LOCAL
Boosting Silver Economy through local community mentoring
About
In the European Union, the employment rate for older workers is below average. After the age of 50, there is a higher chance of long-term unemployment, and many older employees have trouble in pursuing their career and find a job age appropriate. Senior entrepreneurship and the Silver Economy are considered as key opportunities to increase older people’s social inclusion, minimise old-age unemployment, and extend their working lives.
LOCAL: Boosting the Silver Economy through Local Community Mentoring is a project that creates a programme in the fields of the Silver Economy and Community Mentoring that seeks to enhance the competences of adult education staff in assisting 50+ adults to discover the potential of the Silver Economy as a drive for their future.
Target Audience
- Adults 50+
- Senior mentors
- Senior entrepreneurs
Activities
- Creation of a digital hub for community mentoring with 50+ adults to serve as inspirational role models by their mentoring and entrepreneurship skills.
- Development of a blended in-service mentoring training programme to empower professionals working in adult education in supporting adults 50+ to develop entrepreneurial skills.
- Promotion of bespoke thematic mentoring cycles addressed at engaging 50+ adults about silver economy, digital and entrepreneurship topics.
PArtnership
- Mindshift Talent Advisory – Portugal
- Amato Lusitano – Associação de Desenvolvimento – Portugal (coordinator)
- Centre for Social Innovation – Cyprus
- The Rural Hub – Ireland
- Instituto para el Fomento del Desarrollo y la Formación – Spain
- European Platform for International Cohesion – Italy
- Agency for Economic Development Kostinbrod – Bulgaria
- Asociatia de Dezvoltare Economico-Sociala – Romania
- Intercity Project Development – Netherlands
Start-finish
01.01.2022 – 31.12.2023
Media
Programme
ERASMUS+, Strategic partnership for development of innovation
2021-1-PT01-KA220-ADU-000033443