of the populations concerned, Integration of training modules in the partner organisations and in other organisations in the country Pedagogical toolkit (IO 4)"