The COVID-19 epidemics have among all other sectors impacted also the cultural and educational sector and opened new questions and challenges in the development of knowledge sharing and access. Specifically, the need for educational organizations to switch (or balance) from traditional to e-learning and to incorporate creative tools to stimulate and empower participants for new knowledge and new skill learning in a digital environment. The need for creative solutions goes both ways. Creative tools as well as solutions are necessary inside organizations in order to strengthen the creative competencies of staff. To be more concrete, by combining creative methods like storytelling and creative writing with language learning, we are hoping to achieve better quality in online education and open dialog between teachers, learners, and non-teaching staff. Furthermore, with this approach toward learners, we want to stimulate their motivation to be successful creative persons in their local environment who will be able to resolve challenges in their local communities. The main objective of this project is to implement creative and innovative methods in the work of the organizations involved. To do so, we will organize 3 workshops where we will share best practices on subjects of storytelling, creative writing, and the conversational Callan English learning method that will help organizations in these challenging times to come up with creative solutions for their students. People involved in this project are part of the teaching and non-teaching staff of tree organizations involved: Initiative - Centar for education, Storytelling Centre Netherlands, and EUROPASS SRL: The applicant organization of the project is Initiative - Centre for education. The project will include 9 people altogether who will learn new creative methods of teaching, that will benefit adult learners. Activities in the project are short term joint staff activities: 1. WORKSHOP: Callan method of teaching - Inicijativa for education (CRO), 2. WORKSHOP - Creative writing for better self-expressionEUROPASS SRL (IT), 3. WORKSHOP: Storytelling for creative adult learning. Aside from short term joint staff meetings, there will be two transnational meetings, one in Croatia at the beginning of the project, and others in the Netherlands at the end of the project. Because of the COVID -19 situation, in the project process, we will hold 3 additional partner meetings that will take place online, as a part of blended learning, where we will talk about project objectives, results, and workshops in particular.The expected results of this project are implementing new creative methods in the work of organizations involved, broaden the professional network, enforcing the intercultural dialogue thus creating a space for developing new projects together with these organizations in the future.

<< Objectives >>With a free digital learning platform, we are aiming to provide integrational courses for Roma people and migrants. The platform will offer courses in identified areas by the consortium and will be translated into Romani, Arabic, and Farsi. The platform will be disseminated to organisations working in inclusion and integration of the target group and will be provided with a good-practice handbook and research in adult education for relevant stakeholders.<< Implementation >>Educational materials will be developed and integrated into the e-learning platform. Research will be conducted on the barriers and needs of the target group in the field of adult education. The results of the research will be part of a handbook for professionals working with Roma and migrants. For the purpose of implementing the activities, three LTTs will be organized, and for the purpose of disseminating project results, a multiplier event.<< Results >>We expect that about 500 users, members of the target group will be motivated to use the platform and attend courses. We also expect wide dissemination of the platform and handbook. In this sense, the platform and the handbook will be presented to relevant stakeholders who will be encouraged to use it as an additional integration tool. We expect that organisations and other bodies dealing with the integration of these target groups will use the platform in their work

With the Erasmus + KA2 project “European Senior Exchange”, the five partners of this project want to give an answer on the call from the European Commission to the new priority: offering activities of education and exchanges of experiences to seniors with a view of building and adding solidity to the European identity. This new priority is designed to encourage applicants to propose activities that can benefit senior adult learners. Communication is in a lot of projects the weakest point. With this partnership, we want to improve the knowledge of the common language, English in this case, so our senior adult learners can go abroad an exchange their ideas with each other. To reach this goal, we will use the Callan Method and the electronic learning environment of our Croatian partner. From the second transnational meeting on, there will be two parts of the meeting. One part is specific for the staff and one part for the senior adult learners. By bringing them together on common teaching, learning and training activity, we want to encourage the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and vision.By offering an intergenerational learning environment for the senior adult learners, each transnational meeting will be an opportunity for the seniors of the different European partners to talk with each other in a common language and to build a solid European identity. We believe that only by the exchange of senior adult learners, the networks between them and their countries will become stronger.Because we live in a digital era, a good knowledge of ICT and the right information is essential. For the staff, all the persons who work with senior adult learners, this project wants to improve the knowledge of the staff on the ICT level. This will be done by exchanging tips, ideas, best practices, workshops, the digital learning environment, leaflets with pedagogical methods and so on. The exchange of innovative ICT tools will be done during the transnational project meetings. With stronger teachers, accompanying persons and volunteers, the senior adult learners will benefit the most. Because they will have the possibility to be helped in the most suitable way and a strong link to our digital society.The best way to promote Erasmus + among European citizens is by mobilities between the different countries. This project will focus on the mobility of staff and senior adult learners through Europe in this digital era. With the right plan, digital tools and pedagogical methods to explain them to all the participants.Fighting e-illiteracy starts with the improvement of their own knowledge of ICT. The exchange of good (ICT)practices, innovative ICT tools and the use of them in daily life will encourage senior adults to use them and to pass this knowledge.Our website with tutorials, digitals leaflets about pedagogy and example of good practices is available for everybody and free of charge.This project can only succeed with the help of many volunteers. By recruiting, training, activating and motivating those volunteers, the project will live on after the official project end. Only in this structured way of supporting the transnational meetings and exchange of senior adult learners, we can be sure of the sustainability of the project.The participants of the transnational meetings and the learning, teaching, and training activities, will be the best ambassadors for Erasmus +. Presentations given by the participants of all the organizations will be done if asked by the national agency because nothing is as inspiring as a volunteer that gives a presentation of Erasmus + with a smile on his face and the willingness to go on with Erasmus +.