We have selected the appropriate learners for our Art Has No Age project. We have completed our project with talented, art loving, researcher, sharing, learners who are disadvantaged in art education open to innovations and new information.We have created a suitable studio environment for our learners. We bought various art materials and books for this studio.We bought sculptures like tors busts to make them draw in 3D. With the support of projection, internet and computer, we watched art history lessons, artist biographies and various art films. Apart from painting, we gave information about other kinds of visual art and organized workshops.We attended contemporary art history trainings organized by university teachers. We visited the Faculty of Fine Arts at Marmara University and the Fine Arts High School in Poggiardo. For quick sketches, photoshop programs were taught by smartphone or computer. We transferred various information on our website, facebook and instagram pages. At the same time, together, we have made art lessons step by step. We visited artists' workshops for mobilities.We met them and got detailed information about their work. We did art works together. We watched the works of all famous artists in various museums and galleries. We gave information about the important art techniques of each country. We visited many galleries and exhibitions in 2 years. We visited the Venice Biennial, which is the most important event for contemporary art.As a result of all the information provided, not only painting but also sculpture, ceramics, print and videoart, contemporary art works were done.We organized various exhibitions for the art works. For our project supporting contemporary art, we took a walk on Istiklal Street with our paintings. We organized an exhibition supporting dissemination, in the café. We participated in festivals held in the square. In Italy, we painted on the street in Poggiardo. Our Greek and Spanish partners also organized separate exhibitions. Several of the learners participated in a group exhibition in Bulgaria.They participated in various art contests. The students applied their works to a gallery to organize exhibitions by organizing a professional file. Ankara Mustafa Ayaz Museum approved the exhibition of the works in January 2020. The last project exhibition was held in Antik Cisterna in Istanbul with the works of all participants. The photographs of all the works were taken one by one and uploaded to sales sites such as Society and Saatchi. Thus, the reduction of financial disadvantages was supported. In exhibitions, some learners sold their work. At the end of the project, the students made contemporary art works. Their self-confidence increased with the exhibitions they organized, the artists they met and all other activities. They decided to establish a studio together for the next artworks.They continue to work, as well as organizing an exhibition, they aim to gain. It's great to see they have such goals.In adult education, it provided them with complete and meaningful learning for disadvantaged groups, bringing them together with learners from other cultures, making them work together, and bringing together important artworks and activities for art.We can see this clearly with the original works they have done and the changes in their perspectives on art. They began to see art as a way of life, not as a hobby.We shared this project and our goals and the end of the project with other adult education institutions. And we have created awareness for them to give their learners more diverse and additional information. Our survey results and dissemination activities also support the success of our project.

"The main goal of the project is to bring knowledge and efforts to people about the common cultural heritage ""Mediterranean Diet & Cuisine"" as also about the value and meaning of locality in general (recipes, habits, local products, culture, people as persons and society). Health and longevity, mediterranean way of lining based on an ideal diet that is connected with the traditional cooking and family, society, culture values is something important that can be learned, promoted and supported.Cooking traditionally helps people to avoid more and more the processed foods and appreciate homecooking meals, pure igredients, cook and eat with company and family. Cooking traditionally also helps the organizations to keep alive the traditions and organise open food festivals that brings people together and contribute to social cohesion.Cooking traditionally is at the basis of the mediterranean diet and cuisine. Sharing food and feelings with family and friends, using the local products that differ from season to season give a special meaning and can have an important impact not only on health, social cohesion, family life but also at the local economy and tourism.This project aims to prove how following and supporting the mediterranean diet & cuisine and especially the locality can help people to get improved as personalities but will can use the learning results as efforts to the tourism sector and to those who produce local products.Culinary tourism is not just a new trend. It shows how much people are attracted by traditions, by the need to have a look back to the routes and learn , save some values, nabits and datas. Mediterranean diet and cuisine is a valuable key for the development of tourism especially at the rural areas of Europe that need support. Is a great suggestion for younger people to stay at the rural areas and develop a new alternative tourist product. This new tourist product can enrich the tourist product identity in the euromediterranean area and can be developed in a more firendly way for the environment, for the culture, for the local societies and economies. Our project will comtibute to building trust to a euromediterranean tourist product to the people who travel and will contribute to the euromediterranean brand of the mediterranean diet.Our project will strengthen the idea of the cooperation in Europe and Mediterranean area and the intercultural dialogue.In the frame of the project another value will be in the epicenter: the intergenerational exchange between ""mentors"" (older people that will offer their knowledje, their experiences, their recipes and secrets and they will explain how the diet and cuisine are connected with the traditional habits, the religion, the seasons, the way of living) and ""trainees"" (younger people that will share their passion for new knowledge about tradition, about mediterranean diet & cuisine, about healthy food and longevity, about new way of living and about new style enterpreneurship - eco and culture friendly.Our project will be based on understunding, on intercultural dialogue and on cooperation by plan and inspiration! The training activities in local level but also in the different countries will esnure the understunding and learning by doing, lifelong adult learning.Τhe engagement of all participants and partners (authorities, enterprises etc) in the project will result in a social and cultural dynamic action. The open local and mediterranean food festivals will be more attractive to all and will be upgrated in general. Our website will be a treasure box as it will be open data to everyone who is interrested to Mediterranean Diet & Cuisine and it will show reality in Mediterranean countries and authentic social action.Mediterranan food means GOOD FOOD and the cultural value that is connected with it as also health and longevity means GOOD MOOD and that is what our project aims to bring!"

"The PLAN project re-mobilized resourceful and experienced older generation /retired (EOGR) who acted as Mentors for NEET youth and helped them change their depressed situations. As social innovations do not happen by themselves, our Mentors have supported NEET for a real impact in our societies and the economy. Empowering people, driving change – social innovation in the European Union, European Commission, 2011 CHALLENGEThe multiple innovation perspectives of PLAN project were linked to a number of emerging social needs and innovation debates in Europe, well described and well documented in the Commission’s 2011 paper: Empowering people, driving change – social innovation in EU. Project’s innovation contributed in transforming such emerging needs into emerging opportunities of change: ACTIVITIES undertaken for EMERGING SOCIAL NEEDS: - we re-engaged Mentors of all ages and backgrounds for economic and social value - we mobilized available and qualified resources in the communities who offered NEET powerful ways out of the social depression - we trained the youth workers of partner NGOs, on how to work with NEET and how to support them in new entreprenurial initiatives and we developped activities for digital skills in an informal and non formal education - we found new solutions to existing and emerging social challenges not addressed by the open market and not sufficiently addressed by public services - we engaged users and citizens in creating such solutions for NEET - we created social change dynamics to respond flexibly to the fast changing economies and labour markets and we offered our NEET enganged in the project, new life competences. TARGET GROUPS supported EMERGING CHANGE OPPORTUNITIES: - youth workers worked for social innovation and provided NEET with new skills - mentors acted as role models for NEET, encouraged them to establish their future work life - youth workers, mentors and youth promoted the social innovation that cannot happen to but with people, with top-down as well as bottom-up initiative-taking for successful work life including a wide range of challenges, from child services to green economy PLAN's innovation has put social innovation to work. PROJECT MISSIONThe project has put the 21st century social innovation agenda to work: new citizen-driven alliances were created in the communities, through mobilizing available resources for important needs of NEET and without putting additional pressure on public services. Resourceful and experienced older generation/retired acted as Mentor for: NEET youth who NEED THEM PLAN project combined two of the most important social and educational challenges in 21st century Europe – re-activated the overwhelming social and educational potential of the increasing number of experienced older generation in society and helped counter the dramatic increase in depressed social situations among NEET – generated social and educational value from the dynamic interaction between these two “out of economy” population groups. OUTCOMES KEY PRODUCT RESULTS: 1. Online interactive website: https://sites.google.com/view/plan4neet/home?authuser=0 2. Mobile application:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details id=appinventor.ai_Blucianor89.PLAN_def&fbclid=IwAR0gq84Iz57k3cgfG4ZBF658afRzDk3p2fBUBhqiAP60X3IsVvKALTT_f2o 3. E-LEARNING is the added value of PLAN as it is available through the website. Interested youth can easily be enrolled, follow the training, be monitored by ARIS FORMAZIONE and get their certificate upon cempletition of the training. 4. The ""PLAN Cluster"" 5. EU Network of NEET Mentors - NEET Alliances PROCESS RESULTS (available in the project’s website and forum) A. Capacity building among mentors to drive social change for NEET videos B. Promoting entrepreneurial and social change mentality for NEET- THE MODELS C. When work life counts - practical advices and suggestions - Handouts D. Mentors-NEET working for the community - Handouts IMPACT AND LONGER BENEFITSYouth workers were trained to identify youth entrepreneurship needs among NEET and they haven educated NEET in an informal way, providing the skills required for their employment. The involved Mentors have built capacity among them to independently drive new initiatives in collaboration with NEET youth groups.Mentors were in addition trained to be mentors for other new Mentors and have built capacity to drive the future European network of Mentor-NEET.Mentors of NEET are part of PLAN EU ALLIANCES for new cooperations and for continuing the ethos of PLAN.The involved NEET qualified new learning:- involved in concrete activities, not brought back to classrooms- learnt to see their problems as possible challenges and acted upon- created entrepreneurial and taking initiative mentality- engaged in telling the stories in their prefered social media"