bratislava - 02/10/2014 - romain ferretti
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Overview of the VISAL project. Bratislava - 02/10/2014 - Romain FERRETTI. WHAT. European project aiming at increasing the active involvement of elderly VI persons in society 2 year- project (Nov. 2012 – Oct. 2014) Funded by the EU Lifelong Learning Programme - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Bratislava - 02/10/2014 - Romain FERRETTI
Overview of the VISAL project
WHAT
o European project aiming at increasing the active involvement of elderly VI persons in society
o 2 year- project (Nov. 2012 – Oct. 2014)
o Funded by the EU Lifelong Learning Programme
o Initiated by the EBU Elderly Network
o Designed and coordinated by the EBU office
o To provide VI seniors with adapted learning contents
o To improve elderly VI persons’ social skills
o To increase VI seniors’ self-esteem and motivation to learn further
o To promote elderly VI persons’ active involvement in society
WHAT FOR
WHO FOR
o VI senior citizens in Europe, whose proportion in the population is increasing
o VI organisations by providing them an adapted learning opportunity for their elderly members
o Elderly organisations, retirement homes
o EBU, the European Blind Union
o Age UK, UK's largest elderly organisation
o BSVÖ, the Austrian Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted
o UNSS, the Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union
o HSS, the Croatian Association of the Blind
o RNIB, the Royal National Institute of Blind people (UK)
o Royal Dutch Visio a service provider specialised in visual impairment (Netherlands)
BY WHO
o By training VISAL facilitators
o By creating a tailor-made training manual
o By holding pilot VISAL courses (1 course = 7 sessions)
o By exploiting participants’ new skills during the project
o By making it available for free to VI organisations, elderly organisations, retirement homes, etc.
HOW
126 sessions held over 2 years through 2 rounds:
o Croatia and Slovakia: 4 courses of 7 separate sessions
o Austria:• R1 - 2 courses of 7 separate sessions • R2 - 2 courses of joint sessions (3-2-2 and 2-3-3)• Additional: 1 course of 7 separate sessions
o UK: 5 courses of 7 separate sessions
SESSIONS
Session in Austria
Session in Croatia
Session in Slovakia
Session in the UK
Sponsored by
o 4 events from June to September 2014
o Organised by former VISAL participants and non-VI elderly persons
o Free to organise their event on VI, lifelong learning, ageing, engagement, etc.
o 40 participants on average: elderly VI persons, elderly organisations, delegates from retirement homes, policy makers
NATIONAL CONFERENCES
Conference in Austria
Conference in Croatia
Conference in Croatia
RESULTS
o 1 toolkit in 5 languages
o 126 sessions held
o 4 national conferences
o 1 resource website
o 1 training manual
o 169 elderly VI participants
o 2 videos (English & German)
o 1 national award (Austria)
o Resources• Toolkit (EN, DE, DU, HR and SK)• Additional exercises• Additional evaluation resources (impact)
o Media• Photos• Videos• Testimonials & stories
WEBSITE
www.visal-project.eu
o Toolkit: Translation in French, Spanish and Italian (EBU)
o Courses should continue in Austria, Croatia, Slovakia & the UK
o New course:• in the Netherlands• in your country?
o Facilitator trainings in your country?
THE FUTURE
You are the future of VISAL
THANK YOU