csiadm April 20, 2022
Community mentoring approaches offer many benefits to programmes, target audiences, and communities, and empirical evidence has shown that well-designed and well-implemented programmes can be successful in improving individuals’ knowledges, skills, competences and attitudes towards a subject or issue of interest. The Silver Economy is an enabler to deploy age-friendly communities across Europe and the rapid technologic and digital upgraded imposed by the COVID 19 restrictions is creating numerous opportunities in the Silver Economy sectors. Thus, the aim of the LOCAL project is to boost Silver Economy as an opportunity to local communities’ development by using community-based mentoring practices.
- Identify 50+ adults to serve as inspirational role models by their mentoring and entrepreneurship skills
- Develop and test a blended in-service mentoring training programme to empower professionals working in adult education in supporting adults 50+ to develop entrepreneurial skills
- Develop and test a bespoke thematic mentoring cycle addressed at engaging 50+ adults in silver economy topics, digital and entrepreneurship transversal skills.
- Amato Lusitano – Associação de Desenvolvimento (Portugal)
- Mindshift Talent Advisory lda (Portugal)
- INSTITUTO PARA EL FOMENTO DEL DESARROLLO Y LA FORMACION SL (Spain)
- CSI CENTER FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION LTD (Cyprus)
- The Rural Hub CLG (Ireland)
- European Platform for International Cohesion – APS (Italy)
- Agency for economic development Kostinbrod (Bulgaria)
- Asociatia de Dezvoltare Economico Sociala (Romania)
- Inthecity Project Development (Netherlands)
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. [Project number: 2021-1-PT01-KA220-ADU-000033443]
