Author: Redakcja

The fourth transnational meeting of Digi Adults was successfully completed at Cornella d Lobregat (Barcelona, Spain) on the 13th and 14th of September 2021, with all partners attending, from 5 European partner countries – Poland, Austria, Czech Republic, Latvia and Spain (the hosting country).

In the morning, after welcoming and presentation of the meeting agenda by M&M Profuture Traning, S.L., the progress of the project was presented and then discussed by all partners. Very important point of the Agenda was also the issue “how partners will use the project results and how the project has influenced digital education in their organizations”. The E-Brochure (“Digital Inclusion of Adults – Collection of good Practices) was presented by the VAEV (Austria) team and discussed with regards to content, format and specifications. The project’s implementation and results were evaluated, and future steps were planned and decided. After knowing the partners’ opinions and future plans, Vladimir Papousek from (Právě teď! o.p.s.) made presentation about the Digital inclusion of senior citizens – from the teacher’s perspective. Finally, Project management issues were presented by Polish coordinator.

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Then, after having a lunch together an educational visit connected with digital focused education: Torrebarrina (https://torrebarrina.l-h.cat/) was done. Torre Barrina, is a municipal center for multimedia creation and digital training of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat. The first day of the meeting ended at the 18.30.

On the second day, in the morning, a cultural programme/guided visit of Barcelona old town was organized by M&M Profuture Training, S.L.The second day of the meeting ended sharing a table for analyzing the project and the visit.

Meeting Agenda

The 3 rd. Transnational meeting w as successfully completed in Riga, Latvia. The meeting w as attended by representatives from all partners from 5 European countries – Poland, Austria, Spain, Czech Republic, and Latvia. During the meeting, the progress of the project was discussed, including the issues of: • Digital education in partner institutions • Educational events at local level (w orkshops, course, seminar) for adult learners w ith the result of grow ing their digital skills (presentation by all partners) In addition, all partners presented the promotion of the project in local community, including target groups identified in each partner institution as w ell as dissemination activities undertaken in each partner country.

As a part of the meeting, Digi Adults case study w as organized – Linda Kluša from NGO Education Development Centre (Latvia) spoke about teaching Latvian language to foreigners using digital tools and ICT, discussing struggles and benefits of distance learning. NGO Education Development Centre has been offering Latvian language lessons to foreigners, w ho are looking for a job in Latvia, for more than 10 years and, until the pandemic, only offered in-person classes. Linda’s organisation adapted to the situation, creating new methodology to teach via online platforms and successfully continue their w ork. Organisation faced new difficulties regarding technology available to them and their teachers, but solved many issues by hiring technical support staff. NGO Education Development Centre will continue offering both online and in-person classes to their students in future, as w ell as use new digital materials, such as video or audio, in their in-person lessons.

On the second day, the partners visited Riga’s main historical centre. During the sightseeing, partners made the general overview of the meeting and discussed about the upcoming tasks that need to be accomplished before the final TPM.

Meeting Agenda

Meeting ID: 860 4782 5339

Time: 10 AM (CET)

Present :           Poland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Austria, Spain

Participants:

Grażyna Król, Hana Čepová, Anete Ziepniece, Magdalena Miladinovic, Monica Moreno

Videoconference schedule

1	Welcome. Start of the meeting.
2	Brief information from each partner country about COVID-19 situation and about chances of vaccination of project participants including following issues: (- chances for organizing remaining TPMs in the year 2021; – how you see your participation in TPMs (in person), would you consider traveling?)
3	Extension of the project implementation period
4	Identification of tasks not yet implemented in the project – what is the situation as for: A4 – Local training for adults in each country – i.e.: organizing at least two educational events (workshops, course, seminar) for adult learners with the result of growing their digital skills (brief info from all partners).
5	E-brochure „Digital inclusion of adults – collection of good practices”
6	The matter of translating the brochure – discussion
7	Project dissemination
8	Online Resource Center
9	Financial issues
10	Questions and requests

Meeting ID: 843 3970 9016

Time: 10 AM

Present :           Poland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Austria, Spain

Participants:

Grażyna Król, Hana Čepová, Anete Ziepniece, Iveta Ziepniece, Magdalena Miladinovic, Monica Moreno

Meeting Notes – ZOOM 04-12-2020

Meeting ID: 848 2087 7850

Time: 10 AM

Present :           Poland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Austria, Spain

Participants:

Grażyna Król, Hana Čepová, Anete Ziepniece, Magdalena Miladinovic, Monica Moreno

Videoconference schedule

1	Welcome. Start of the meeting.
2	Brief summary about the implementation of the project in each partner country during COVID-19 pandemia time (how we try to adjust the implementation of our local activities and overcome obstacles)
3	Announcements, tips and remarks from NA that can be helpful
4	Reminder: comments of experts who assessed DigiAdults project application
5	Reminder: GHANT_Plan
6	A4 – Local training for adults in each country – i.e.: organizing at least two educational events (workshops, course, seminar) for adult learners with the result of growing their digital skills. (summary)
7	Summary of Exchange of good practice data collection (each partner shared good practices example in relation to digital inclusion in adult education context).
8	3rd project meeting (planned for July 2020), Riga, Latvia – this TPM will be postponed
9	Reporting . The issue of interim report. Tasks and deadlines.
10	Setting the date of the next videoconference.
11	Questions, remarks, suggestions..

After welcoming and presenting (sharing) of the meeting agenda, participants started with brief summary about implementation of the project in each partner country during COVID-19 pandemic time (including the issue how we try to adjust the implementation of our local activities and overcome obstacles). Generally speaking, all partners are moving towards supporting adult education courses with online tools and methods. Some made some attempts using video conferencing as a tool.

Then, Polish coordinator presented some announcements, tips and remarks from National Agency which may be helpful for project implementation and reporting.
Afterwards, the attention of the participants was directed to two points from Ghant_Plan:

• A4 – Local training for adults in each country – i.e.: organizing at least two educational events (workshops, course, seminar) for adult learners with the result of growing their digital skills.
• A5 – Exchange of good practice data collection (each partner shared good practices example in relation to digital inclusion in adult education context).

Regarding point A5 – three partners (PL, CZ, LV) implemented so far one educational event (workshops, course, seminar) for adult learners, two partners (ES, AT) had to postpone a little bit this local event due to pandemic time, however it will be implemented as soon as it is formally possible.

As regards point „A6 – Exchange of good practice”, so far, each partner shared at least one good practices example in relation to digital inclusion in adult education context:

Nextly, partners agreed that 3rd project meeting (planned for July 2020), Riga, Latvia – will be postponed due to Covid-19 pandemia. As regards TPM in Barcelona (planned for November 2020) the decision will be taken later depending on the epidemic situation.

Finally, the partners discussed the issue of Interim Report.

The second meeting of DigiAdults Erasmus+ Project took place in Prague, on March 2020. The meeting was influenced by the absence of Spanish colleagues who did not attend the meeting due to concerns about the infection of the corona virus. The meeting was attended by representatives of Poland, Czech Republic, Austria and Latvia.

The meeting took place in the premises of the DiaVize Clinic, which is a long-term partner of the host organization Právě teď! o.p.s.

Day 2 Meeting, Friday, March 6, 2020

The second day of the meeting began with feedback and a summary of the topics from the previous day. This was followed by the presentation of the Austrian partner VAEV to the upcoming E-book “Digital inclusion of adults – collection of good practices” with guidelines for teachers and adult educators. The topics of the book and the processing were then discussed between all partners.

After the break, Reporting topics were discussed. The issue of Interim report and Main decisions and schedule was discussed then and Tasks that should be done before the next meeting (recapitulation and deadlines). This ended the morning block and the participants then attended a joint lunch.

After lunch, all the important information and deadlines were discussed repeated again. Participants would be reminded of the date of the future 3rd project meeting – July 2020, Riga, Latvia, which will be provided by Latvian partner Biedrība “” KāpNes “” and a preliminary date for Zoom meeting scheduled for May 2020.

At the end of the meeting, the participants were given certificates and the meeting was terminated as planned.

Meeting Agenda

The hosting partner of this project meeting was the Fundacja Edukacja i Media. Meeting took place in Krakow.

All project partners were present. This meeting was the first gathering of partners involved after the oficial start of the project. The aim of this meeting was to discuss the project ideas and implementation plan.

Some culture activities (sightseeing Krakow with professional guide) and the opportunity for partners to exchange and develop cultural understanding was organized for participants during project meeting.

Meeting Agenda