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Bratislava - 02/10/2014 - Romain FERRETTI

Overview of the VISAL project. Bratislava - 02/10/2014 - Romain FERRETTI. WHAT. European project aiming at increasing the active involvement of elderly VI persons in society 2 year- project (Nov. 2012 – Oct. 2014) Funded by the EU Lifelong Learning Programme

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Bratislava - 02/10/2014 - Romain FERRETTI

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  1. Overview of the VISAL project Bratislava - 02/10/2014 - Romain FERRETTI

  2. WHAT • European project aiming at increasing the active involvement of elderly VI persons in society • 2 year- project (Nov. 2012 – Oct. 2014) • Funded by the EU Lifelong Learning Programme • Initiated by the EBU Elderly Network • Designed and coordinated by the EBU office

  3. WHAT FOR • To provide VI seniors with adapted learning contents • To improve elderly VI persons’ social skills • To increase VI seniors’ self-esteem and motivation to learn further • To promote elderly VI persons’ active involvement in society

  4. WHO FOR • VI senior citizens in Europe, whose proportion in the population is increasing • VI organisationsby providing them an adapted learning opportunity for their elderly members • Elderly organisations, retirement homes

  5. BY WHO • EBU, the European Blind Union • Age UK, UK's largest elderly organisation • BSVÖ, the Austrian Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted • UNSS, the Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union • HSS, the Croatian Association of the Blind • RNIB, the Royal National Institute of Blind people (UK) • Royal Dutch Visio a service provider specialised in visual impairment (Netherlands)

  6. HOW • By training VISAL facilitators • By creating a tailor-made training manual • By holding pilot VISAL courses • (1 course = 7 sessions) • By exploiting participants’ new skills during the project • By making it available for free to VI organisations, elderly organisations, retirement homes, etc.

  7. SESSIONS • 126 sessions held over 2 years through 2 rounds: • Croatia and Slovakia: 4 courses of 7 separate sessions • Austria: • R1 - 2 courses of 7 separate sessions • R2 - 2 courses of joint sessions (3-2-2 and 2-3-3) • Additional: 1 course of 7 separate sessions • UK: 5 courses of 7 separate sessions

  8. Session in Austria

  9. Session in Croatia

  10. Session in Slovakia

  11. Session in the UK Sponsored by

  12. NATIONAL CONFERENCES • 4 events from June to September 2014 • Organised by former VISAL participants and non-VI elderly persons • Free to organise their event on VI, lifelong learning, ageing, engagement, etc. • 40 participants on average: elderly VI persons, elderly organisations, delegates from retirement homes, policy makers

  13. Conference in Austria

  14. Conference in Croatia

  15. Conference in Croatia

  16. RESULTS • 1 toolkit in 5 languages • 126 sessions held • 4 national conferences • 1 resource website • 1 training manual • 169 elderly VI participants • 2 videos (English & German) • 1 national award (Austria)

  17. WEBSITE • Resources • Toolkit (EN, DE, DU, HR and SK) • Additional exercises • Additional evaluation resources (impact) • Media • Photos • Videos • Testimonials & stories www.visal-project.eu

  18. THE FUTURE • Toolkit: Translation in French, Spanish and Italian (EBU) • Courses should continue in Austria, Croatia, Slovakia & the UK • New course: • in the Netherlands • in your country? • Facilitator trainings in your country? You are the future of VISAL

  19. CONTACT www.visal-project.eu Romain FERRETTI EBU Project Officer +33 1 71 93 55 31 ebuprojects@euroblind.org

  20. THANK YOU

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