News and Events
On 18th, 19th and 20th May 2012 in the Conecta Joven Annual Meeting which took place in Valencia. eScouts participated in one of the foreseen Workshops about Intergenerational Solidarity and Active Ageing, in coordination with Balia Foundation (one of the 2 entites which piloted eScouts modules in Spain). eScouts shared project’s results and the possible implementation of it in the Conecta Joven network.
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Healthy Ageing and Technology
Eindhoven – June 26th-29th 2012
The biennial world conference of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG) will take place in 2012 in cooperation with the International Symposium of Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC).The event will take place in the last week of June in Eindhoven under the umbrella of the European Year for Active Aging 2012.
Under the theme “Who is afraid of ageing?”, the conference will analyse all aspects of the ageing society, such as quality of life (including leisure and pleasure), home care, life-long working, retrofitting existing buildings and infrastructures and the associated new technologies, such as ICT, automation and robotics. There will be a special emphasis on the world of the construction industry.
During the three conference days there will be 13 keynotes, 25 symposia, a maximum of both 36 leading-edge technology events and 36 chaired oral sessions. In addition the GeronTechnoPlatform will have continuous video presentations and real-time virtual site visits.
Related activities during the event include:
- IAARC Academy for professionals in automation and robotics in construction
- ISG Master Class for young scientists in gerontechnology
- SuperTuesday: “House of Robots”
City: Eindhoven (Netherlands)
- Address: Eindhoven University of Technology Campus
- Conference website
Generations Ageing Together
Staffordshire – 9th-11th July 2012
The European Mapping of Intergenerational Learning (EMIL) network commits to organising together with the International Consortium for Intergenerational Programmes (ICIP) the conference ’Generations Ageing Together’. The conference will provide an inspiring opportunity to share ideas, knowledge and questions in building a vision of intergenerational work across Europe. On this occasion EMIL and ICIP will launch together the ‘European Intergenerational Network’.
Address: Keele Hall, Keele University, Staffordshire, England
EC’s conference on Adult learning
for Active Ageing
Brussels – November 2012
The purpose of the conference is to take stock of national developments, to review existing reports and analyses and assess the good practice developed by Grundtvig projects, partnerships, networks and mobility and their potential for dissemination and mainstreaming.
The outcomes of the conference will provide a foundation for a first set of policy recommendations and guidelines as the basis for further policy cooperation in the framework of the European Agenda for Adult Learning adopted in November 2011.
In order to address these goals, the event will be based on strong representation from governmental authorities, important stakeholder organisations at national and European level, adult learning associations, and the National Agencies responsible for the Grundtvig programme.
‘Intergénéractions!’ biennial
conference in Marseille
21/11/2012 – 22/11/2012
Marseille – November 21st-22nd 2012
The third intergenerational meeting “Intergénéractions!” will be taking place on the 21st and 22nd November 2012 in Marseille, organised by the RIG-PACA network.
RIG-PACA is born of the partnership between the ACLAP association and the IFAC institute in Provence-Côte d’Azur, and it will be organising the biennial “Intergénéractions!” meeting in 2012 within the context of the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations.
The programme of the 2012′s event includes a conference, workshops about seniority and intergenerational solidarity in Europe, and informative sessions about employment and health.
A plenary debate will analyse al plan to advance policies in order to promote intergenerational actions in France.
- City: Marseille (France)
- Address: Faculte de Medecine
- Conference website
EUCIS-LLL is organising its annual Conference on “Lifelong Learning Contribution for a Better Tomorrow:Social Innovation for Active Inclusion” on 14 May 2012 in Leuven, Belgium. This event will gather actors coming from the various sectors of education and training. It will tackle and propose innovative ways to combat educational disadvantage and fight youth unemployment. The conference will also provide a specific insight on the opportunities of intergenerational learning, in the context of the current European Year 2012 on Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations.
This event will gather actors coming from the various sectors of education and training all around Europe. It will tackle and propose innovative ways to combat educational disadvantage and fight youth unemployment. The conference will also provide a specific insight on the opportunities of intergenerational learning, in the context of the current European Year 2012 on Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations.
Read more:
http://www.eucis-lll.eu/pages/index.php/events/conferences/42-annual-conference-2012
Draft programme
THE EDEN CONFERENCE 2012
Porto – June 6th to 9th, 2012
The European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) will celebrate in 2012 its annual conference in Porto, Portugal, from June 6th to 9th.
The conference will approach the key questions on learning methodologies and technologies, focusing on the “Open learning generations” and two significant target groups: junior and senior e-learners. Participants will explore their learning cultures, technology consumption patterns and discuss new approaches in pedagogy and andragogy.
The changing technology’s dimension (development of networking tools, new platforms and standards and interoperability questions) will also be addressed from the perspective of different groups of users.
Keynote speeches will be delivered, among other reknown authorities and experts, by Nuno Crato, Minister of Education Portugal; David White, Honorary Director General European Commission DG Education and Culture; Bob Fryer MBE, Chair of Board, Campaign for Learning UK, and Francesc Pedro, Chief of Section for Sector Policy Advice and ICT in Education, UNESCO.
Some of the conference topics will be:
- How to use emerging technologies to create new socio-economic value for learning for different generations?
- Reasons and ways of cooperation between generations in e-learning
- Technology skills and competences needed for ICT enhanced learning of older people
- What difficulties do learners, teachers and developers encounter in e-learning across generations and how are they overcome?
The expected attendance of the conference is 450 delegates from Europe and other continents. Besides the high level speakers, there will be 20+ workshops and 100+ double reviewed papers with research achievements will be presented, as well as case studies and projects.
eScouts will present ESCOUTS: INTERGENERATIONAL LEARNING IN BLENDED ENVIRONMENTS AND SPACES (ILBES) FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION
- City: Porto (Portugal)
- Address: Alfagenda Conference Center
- Conference website
Seminar
“Ethics Management: the model of Stewardship” – Friday, March 23rd, 2012
Portafuturo, Rome
h. 9:30 to 14:00
“Management ethics: the model of stewardship” is a seminar on stewardship practices and strategies, as a new model of ethical management of resources. The meeting, sponsored by the Department of Social Sciences of the University of Rome, La Sapienza, in collaboration with the Association Reflective Learning Italy (RL-IT) (http://reflectivelearning.it/), will be held on March 23rd 2012 at PortaFuturo (http://www.portafuturo.it/),Rome. Building on the methods and reflective learning culture and the development of participatory models of action, oriented to the enhancement of individual resources, professional and organizational RL-IT combines the model of the leader as steward proposed by Peter Senge, with the methodology PAAR (Participation, Action, Appreciativeness, Reflexivity) developed by Tony Ghaye, making the transition from the concept of “stewardship as a process”, the concept of “stewardship as a capability.”
First Dissemination Event in Paris -
21/22 March 2012—Paris:
will be hosted in Paris a SOLIDAR meeting network mem-bers. eScouts Dissemination team will take part to this meeting to present the project. Arci team, in collaboration with Solidar team, will organize a workshop focused on pre-senting the project aims and the expected achievements, results and impact. During the workshop will be presented the eScouts promotional video; This video was built thanks to the Facilitators interviews done during the Sofia Extra Training. The workshop results will be present though Solidar channels and members. eScouts logo will be in-cluded in the SOLIDAR network. This means greater visibility throughout Europe.
Read more: www.solidar.org
Call for Papers
Submission Deadline Approaching
10 February 2012
The EDEN Annual Conference will approach the key questions of learning methodology and technology focusing on the ‘Open learning generations’, the contexts of socially significant target groups: junior and senior e-learners. We will explore their learning cultures, technology use patterns and discuss new approaches in the schools, universities, lifelong – informal – adult learning settings that respond to them.
The 2012 European Year of Active Ageing and the Solidarity Between Generations serves as framework for raising awareness, generating innovative approaches and disseminating good practice.
The European Year and movements for Active Ageing
The population in Europe is getting older. The EU Commission stressed in the Europe 2020 strategy the importance of healthy and active ageing. Values represented by mature citizens are becoming increasingly important in contemporary European societies. The year 2012 will be “The European Year of Active Ageing and the Solidarity Between Generations”.
The European Year serves as framework for raising awareness, generating innovative approaches, disseminating good practice and encouraging stakeholders to participate. In a time of great challenges for Europe, all generations are called to act together and also to learn, to produce, share and preserve knowledge. In the digital knowledge society, technology and social media should not divide, rather they should foster cohesion amongst generations.
To learn more about the scope of the event and consult the themes, please visit the respective conference pages.
For details visit the Conference web-site and the Call for Contributions links.
European year for active ageing and solidarity between generations
14.Feb.2012 - Committee of the Regions, Brussels
Population ageing presents a number of challenges for our society. This is why the European Union designated 2012 as the “European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations”. Active ageing is about creating a wide range of opportunities for older people to stay in control of their own lives. In the beginning of the European Year the Committee of the Regions will invite local and regional stakeholders to discuss the theme.
International Symposium “The right to age”
This international multidisciplinary symposium aims to combine a sociology of ageing frame of reference with perspectives from other social sciences to shed relevant light on the subjects to be covered during the conference.
Organized by REIACTIS, the Réseau d’Étude International sur l’Age, la Citoyenneté et l’Intégration Socio-économique (International Network on Age, Citizenship and Socioeconomic Inclusion) and by the PGI, Pôle de Gérontologie Interrégional Bourgogne Franche Comté (Bourgogne / Franche-Comté Inter-regional Gerontology Centre), this symposium follows up on the conferences held by REIACTIS at the Sorbonne University in Paris in 2007, the UMR CNRS IDEE in Rouen in 2008, and with the Government and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 2010. The Chile conference was highly successful from both an academic and media viewpoint, with 80 papers presented by representatives from 17 countries and over 300 people attending the trilingual sessions (French, English and Spanish).
After Latin America, the symposium is returning to France with Dijon as the venue on occasion. Over 90 papers from researchers in 25 countries have been received for the conference, which will be attended by representatives from the United Nations, the World Health Organization and the French-speaking world.
Read more: http://www.ledroitdevieillir.org/uk/
3rd Coordination meeting – to be placed in UK : 16/17th January (Worcester)
Telecentre Europe Summit 2011
The Telecentre-Europe Summit 2011 will take place in Brussels, Belgium during 27-28 October 2011, and will gather an invited audience of about 100 telecentre network leaders and guests from all over Europe
Read more: http://telecentreeurope.ning.com/events/telecentre-europe-summit-2011
Facilitators Training BCN Agenda
Learning later in life – uncovering the potential of investing in an ageing workforce – FEEDBACK and REPORTS:
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IT/What-IF conference: the role of ICT in building an intergenerational fair society
On October 13th 2011, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, together with What-IF, is organizing a joint conference on the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in fostering a better dialogue and partnership between existing and coming generations. This conference is part of a series of events organized by What-IF throughout Europe.
Learning later in life – uncovering the potential of investing in an ageing workforce
Cedefop and the European Commission are jointly organising a two-day international seminar on learning later in life and the impact of investing in an ageing workforce. The event will take place on 21-22 September 2011 (9.30am-5.30pm and 9.00am-12.30pm) inBrussels.
The aim of the workshop is to bring together an international forum of researchers, policy-makers and practitioners in order to gather the latest insights on learning later in life and on the impact of investing in an ageing workforce. Active ageing policies are emerging in many EU Member States. The workshop aims to stimulate dialogue between research, practice and policy to support evidence-based policies for active ageing. The theme is highly relevant academically and politically. It will contribute to the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012 by providing a solid basis for further work.
Registration for the seminar is free of charge and now open. Please note that places are limited. For more information and the registration form, please visit: http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/events/18530.aspx
Dortmund, July 14-15, 2011
eScouts – Intergenerational Learning Circle for Community Service – project’s partners are going to meet on next 14&15th July for the second coordination meeting!
This time the meeting will be hosted in Dortmund, Germany by the Technische Universität Dortmund (TU-DO).
The priority will be discuss about two challenges that have been identified:
1. The complexity of the project and of team building
2. The implementation of the blended learning in six European different localities represents the main threat identified by the large majority of the consortium members
