<< Background >>In Europe, informal caregiving contributes to more than three quarters of all long-term care provided, around 80%, (Petrini et al., 2019) and according to Eurocarers (2017) statistics, informal carers number more than 100 million. The Covid-19 pandemic situation has shown how essential their contribution is for the sustainability and resilience of European long-term care systems and at the same time has exacerbated existing inequalities between women and men in almost all areas of life, rolling back on the hard-won achievements of past years (European Commission, 2021). Indeed, an open issue to be highlighted concerns the specific gender difference in caregiving. Worldwide there are many more women than men providing informal care. In OECD countries, including France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Slovenia, 61% of informal carers providing daily care are women. About two-thirds of these care for a parent or spouse, but caregiving patterns vary across age groups (OECD, 2019). A large body of evidence indicates that women suffer more than men from the negative consequences of providing care (Petrini et al., 2019). Informal caregiving is argued to have all the characteristics of a chronic stress experience; it creates physical and psychological strain over extended periods of time, is accompanied by high levels of unpredictability and uncontrollability, has the capacity to create secondary stress across multiple life domains such as work and family relationships, and often requires high levels of vigilance (Vitaliano et al., 2003).All these data highlight how necessary it is to prevent and work on the psycho-physical health of informal carers, not only through adequate and certified laws or regulations, but also through a multicentre action that supports them and enables them to acquire new skills and competences.<< Objectives >>Considering the data described in the previous section and the needs planned to address, the RESIL4CARE (RESILience FOR informal CAREgivers) project aims at improving the coping skills of informal carers and empowering them in their role through the use of social media platforms capable of creating specific online support groups. Throughout the project, social media platforms will facilitate the creation of new links and friendships, promote the sharing of experiences and knowledge, resulting in more resilient and responsible informal carers across Europe. In fact, Facebook, with 2 billion monthly active users, has the potential to partly address this societal priority and to deliver impactful and cost-effective online family carer support (O’Sullivan, 2021).Furthermore, in order to ensure the quality and sustainable management of these platforms, a training manual for a group of facilitators will be prepared, together with other innovative materials and tools for different groups of informal carers (young carers, elderly carers, working carers, male and female carers, carers of people with dementia and other chronic diseases, etc.). In conclusion, special attention will be given to tutorials to bridge the digital divide, especially for older carers and those reluctant to use social media platforms. All related ethical issues, GDPR and European and national regulations and guidelines that will allow for full respect for the privacy and preferences of end users will be respected.<< Implementation >>The RESIL4CARE partnership includes 6 participants from 5 European countries: France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Slovenia.Istituto per Servizi di Ricovero e Assistenza agli Anziani (ISRAA), Corporation for Succor and Care of Elderly and Disabled (FRODIZO), Institut Antona Trstenjaka (IAT) and Institut Valencià d'Atenció Social-Sanitari (IVASS) are care provider partners and have significant expertise and experience with the informal carers in their organizations. In Valencia (Spain), IVASS will strongly collaborate with FUNDACION DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA PARA LA PROMOCIÓN ESTRATEGICA EL DESARROLLO Y LA INNOVACIÓN URBANA (LAS NAVES), a very active organization who has a vast knowledge in social inclusion and participation, well-being and health of citizens. Interactive 4D (ID4) has been chosen due to its technological background and capacity in developing multimedia content.The activities planned include:A report that will deliver the determinants that partners will define as the most relevant for the promotion of positive attitudes and overall resilience of informal carers. A training course manual on how to set up and run social media support groups and online materials for informal carers that will be used on social media platforms.A ICT training toolkit that includes video tutorials and Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to facilitate the creation and usage of online support groups in the social media platforms.A document that contains the RESIL4CARE evaluation method and toolkit used for the ongoing assessment of the quality of the product and for evaluation of the competences acquired by core group facilitators and informal carers.Sustainability and promotion actions that include guidelines on describing the strategies and the procedures on how to utilize RESIL4CARE final outcomes and the consultation with local stakeholders related to carers.<< Results >>The final expected project results and outcomes are:To produce new data, to review and extend previous knowledge about the resilience of the topic of informal carers, with a particular focus on the use of social media platforms as a psychosocial support channel.To support, reach, connect, and empower the resilience of a few hundred informal carers thanks to online support groups set up by local core groups of facilitators.To overcome the digital gap and promote e-literacy among all ages of informal carers, enabling them to participate in online support groups and other social media platforms, with the help of video tutorials and MOOC.To improve the overall situation of informal carers in Europe thanks to the sustainability actions.Furthermore, the impact of the project on the informal carers is expected to produce: Creation of useful learning contents that will improve the quality and range of services and interventions provided;Increased skills, competences and knowledge that could potentially improve their quality of life by strengthening their social inclusion;Development of crucial networks with other informal carers (nationally and across Europe) to share knowledge and experiences;Creation of opportunities for EU collaborations and for the co-creation, adjustment and accessibility of innovative material inspired by the experiences;Innovative methods for the implementation of RESIL4CARE best practices in other countries and organizations (other than those that were initially conceived and implemented) via shared knowledge and expertise between all partners and stakeholders involved;

"The TIME@Net project aimed at promoting Social and Work Inclusion, Active Citizenship and participation to Learning among a target group at high risk of socialexclusion: young people with intellectual disabilities, starting from the evidence of a cross-cutting difficulty at EU level in the field of training and work inclusionpaths addressed to the mentioned target that could be effective, leading to a continuous and satisfactory employment for them.The objectives of the TIME@Net Project were the following:--the creation and test of a model for planning and implementing training and inclusion pathways targeted to young people with intellectual disabilities, developedand structured under a closer collaboration between the training, educational and social sectors, together with companies and with their active participation duringthe whole process;the creation and test of a model of pilot course for training agencies and work inclusion staff in order to support them in elaborating, promoting and implementingeffective interventions, including the continuous and active involvement of the employing companies;-the development of strategic competencies of the personnel trained in order to achieve the integration between the various organisations, to detect the labourmarket needs and train the final target in relation to them;-the development of employment opportunities for persons with disabilities;-the exchange of best practice among the partnership in order to promote process of Learning of persons with disabilities, aimed at fostering their job insertion;-make effective projects and activities targeted to disabled;-make the models and tools usable, reproducible and useful at EU level for public and private organisations of training and education;-the collection of recommendations useful to support effective policies for work inclusion of disadvantaged;-the creation of a network that provides a forum/platform for joint reflection and European co-operation in identifying and promoting innovation and best practice inthe project's field.The above mentioned objectives have been reached through the realization of the following actions/activities:-realization, as first preliminary step, of the “Reserarch at a transnational level in the frame of young people with intellectual disability work inclusion”, which gavethe opportunity to collect useful recommendations to support effective policies for work inclusion of disadvantaged and lay the foundations for creating a networkat EU level for joint reflection and European co-operation in identifying and promoting innovation and best practice in the project's field;-creation of a “TIME@Net Model” through the realization of the TIME@Net Handbook, to develop training and work inclusion plans implemented with a closecollaboration between the training, educational and social sectors and the active involvement of the companies;-realization of a 30 hours Pilot Course where 12 professionals working in the work inclusion staff of the 6 partner countries took part. The course was realized totest the “TIME@Net Model” and support professionals in elaborating, promoting and implementing effective interventions, including the continuous and activeinvolvement of the employing companies. The participants had the opportunity to acquire strategic competencies to achieve the integration between the variousorganisations, to detect the labour market needs and train the final target in relation to them;-the realization of 6 Work Inclusion Plans by the professionals trained during the Pilot Course with the aim of promoting the process of Learning of persons withdisabilities, aimed at fostering their job insertion and developing concrete employment opportunities for this target group, thus making the interventions effective;-the European “dimension”, thanks to a solid partnership made by public and private institutions directly involved in the field of education, VET and interventionstargeted at disadvantaged persons in their respective European context, which allowed to make the models and tools usable, reproducible and useful at EU levelfor public and private organisations of training and education.In addition to the results listed in the sections ""intellectual outputs"", ""multiplier events"" and ""learning, training, teaching activities"" project's results can besummarized as follow:- a change of perspective on interventions for young people with intellectual disabilities- a comparison at EU level between representatives of different institutions that allowed to achieve comparable languages and criteria in relation to training andwork insertion systems for the target group- a closer cooperation between training agencies, educational services and companies- implementation of actions in order to EU Council guidelines and recommendations, especially:--research useful to achieve targeted approaches for vulnerable and low skilled employers (including persons with intellectual disabilities)---an essential contribution to the anticipation of needs in terms of skills, provision of services for economic growth and employment.--fostering equity, social cohesion and active citizenship--a concrete contribution for an innovative education for disadvantaged groups--development of a closer cooperation between training agencies and employees--acceleration in learning processes targeted to special persons in order to ET2020--promoting the exchange of good practices and the cooperation within the field--improvement concerning to meet the special learning needs of a specific target at high risk of exclusion: young people with intellectual disabilities.-realization of a permanent transversal network and a website that promotes exchange of information, good practices and critical factors for the development andimplementation of innovative approaches towards the learning process for the young, especially for low-skilled young, disadvantaged and marginalised citizens-development and updating of the competencies of the educationalist involved-involvement of companies for the inclusion of disabled people-construction of sustainable and feasible interventions projects (10 users per country)-production of guidelines, models, handbooks recognized at European Level."

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Inclusive support of ageing people with disabilities is – by definition – a trans sectoral challenge: in an inclusive society, mainstream services support all citizens, disabled or not. When people with a disability – living independently or within a residential context with others – express their wish to live as long as possible in their own ‘home’ (cfr. the ageing in place principle) and when mainstream services for the elderly or home care services are invited to support also this group of citizens (cfr. community based support), it is clear that this ‘new’ situation reveals new challenges and requires an active transition strategy in all fields involved: mainstream services for the elderly are not ready to support 'disabled' people; services supporting people with disabilities don't know how to deal with 'newe ageing related needs of their clients.Especially on the level of the professionals involved, the desired transition from the medical towards a social inclusive model, requires new beliefs, attitudes and different (additional) competences - in all fields involved. This project started from a strong conviction that organizations and professionals active in different fields need to, but also want to work together across their own field; they are open to learn from each other. -In this inclusive context, services for the elderly, need to learn how to care for and support ageing people, also when they are disabled: staff needs to acquire new, additional skills related to the needs of the disabled persons. -At the same time, services for the disabled need to acquire skills in order to create opportunities for the disabled elderly to age at the place of their choice for as long as they wish and are able to. These services need to acquire new skills, related to 'ageing'.-Both fields need to learn to support the ageing persons towards an active and valued participation into society.The fields involved can learn from each other; by doing so they improve the level of key competences necessary for inclusive support and for guaranteeing quality of life and wellbeing. This belief was the starting point for an intensive and interesting exchange of good practices among 10 European innovative organizations. The Erasmus+ project created the conditions to share ‘inclusive’ practices and to learn about the conditions and critical factors of success (or failure) of inclusive approaches. 6 international meetings and study visits, and more than 25 practices, were the starting point for critical reflections on conditions and outcomes on different levels: 1. professionals and their skills, 2. the organizations and their HR, quality and VET policies, 3. local/national policy makers and regulations, 4. education and the curriculum.The partnership - with representatives from services for the elderly and from the disability field, but also from high schools, research and international networks - produced a set of suggestions and starting points for actions (recommendations) on four themes that – already from the very beginning – were the ‘red lines’ through the practices: 1. quality of life - as focus, 2. ageism and perceptions on ageing - as hindering factor, 3. a ‘new’ inclusive professional profile - focusing on new skills, 4. informal care - as keystone for inclusion. The comprehensive final thematic report with suggestions for actions based on these 4 themes is available on the TRIADE website (http://triadeproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/171031-TRIADE-FINAL-THEMATIC-REPORT.pdf).The projectpartners have continuously received feedback from their Local Expert Groups, established in each country, with members from the same and different fields. These LEG's realized the main dissemination of the project regionally and (depending on the country) nationally. They were a strong link to education and to many umbrella organizations and their strategic working groups. This Erasmus+ project was continuously visible on European level, through the ENSA network (European Network of Social Authorities) and through a wide spread TRIADE Newsletter. The project was invited several times on European initiatives - the Annual Convention for Inclusive Growth 2016 as a most important one.Several good TRIADE practices are already implemented; the wide set of recommendations, based on the real experiences of participants actively involved at the work floor, may give directions to concrete initiatives for future actions. We hope…