acefir

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?acefir

• Catalan
• association
• for education,
• training
• and research

is an association of social initiative that
brings together a team of professionals from
different fields with the common interest of
working for education, training and research
related to youth, adults and older people.
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ACEFIR is member of the European Association for
the Education of Adults (EAEA). EAEA is an
organisation with more than 90 partners from the
regional national fields of 30 European
countries. Is member of assessment of the UNESCO
and European Commission. It collaborates with
other organisations from the European and
International field as EARLALL and ICAE.
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OUR AIMS
?To develop and launch activities addressed to
youth, adults and older citizens in the fields of
education, training and research.
?To make institutions, media and society in
general more sensitive to the importance of
lifelong learning.
?To promote international cooperation among
different countries and cultures at an
international level.
?To offer support and advice to any other
organizations working in the same field.
?To collaborate with other institutions for the
development of the activities in the
International Years promoted by United Nations
and for the European Years promoted by the
European Commission.
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PLANNING 2005

• Support to the municipalities
• Organization of the Local Plan of Adult
  Education.
• Training for trainers and municipal technicians.
• Advice in the elaboration of projects.
• Learning resources service.
• Projects coordination
• PREPARAT, training courses for municipal
  technicians, managers of formal adult education,
  libraries, museums, civic centers, cultural
  centers, older adults classes and vocational
  centers (from 7 European Countries).
• Participation in the European Network PEFETE,
  coordinated by Odyssee, The Netherlands, with 14
  European Countries.
• Creation of the Catalan Sub network Xarxacat
  about older adults and Education.
• Participation in the NAVIGATOR project, of the
  Socrates National Agencies from 5 European
  Countries.

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PLANNING 2005

• Promotion of the Catalan Language
• Edition and experimentation of the Catalan
  learning method for immigrants, El Nostre Món.
• 3rd book of the method El Nostre Món, with the
  collaboration of Amics de la UNESCO of Girona and
  TACA, artists association of Girona.
• Language courses
• English level I
• English level II
• Arabic level I
• Advice to organizations to elaborate European
  projects
• TACA, Artists association of Girona.
• FAD, Arts and Crafts Association of Catalonia.
• Others
• Collaboration with Amics de la UNESCO of Girona
  European Year of the citizenship through
  Education.
• Diputació de Barcelona Participation to working
  conferences.
• With the support of
• Diputació de Girona
• European Commission
• Generalitat de Catalunya
• Caixa Manresa

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SENIOR CITIZENS ECUACATION IN CATALONIARESULTS

• We have noticed that in a few years we have done
  a very big step, because actually we are in a
  similar level than other countries that have a
  very old democracy.
• The great number of programmes about senior
  citizens developed by organisations as well as
  for the Autonomic and Local Institutions, makes
  us to reaffirm the big effort that our country is
  doing in this field.

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SENIOR CITIZENS ECUACATION IN CATALONIARESULTS

• As an example, in 1995, European Association for
  Education for the Adults (EAEA), edited a video
  with good practices of senior citizens education
  in Europe. In that moment, it wasnt so
  interesting, but now, they are very attractive.
• Some other examples
• The organization AVISMON CATALUNYA does courses
  for old people to learn how to take care of or
  how to help other old people with dependence. We
  discovered this experience in The Netherlands .
• Les dones del 36 (Women from 36), who dedicate to
  give conferences to schools and colleges
  explaining their knowledge gained from experience
  during the Spanish Civil War
• Activities of laughing therapy. We discovered
  this activity in Sarbruquen (Germany).
• Memory Museum, within the Cultural Center of the
  municipality they do Conferences, exhibitions
  carried out by senior citizens
• Tardor magazine, at a regional level, which is
  published by senior citizens. Edited by FATEC
  (Federation of Associations of Third Age of
  Catalonia)
• El Roure magazine, edited by the Third Age
  Municipal Council of Girona

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PARTICIPATION IN PEFETE NETWORKRESULTS

• Thanks to the participation in the PEFETE network
  has been created the Catalan sub-network about
  Senior Citizens and Education, xarxacat- older
  adults and Education composed by
• Faculty of Psychology, Education and Sport
  Science Blanquerna, Universitat Ramon Llull,
  Barcelona.
• Faculty of Psychology from the University of
  Barcelona.
• University of Girona.
• AFOPA Lecture Rooms for Older Adults
• DEMÀ Association, Department of Studys of Current
  Means, Barcelona.
• ACEFIR, Catalan Association for Education,
  Training and Research, Girona.

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PARTICIPATION IN PEFETE NETWORK AIMS OF
XARXACAT OLDER ADULTS AND EDUCATION

• To pick up information about good practices of
  senior citizens education in our country and in
  the rest of Europe.
• 2. To value the participation of the senior
  citizens in learning activities at a formal, non
  formal and informal level.
• 3. To value the participation of the senior
  citizens in learning activities in the rural as
  urban areas.
• 4. To analyze how they are satisfied in their
  involvement in learning activities, and how it
  influence in their quality of life.
• 5. To propose criteria when designing learning
  activities.

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PARTICIPATION IN PEFETE NETWORK ACTIVITIES OF
XARXACAT OLDER ADULTS AND EDUCATION

• Guide of good practices existing in Catalonia and
  Europe, and database about organizations /
  institutions who are working in Senior Citizens
  and Lifelong Learning.
• Participation in ZAIRA project, composed by 5
  organizations from five European countries
  Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Hungary and Spain
  (DEMÀ association).
• We have started contacts with the University of
  Granada. So, North and South of Spain will be
  represented in PEFETE network.

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