Bratislava - 02/10/2014 - Romain FERRETTI Overview of the VISAL
project
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WHAT o European project aiming at increasing the active
involvement of elderly VI persons in society o 2 year- project
(Nov. 2012 Oct. 2014) o Funded by the EU Lifelong Learning
Programme o Initiated by the EBU Elderly Network o Designed and
coordinated by the EBU office
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o To provide VI seniors with adapted learning contents o To
improve elderly VI persons social skills o To increase VI seniors
self-esteem and motivation to learn further o To promote elderly VI
persons active involvement in society WHAT FOR
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WHO FOR o VI senior citizens in Europe, whose proportion in the
population is increasing o VI organisations by providing them an
adapted learning opportunity for their elderly members o Elderly
organisations, retirement homes
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o EBU, the European Blind Union o Age UK, UK's largest elderly
organisation o BSV, the Austrian Federation of the Blind and
Partially Sighted o UNSS, the Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted
Union o HSS, the Croatian Association of the Blind o RNIB, the
Royal National Institute of Blind people (UK) o Royal Dutch Visio a
service provider specialised in visual impairment (Netherlands) BY
WHO
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o By training VISAL facilitators o By creating a tailor-made
training manual o By holding pilot VISAL courses (1 course = 7
sessions) o By exploiting participants new skills during the
project o By making it available for free to VI organisations,
elderly organisations, retirement homes, etc. HOW
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126 sessions held over 2 years through 2 rounds: o Croatia and
Slovakia: 4 courses of 7 separate sessions o 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 o UK:
5 courses of 7 separate sessions SESSIONS
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Session in Austria
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Session in Croatia
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Session in Slovakia
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Session in the UK Sponsored by
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o 4 events from June to September 2014 o Organised by former
VISAL participants and non-VI elderly persons o Free to organise
their event on VI, lifelong learning, ageing, engagement, etc. o 40
participants on average: elderly VI persons, elderly organisations,
delegates from retirement homes, policy makers NATIONAL
CONFERENCES
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Conference in Austria
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Conference in Croatia
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RESULTS o 1 toolkit in 5 languages o 126 sessions held o 4
national conferences o 1 resource website o 1 training manual o 169
elderly VI participants o 2 videos (English & German) o 1
national award (Austria)
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o Resources Toolkit (EN, DE, DU, HR and SK) Additional
exercises Additional evaluation resources (impact) o Media Photos
Videos Testimonials & stories WEBSITE www.visal-project.eu
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o Toolkit: Translation in French, Spanish and Italian (EBU) o
Courses should continue in Austria, Croatia, Slovakia & the UK
o New course: in the Netherlands in your country? o Facilitator
trainings in your country? THE FUTURE You are the future of
VISAL