Cross-national Meeting

Short Description

The Cross-national Meetings (Theoretical-practical conference) are an important final organizational form in adult learning. They are of great importance for activating learners, generalizing and systematizing the mastered knowledge, skills and habits. It provides a public view of the learning outcomes. A Cross-national Meeting was used to promote European values, tolerance towards other cultures, and diversity, as well as the unity of Europe and the Danube Region during the DANET project.

Main goal:

To promote European values, tolerance towards other cultures, and diversity, as well as the unity of Europe and the Danube region.

The subject areas:

Active ageing in Europe / Solidarity between the generations.
Migration as a challenge / Minorities as a chance.
Sustainability of cultural heritage / National and European Identity.
Ecology / Environment.

Stages:

Stage/Step 1: Organizing the event

Stage/Step 2: Conducting the conference

Stage/Step 3: Delivering conference results in the form of key statements.

Stage/Step 4:Publishing the key statements on the project website

Stage/Step 5:Presenting the key project statements to the representatives of the EC

Outputs:

Publishing:

2 books (in English and in Bulgarian languages) with the project’s results, developed by the project researcher;
1 scientific paper, developed by the project researcher.

Results:

Final statements combine efforts to:

socio-economic situation in the Danube Region
education and research;
identity and cultural heritage;
migration;
environment and sustainable development.

Target group: older citizens, multiplicators

Age group: 55+

Gender: mixed

Pedagogical Information

The Cross-national Meetings are an important final organizational form in adult learning. It is of great importance for activating learners, generalizing and systematizing the mastered knowledge, skills and habits. It provides a public view of the learning outcomes.

European Dimension

The method promoted European awareness and tolerance to other cultures and diversity in Europe and in the Danube region. Final statements concerning the role and function of Lifelong learning in active ageing and older people’s social participation aimed to promote European values, tolerance towards other cultures, and diversity as well as the unity of Europe and the Danube region. The European topics included in the method are: Diversity, Freedom, Solidarity, Heritage, Human rights, Democracy (political participation), Social inclusion.

Applied in projects

Danube-Networkers - Neighbours at work

Older adults (55+) are an active age group with various life styles and social milieus. They differ considerably between and within countries – just like any other part of the population. The project focuses on providing experiences and improving competences necessary for the integration of third-age citizens into the workforce.