WISE projectWhat is it about?
Older people - especially after retirement - are at risk of feeling redundant and useless, that could lead to the deterioration of their physical, psychological and mental health. We are looking for practices that help prevent this process by enabling seniors to play an active part in their community. The project blog can be found here: http://wiseproject.weebly.com/ This project has been funded with the support of the Grundtvig Program of the European Union. 
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN PRACTICE
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Grundtvig in-service training course in Rome
Within the framework of the Grundtvig in-service training course programme, we will take part in a 5 day course titled “Autobiographical Methodologies in Adult Education”, organised by CIAPE (Rome, Italy).
CIAPE is a non profit organisation pioneering learning strategies for individuals and organizations.We will take part in this course to find out if we can use autobiographical methodologies for self-care or adult education purposes in our work with different groups in Hungary. You will find the brochure of the course by clicking here:
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Grundtvig Visits & Exchanges in Barcelona
Within the framework of the Grundtvig Visits & Exchanges programme, we will underatake a 3 week visit at DEMÀ (DEPARTAMENT D’ESTUDIS DELS MEDIS ACTUALS), a non-profit Association in Barcelona, Spain. DEMÀ works in several areas of adult education, particularly in the field of labour and social integration, training for trainers and methodological research.
The purpose of the visit is to identify effective practices which could be adapted to a Hungarian context. The visit will take place in the Spring of 2012. Website of DEMÀ can be found here: http://www.dema.cat/index.html | ||
Research Seminar in College for Advanced Studies in Social Theory
We launch our research seminar titled "Equal opportunities", starting from the beginning of February, 2012, at the College for Advanced Studies in Social Theory.
College for Advanced Studies in Social Theory is one of the oldest colleges at Corvinus University of Budapest. A short description of the college can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_for_Advanced_Studies_in_Social_Theory Attached you will find thy syllabus and bibliography of the course (in Hungarian):
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Writing equal opportunity and anti segregation action plans
After giving a thourough analysis of the socio-demographic characteristics of a given community (with special emphasis on the situation of women, old and young people, roma people and people with disabilities), we develop an action plan to promote equal oppurtunities and tackle discrimination on the local level.
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