<< Objectives >>Nature is widely recognised as vital to older people’s wellbeing and health. However, frail older people spend little time outdoors due to different barriers, such as reduced mobility.FLOWER enhances green skills of frail older people and their informal caregivers to connect with nature in a meaningful way. This will support their social inclusion, wellbeing, and health, while raising awareness on the importance of nature conservation and sustainability<< Implementation >>FLOWER will use existing research and best practices to develop a set of blended learning resources. We involve over 300 frail older people and informal caregivers through methods of co-design, ensuring the results are in line with their wishes. We will bring the learning resources into practice by organizing nature workshops for frail older people in 4 countries. Based on these nature workshops we will develop guidelines to support replicability by care and senior organisations across the EU.<< Results >>The result will be an online toolkit with video and audio, and downloadable offline materials for frail older people and their caregivers. This will enhance nature-related competences of frail older people and their informal carers. This promotes their social inclusion and well-being as well as an increased awareness on sustainability. Our promotion activities support the replicability of the results across Europe. In the future, this will lead to happier and healthier older people in the EU.

"<< Objectives >>Longevity is one of the most important drivers of economic change and social welfare in the European countries, therefore stakeholders agree on the need for the definition of new VET profiles and competencies to cope with demographic change. With this in mind, the aims of the project are to propose a training curriculum of the ""professional of reference for inclusive age-friendly cities"" and to develop an educational toolkit to be implemented in VET programs in EU countries.<< Implementation >>WP2. PROPOSAL OF A TRAINING CURRICULUM FOR INCLUSIVE AGEING1.1.Key competencies on cross-cutting issues for age-friendly cities.1.2.Learning outcomes of a new professional figure in AFC.1.3.Proposal of a training curriculum. 1.4.Validation and dissemination of the results. WP3. TOOLKIT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES2.1.Development of learning content.2.2.Creation of a set of training materials: app/course2.3.Testing the toolkit with target groups.2.4.Dissemination<< Results >>* A map of competencies, a set of learning outcomes for the profile of ""professional of reference in inclusive age-friendly cities"".* A training curriculum to be implemented in VET programs in participant countries. * A set of open educational resources (educational app and e-learning course) free available on the internet, for the development of age-friendly cities.* Piloting experiences to test results with the target groups.* A multilingual website, newsletter, booklets with the results."

The different approaches on which previous experiences in Dual Training are based have made it advisable to define a framework in which training and work relevant to the market were adequately targeted. The danger of dispersion of the experiences of the regions and States with jurisdiction in this area justified the need for business organizations to provide the means to ensure the unity of the training market and, consequently, the labor market. The key points of the project were aimed at ensuring that the skills acquired by a student after a training process agreed with those defined in the official curriculum. That is, they were adequate to pass to the European Supplements so that employers could recognize them easily and without the need to adopt new certifications.During the design of this project, partners noted that there was a large difference between the unemployment rate of young people in Germany (7.8% in December 2013) and young people in Spain (54.2%), Romania (41.7 per cent) and Italy (46.7 per cent) and they knew experiences in which the use of dual vocational training greatly facilitated the transition to employment, contributing to the reduction of unemployment, especially among young people. as in the case of Germany. The German Dual System is characterized by the fact that companies are the main responsible for vocational training; emphasizes the training in companies and the familiarization of the apprentice with working life at an early stage.The project has been designed with the objective of investigating and transfer the good practices developed in dual vocational training in countries that have already implemented it and to investigate and define the key issues associated with the training through a dual system: the selection of participating companies, the characteristics and role of tutors, the way in which training is related to enterprises and the results of training in terms of skills. The project focused on the Construction, Metal and Food sectors.The consortium has been formed by 6 partners, of different nature: 1 National business organization, 1 business organization of social economy , 3 SMEs related to training and 1 non-profit training center: - Spain: Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (Coordinator) and Liber Formation Center, S.L- Italy: CE.SV.I - Center for innovation and innovation of the cooperative society and Consorzio IES Inclusione Europa Sviluppo- Romania: SC Ru Europe RUL- Germany: Handwerkskammer PotsdamThe activities of the project, beyond those of management, evaluation and dissemination, have been:-Design and analysis of European Good Practices: Analysis of good practices at European level in the field of Dual training, as well as in the participating countries.-Development of methodologies for tutors in companies: Role of the tutor, skills, knowledge, profile of tutor, training, evaluation procedure, etc.-Development of learning methodologies. Design of methodologies for the training of apprentices to be carried out in companies: information on opportunities and advantages for students, forms of access, selection, process, profile.-Project Pilot with companies to test the materials elaborated and Guide for the Implementation of the Dual Training in the companies. A pilot experiment was carried out for the application of the methodology designed for apprentices and tutors in Spain (3 metal, construction and agri-food sectors), Italy (1 sector) and Romania (2 sectors). The Guide includes methodology for the selection and training of tutors and the implementation of training programs in companies for students.-Europass Apprentice Acreditation and EQF . The learning outcomes of the pilot project have been defined in agreement with Europass. A guide has been developed which provides general information on the National Qualifications Framework, together with a detailed description of the certificate supplement. A description of the structure of the Supplement of the specific certificate of each course of the pilot project has been made.The target groups, are Dual Professional Training students, companies, tutors, sectoral and territorial business organizations, training centers, local decision-makers and educational authorities.As a result of the activities carried out, the following materials have been published in 5 languages, and transferred to different territorial areas:-Analyses and design of European good practices- Educational material for tutors - Methodological design of apprenticeship training in the business - Guide for the implementation of the dual training in business- Validation Europass Apprentice

Stemming from the results of three EU-funded projects, DIABFRAIL-LATAM intends to make a scaling up of a multimodal intervention in older people with diabetes very vulnerable because of their frailty status. The scaling up will take place in 5 Latin-American countries (1 HIC and 4 LMICs), in different settings of care. The project embraces three main parts: 1) a validation study (an open Randomized Clinical Trial) that mimics the intervention to be transferred and that was shown to be effective and with a good cost-effective relationship; 2) a feasibility study that will include an economic analysis, adherence assessment and an analysis of the barriers and key factor of success; and 3) a proper scaling up process using a methodology based on the recommendations of the WHO (“WHO ExpandNet model”) and the European Union (“Maturity Model” and “11 success factors” suggested by the Expert Group on Health Systems Performance Assessment) that will take place not only in the five countries participating in the validation of the intervention, but also in other four countries, under the auspices of the Pan-American Health Organization and the cooperation of the local governments. The consortium of the project is composed by a multidisciplinary team of partners involving academic partners, research partners, clinical partners, public health partners and citizen organizations. In addition, several local, national and international stakeholders, including governmental organizations and NGOs will also provide support in the several settings of care. The project is clearly aligned with the programs of many of the institutions constituting the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD), including the Research&Innovation DG of the European Commission, with projects supported by GACD, with several actions of the EIP-AHA initiative and with strategies on non-communicable chronic conditions in the EU, in several countries of the Latin-American and Caribbean Region, PAHO and WHO.