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Populations
in Europe are in a state of change due
to longer life expectancy, falling
birth-rate and migrating populations. As
arts and culture are particularly
appealing in later life more learning
projects are using these activities to
integrate seniors into community life.
This is beneficial not only for the
older people themselves but also for the
wellbeing of society.
InCreaSe is a travelling training
academy for cultural learning and
participation of older people in Europe.
During the two-year partnership the
expert partners are meeting in each
others’ countries to exchange models of
good practice in different specialisms.
These involve different ethnic groups
and generations, ‘keywork’ approach,
volunteering for culture, theatre and
media work.
Firstly, the partnership explore the
best methods of reaching seniors to
increase their cultural participation -
as audiences, producers, ambassadors and
volunteer organisers of cultural events.
Secondly, the partners will reflect and
evaluate the experiences of the
workshops and jointly develop a
methodology for professional training
for working with seniors.
The over-all aim is to develop training
modules for implementation at a yearly
“European Summer School” from on 2011.
The partnership is a result of the
co-operation within the European Network
for Ageing and Culture "age-culture.net".
The project is co-ordinated by the
European Centre for Arts Education and
Culture in Later Life (Kubia) in
Remscheid. Partners are KulturKontakt
Austria (Vienna, Austria), Entr’ages
asbl (Brussels, Belgium), Bundesakademie
für kulturelle Bildung Wolfenbüttel,
BAGSO and JFC Medienzentrum Köln (all
Germany), E-Quality Foundation
(Budapest, Hungary), Stichting
Euro+Songfestival (Amsterdam, The
Netherlands), Associação VIDA -
Valorização Intergeracional e
Desenvolvimento Activo (Porto,
Portugal), Fundecyt - Fundación para el
Desarrollo de la Ciencia y Tecnología en
Extremadura (Badajoz) and Fundación
Academia Europea de Yuste (both Spain),
Seniors Studies Institute of the
Strathclyde University (Glasgow, UK).
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