Amplifying Europe’s LGBTQ+, Minority, Women and the Unheard Voices. Initiative to protect and promote human rights, freedoms and fundamental European values enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and other key EU treaties. The project fosters international cooperation by raising awareness of Europe’s historical achievements in protecting human rights and linking them to contemporary challenges at the local, regional, national and international levels.
To achieve this goal, the European Diversity Voices partnership will organize seven unique events in seven different countries. Each will highlight Europe’s shared cultural heritage and the importance of human rights and freedoms, while strengthening civic participation and democratic engagement. The events will promote open, just and inclusive societies based on the rule of law.
The project includes a wide range of activities, such as:
– public debates and open discussions,
– outdoor photographic exhibitions,
– conferences, seminars and educational workshops,
– meetings to exchange best practices,
– film screenings combined with interactive discussions,
– art workshops and Oxford-style debates.

The well-being and safety of older people online

SONET is a European project aimed at improving the well-being, safety and digital skills of older people. The project supports older people, carers and educators in developing key skills relating to online safety, media literacy, digital technologies and Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) solutions – technologies that support independent and safe living. This enables older people to lead more independent, active and safe lives in the digital world. We are strengthening older people’s digital skills so that they can function safely, independently and actively, and stay in touch with others in the digital world.

The Parasol Foundation is implementing the project Circles of European Values (Adult Learner and Staff Mobility – Short-term Projects, KA122-ADU), whose aim is to equip senior learners with new knowledge and skills, and to enhance the key competences and abilities of staff in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning, adapting them to the needs of our senior participants.

Those taking part in the project will have the opportunity to participate in workshops dedicated to topics such as culture, European identity, multiculturalism, European integration, diversity, human rights, sustainable development, and democracy.

The mobility participants will be seniors and older learners aged 65–80 who are students of the Parasol Foundation.

The project aims to engage young people in exploring poetry, a literary form that is extremely often ignored, neglected or pigeonholed as too difficult to understand.
The project is divided into five stages:
1. Poetry research – a study conducted in partner countries to assess the knowledge of the younger generation about the rich cultural heritage of their nations and other European countries.
2. Poetry collection – a carefully selected collection of exceptional poems, presenting the work of outstanding poets from five different countries.
3. BEING WITH EUROPEAN POETRY – a two-day event including recitations, readings, workshops, presentations and analysis of poetic works.
4. Local Youth Workshops – specially designed workshops aimed at local youth to deepen their engagement with poetry.
5. Poetry Week – a week full of activities in local spaces, including recitations in public places or in groups of local youth, workshops led by speakers, experts and trainers who will introduce poetry from partner countries.

Developing competencies to promote active aging through a social participation tool.
Project objectives:
– To create an easy-to-use e-tool for seniors so that they know how to be more active and participate in their community through the use of new technologies.

– To support the skills of professionals through a co-created training program and e-tool that can help them promote seniors’ social participation through new technologies.

– To promote active aging, social and civic participation and sustainable development principles among seniors in European societies.

–  To strengthen and improve the use of new technologies by senior citizens.

Please visit our project’s website, where we will post updates on progress on a regular basis.

Creating new meaning in language education for seniors

THE OBJECTIVE of the project was to develop guidelines for English teachers to better meet the educational needs of older students (seniors). In particular, it aims to:
– motivate and activate seniors to learn and participate in lifelong learning.
– To find ways to help senior learners in the learning process to improve their language skills and achieve better English language performance.
To achieve this goal, the project team has developed guidelines/guidelines for teaching and learning the language, as well as the use of learning strategies and techniques, and a charter for teachers.

Please visit our project’s website, where we will post updates on the progress of the project on a regular basis.