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1st PROACTIF SENIORS NEWSLETTER
Dear Readers,
This has been an exciting phase in the Proactif Seniors project cycle and we are pleased to present you the
very first edition of the Proactive Seniors Newsletter.
The Newsletter offers a communication platform for sharing and learning – primarily, it brings to you the
exciting news about the different phases of project implementation. Apart from the project narratives, it
highlights best practices from partner countries across Europe and informs about significant events happening from time to time.
We welcome your feedback regarding our first Newsletter – and of course, we appreciate your staying in
touch with Proactive Seniors through our website www.proactifs-seniors.com. We are in the initial stage of
connecting over the virtual network via Facebook page and Linked In.
In this newsletter you will find a short description of our project “Proactif Seniors”, preliminary information
about our partners in Europe and the first good practices of our Partner meetings in Bastia (France) and
Portalagre (Portugal). Additionally, in all future editions of the newsletter you will find interesting articles,
our Pinboard for sharing and announcements, forthcoming events as Partner meetings, conferences, interesting events and a Readers' Column.
1. Short description of the project:
Europe faces a real problem: an ageing population. One of the major challenges of the twenty-first century
will be to meet the increased demand for health care. Health systems will have to adapt to the needs of an
ageing population, while ensuring their sustainability in a society where the labor force is decreasing. The
main objective will be to promote a healthy and active lifestyle for older Europeans. The Lisbon European
Council (March 2000) clearly advocated establishment of lifelong training programs geared towards the
elderly people. The community recommendations to support politics and actions were held guaranteeing a
proactive and comprehensive approach to the problem of ageing people. It aims not only to extend the
working life of older workers, but also to keep older people active. 2012 "European Year of Active Ageing".
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
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Therefore, the development of specific courses and training for old people is our main challenge within the
project : to acquire new skills through formal, non formal or informal learning; to have access to education
and training to develop one’s potential; to blossom and to interact in society through prevention.
The objectives of the project:
To compare and share tools, training content for seniors at European level and collectively;
To equip aging people with knowledge, skills and practices to enable them to develop and maintain
an active behavior in society;
To develop training content for the elderly to stimulate useful behavior for monitoring the health
of the body;
To develop a specific training kit used by the elderly;
To promote the involvement of older people in specific training programs
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the
information contained therein.
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2. Brief description of each partner organization:
Project Proactif Seniors
Nr.
Partner/Address/Country
ID Formation
P1
Les Terrasses du Fango Bt D,
20200 Bastia,
FRANCE
KIST CONSULT
P2
P3
Karawankenblickstrasse 193,
9020 Klagenfurt,
AUSTRIA
KOMMUNIKÉ
Jaselskà 778, 57001 Litomysl,
CZECH REPUBLIC
Activities
From 1985, ID Formation is a vocational training center based in several cities in Corsica. This implementation allows us to have an expertise of the economic context in our
region. ID Formation activities deal with:
• vocational training
• engineering, support and evaluation of innovative projects
• evaluation of devices and public policies, including social innovation
• diagnosis / development consulting
• territorial animation
KIST Consult specializes in development, marketing and transfer of national and international educational, vocational education and training projects. Our vision is to build a
bridge between the economy and education as well as to form lasting, demand - orientated networks between cooperative partners. As an innovative Educational Consulting, KIST Consult specializes in the following areas of Human Resources Development:
Entrepreneurship
Life Long Learning
Intercultural Learning
Vocational Education and Training
training
consulting
employment of the disabled people
Contacts
Logo/Website
Ms. Béatrice Martins
[email protected]
0033 495 10 64 06
www.idf-corse.eu
Ms. Ingrid Trenner
[email protected]
0043 664 37 18176
www.kist-consult.com
Ms. Zdenka Hromadová
[email protected]
00 420 731 570
www.komunike.eu
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the
information contained therein.
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Project Proactif Seniors
P4
DIODOS is a non-profit organization based in Athens, Greece. It has implemented several projects in HR development, vocational education and training. It frequently participates in a wide range of activities aiming at raising awareness and promoting social
inclusion and equality of opportunities for disadvantaged people.
DIODOS
Acharnon 141 Β – Athens,
GREECE
CARING FOR CARERS
P5
P6
Caring for Carers Ireland
2 Carmody Street
Ennis Co Clare
IRELAND
COMUNIDADE DE ALTO
ALENTEJO
Praca do Municipio, 7300 110
Portalegre,
PORTUGAL
Caring for Carers Ireland is a NGO. It is a Company Limited by Guarantee having no
share capital.
Mission Statement: Caring for Carers promotes the health, wellbeing and quality
of life of Family Carers and those for whom they care. It fosters recognition of
Family Carers and provides Respite Care, Information, Training, Group Development and Advocacy to promote Social Inclusion within the context of the Carers
Charter. It promotes the interests of Carers at local, national and international
levels.
Vision: This is expressed in The Carers Charter developed by Caring for Carers Ireland which is based on the UN Charter for Human Rights. It sets out the supports
required to enable the Carer to continue to care in a way that ensures a good
quality of life and promotes Social Inclusion of Family Carers. A key element of
this vision is to create a Caring Community.
Scope: Caring for Carers Ireland promotes and develops programmes to support
Family Carers within its national network of 105 Carers Groups within Ireland. It
also as a founder member of Eurocarers, which promotes Carers interests in the
wider context of the European Union.
Ms. Louisa Zymari
[email protected]
0030 210 252 2801
http://www.diodos-amke.gr/
Mr. Pat Shannon
[email protected]
0035 365 686 6515
Legal entity of public law consists of Municipalities of Alto Alentejo.
Mission: To promote and serve public interest of associated municipalities, stimulating the integrated and sustainable development, strengthening partnerships,
synergies and to maximize complementarities.
Vision: To be an organization whose practices modern and innovative management to identify and meet the needs of Municipalities and develop strategic leadership associated with the growing cohesion within the community
www.caringforcarers.ie
Mr. Jose Conchinha
[email protected]
00351 245 301 446
www.cimaa.pt
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the
information contained therein.
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Project Proactif Seniors
P7
P8
P9
CIVIC ASSICIATION
STIMULUS
Kukučínova 2599, SK 02401
Kysucké Nové Mesto,
SLOVAKIA
Training, counseling, project preparation and implementation
Main target groups: different kind of disadvantaged people (including seniors).
Non Profit, Private
Mr. Jozef Pauk
Services to Education and Training
Services to Work
Personal, educational and professional Guidance
Spaces for listening and supporting educational psychology
Social Research and Social Planning
Systemic counseling
CENTO SERVICI
FORMAZIONE
Via Riviera 23, Pavia,
ITALY
CCAS CARVIN
1 rue Thibaut 62220 Carvin,
FRANCE
The CCAS ensures the implementation of social policy to different audiences including
active seniors. The Animation Recreation Seniors aims to promote social link between
seniors and other generations, to avoid isolation, to promote the work of seniors in the
city life.
www.stimulus.sk
[email protected]
00421 903 827833
Ms. Livillia Bottinelli
[email protected]
0039 038 238 145 00
www.csf.pv.it
Ms. Gaelle Mjchrzak
[email protected]
0033 321 74 76 12
http://www.carvin.fr
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the
information contained therein.
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3. Good practices in our host countries for the Partner Meeting
Bastia (Corsica, France):
A) The 1st Partner
meeting took place in
Bastia (Corsica, France)
on the 8th and 9th of
November 2012.
Good practices – visits in Bastia (Corsica, France) :
a. ADMR – association of home service, (family) carers : http://www.admr.org/ (national level) ;
http://www.admr2b.org/ (local level – Bastia)
ADMR is a French home service founded in
1945. Its goal: to help the elderly and
vulnerable families in order to improve their
lives,
to
create
local
jobs.
It operates in four main areas: assistance
with daily living, socio-educational activities,
health (care home), local development.
It handles about 70 million hours of home
intervention with 475,000 customersmembers, employing 65,000 employees and
relying on the help of 110,000 volunteers,
spread over 3,200 local associations..
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the
information contained therein.
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b.
Secours Populaire Français – association against poverty and exclusion :
http://www.secourspopulaire.fr/ (national level) ; http://secourspopbastia.perso.sfr.fr/ (local level
– Bastia)
Created in 1945, Secours Populaire is a non-profit
association. It is entitled to receive gifts, bequests
and donations. The association takes action against
poverty and exclusion in France and all over the
world. It gathers people with different opinions,
circumstances and backgrounds willing to live in
solidarity. The association began with food and
then diversified its activities: collecting clothes,
tutoring, leisure education (visits to museums,
culture, summer camp), sports and professional
integration. Secours Populaire is essentially based
on voluntary, and largely on senior volunteer who
collect food from stores and redistribute to needy
people.
c. Secours Catholique – association against poverty
and exclusion : http://www.secourscatholique.org/ (national level) ;
http://corse.secours-catholique.org/
(regional level – Corsica)
4. Good practices in our host countries for the Partner Meeting
Portalegre (Portugal):
The 2nd Partner meeting took place on the 7th and 8th of March 2013
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
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Good practices – visits in Portalegre (Portugal):
1. LA LIGUE DES AMIS DE L'HÔPITAL PORTALEGRE (The League of Friends of Hospitals,
PORTALEGRE) is a non-profit association founded on 10th November 2003. The League of
Friends has provided some services with goods for the patients when admitted, aiming alleviate
their suffering and provide comfort.
The League of Friends of Hospitals, Portalegre
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
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2. SILVINA CANDEIAS ÉCOLE
This a formation school. This is a school that works
with the elderly in various settings. They have various training areas such as computer science, foreign languages, music, dance ... At the same time,
in some cases they are themselves trainers when
their experience and knowledge is justified.
http://www.gscandeias.com.pt/
3. VIVACIDADE SÉNIOR
Project work in Câmara Municipal de Portalegre since the end of 2002. Directed to the sénior
population of the municipality of Portalegre (+55 years), consists of group lessons in the pavilion hall, water aerobics in the pool of municipal seats and high points, such as tours, information sessions, exchanges with other municipalities etc.
Project Presentation: This project stems from the need to create an exercise program oriented,
highly geared to seniors, and concomitantly, reeducation of their styles / habits, as well as increasing their sociability, combating loneliness and depressive states in these characteristic age
groups, so that one can elderly healthy aging and improving the quality of life.
http://www.cm-portalegre.pt/page.php?page=556
5. Pinboard:
a. For sharing and announcements:
Interesting websites for “Proactif Seniors”:
Senior Entrepreneurship: www.seniorsentrepreneurs.eu
Age Platform: http://www.age-platform.eu/
b. Forthcoming events:
Project Proactif Seniors – Partners’ Meeting in Austria: The next partner meeting will
take place in Klagenfurt, Austria on the 19th _ 20th September 2013. The prepration is
done by the Partner-organization in Austria: KIST Consult, [email protected]; Tel.: 0043 664 3718176
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the
information contained therein.
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Connect with Proactif Seniors on Facebook and Linked IN
www.facebook.com/ Proactif Seniors
On our Facebook account we will inform you about all news, events and benefits of Proactif
Seniors. We would be delighted to have you joining us as a friend on Facebook!
www.Linked In / Proactif Seniors
Please connect with us on LinkedIn and join relevant discussions as well stay updated about
project progress.
Readers' Column
We feel inspired by your interest and are pleased to announce that we shall be publishing
your letters/emails/feedback/suggestion, etc. from the next edition of the Proactif Seniors
Newsletter. Please do write to us: [email protected]
We hope you find the 1st edition of the Proactif Seniors Newsletter informative and interesting. We look forward to hearing from you and will be back with another edition soon.
Yours,
Proactif Seniors Team
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the
information contained therein.
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