Today is the 50th anniversary of the World Environment Day!

Since 1973 the 5th of June is celebrated to raise awareness for the need of global action to conserve and restore our environment. It is the most renowned day for environmental action.
In our My Eco Track Erasmus + project we are targeting one of the key groups of people when it comes to shifting mindsets and recognising the need for the protection of our planet: Young People. A Handbook on different topics regarding climate change and concrete actions for environmental protection was developed for trainers and youthworkers who work with this target group. Along with that, the partnership just launched a Mobile App providing an engaging combination of informational material and interactive elements on key aspects of climate change. The App is available on Google Playstore and soon also on Apple store.
For more infos on the project please visit our website!

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Introducing the Mindset project

Combating gaming disorder among youth

The MINDSET project – implemented by a consortium of 8 partners from France, Poland, Germany, Ireland, Austria, Cyprus, Portugal and Greece – aims to prepare youth organisations and youth workers to identify the early signs and prevent the development of gaming disorder among youth.

Alongside this primary goal, we will also promote active citizenship, young people’s sense of initiative and youth entrepreneurship including social entrepreneurship, but also inclusion and diversity in all fields of education, training, youth and sport.

In 2018, gaming disorder was officially considered a mental disorder that limits social interaction and reduces the quality of skills necessary to perform them. Being a relatively new mental health issue, it’s still lacking much information on how to identify and tackle it.

Because of this, youth workers and families are unable to help young

people aected by this disorder, thus, MINDSET is focused on providing

tools, methodologies and objective ways to enable youth workers to take necessary actions to improve their services.

Considering the reality involving gaming disorder, MINDSET has the

following main objectives:

– Raise awareness about the negative eects of excessive gaming;

– Provide youth workers and youth organizations with the knowledge to recognise the signs of gaming disorder, distinguishing it from normal gaming behaviour;

– Equip youth workers with the tools to identify early signs and

prevent gaming disorder;

– Promote the development of new policies for the identication

and prevention of gaming disorder.

Make sure to follow the MINDSET project, its development and implementation on our social media platforms:

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https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindseterasmusproject/about/

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Exciting meeting in Paris with the team from SmartHome4Seniors!

We are excited to share that a face-to-face meeting took place in the beautiful city of Paris. The team from SmartHome4Seniors got together to plan the next steps.

During this gathering, important details regarding the project SmartHome4Seniors and the upcoming Workshop were discussed.

The discussions during the meeting were productive, and we placed emphasis on the various aspects of integrating smart home technologies into the lives of seniors. While we can not reveal the outcome yet, we invite you to stay tuned for further updates. To stay informed about the progress and developments of the project, we encourage you to visit our website

A successful 3-day training in Portugal has come to an end

What are the life topics, fears and hopes of older workers and job seekers in their mid-fifties or early sixties? What kind of age-specific tools and instruments are available to career counsellors and trainers who work with this target group? And how to support older workers in starting their own business or trying out a new career path?

These key questions were addressed in a 3-day staff training on age-specific career counselling and Olderpreneurship organised by the SASSI Later-Life career project partnership.18 participants from 6 different organisations got together in Matosinhos/ Portugal to learn and try out new approaches and tools, discuss opinions on the topic and share heir own work experiences with the target group.

After this successful training all course participants will plan and implement a learning project to apply and transfer the SASSI Later Life- Career approach and techniques to other C-VET professionals or directly to their clients.

Follow the SASSI-LLC project and its latest news here

 

First I.CE.A Mini Workshop on Green Entrepreneurship conducted in die Berater®

As part of the I.CE.A project that die Berater® is implementing alongside its seven international partners, the first Mini Workshop on Green Entrepreneurship was held in die Berater® on May 9^th 2023. The workshop, which is an I.CE.A project result, also took place in the partner countries of the project – Bulgaria, Italy, Poland, Cyprus, Greece, Luxembourg and Spain.

I.CE.A. – Investing on Circular Economy through Adults – aims to offer high quality learning and networking opportunities, responding to the needs of adults wishing to dynamically engage in circular economy activities. The project strives to create a bridge between green entrepreneurs and those who are yet to become ones. Social entrepreneurship signals the imperative to drive social change and the project aims to trigger and reinforce this change.

The projects main objectives are to up-skill and re-skill adults to explore innovative eco-opportunities, in order to stimulate innovation around the green economy and in that way battle unemployment; to build resilient communities by “going circular” and adopt and transfer practices and knowledge that can prevent environmental dismantling; to promote social entrepreneurship through its mini workshops that spark people’s interest in green economy and further develop their competences, triggering a positive avalanche effect for other individuals around the topic; and to develop digital tools that will support adults around their own circular and green ideas and practices. These tools aim to increase adults’ engagement and interaction with circular and green activities and practices.

The workshop conducted on May 9^th holds a central role in achieving I.CE.A’s goals. Alongside an Interactive Map developed for users of all eight partner countries and fully available in all respective languages, another project result is the I.CE.A Toolkit on Green Entrepreneurship, which guides the Mini Workshops and supports adult educators through interactive and engaging learning material related to the topic of circular economy.

The main idea of the mini workshops is to genuinely create interest for the topic of circular economy and provide information, resources and backdrop for adults to rethink their own practices, imagine some brand-new ones, polish out a green idea they already had, or start planning a completely new business, activity or way of living. The first evaluation results of the workshop already show great results, with a lot of participants stating how they got inspired to implement an idea that came to mind before or during the workshop, and many were thrilled to learn about the potential hidden in circular economy and the circular practices close to them which they may not have through about or noticed before.

All in all, the I.CE.A partnership is satisfied with its first results and will continue to enthusiastically carry out the project. For more information on the I.CE.A project, please make sure to visit our website, and follow us on Facebook.

 

3rd transnational partner meeting for the Care4Carers project

Last week, the C4C consortium met for another 2-day meeting in Athens, Greece. The meeting was hosted by our Greek partner, KMOP, a civil society organisation. The main aim of the meeting was to discuss the national piloting frameworks of the counselling guidelines and the training modules in each partner country.

The newly developed C4C materials will soon be tested with women who want to return to the labour market after a longer career break due to (long-term) care responsibilities and with coaches, counsellors or trainers who work with this target group. More information on the testing of the C4C programme will follow soon – stay tuned!

 

The DREAMM comes to an end

The medieval city of Perugia was the setting for the International Piloting Workshop and the Final International Conference of the AMIF project DREAMM. During two intense workshop days the project partners together with guests discussed the final outcome of the project, the three Toolkits, that sum up the DREAMM approach and various tools developed and used during the project lifetime.

On Saturday, the 29th April, the Final Conference took place in the Fondazione Sant’ Anna in the old town of Perugia. The project team presented the results of the last two and a half years and guests from all over Europe discussed together with decision makers the future of integration in Europe – to guarantee that the DREAMM goes on, also after the project ends.