ICT 4 the Elderly
Belgium
The ICT 4 the Elderly project aims to facilitate a pathway for up-skilling the digital competences of individuals between the …
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60+ Virtual Culture
Poland · Wroclaw · Transnational · See the Poland profile
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 97% 32/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice
60+ Virtual Culture was an ERASMUS+ project that provided tailor-made elearning programmes for seniors' to develop their IT competences and skills, and guidelines for trainers. The focus of the program was providing access to virtual culture using digital skills. They wanted to
Details
- Maturity
- Discontinued
- Promoter
- Stowarzyszenie Żółty Parasol — website
- Type
- Service
- Status
- Ended
- Target groups
- Elderly people
- Period
- 2016-09-30 – 2018-02-27
- Region (NUTS)
PL51- Keywords
- digital competences, e-learning, seniors, culture
Context
As ICT tools, digital devices and VR equipment increasingly mediate access to cultural and public services, older adults risk exclusion from free digital-culture opportunities such as audiobooks and virtual museum/gallery visits.
Objectives
Develop seniors' (60+) IT competences and skills to give them access to virtual culture, and produce guidelines for trainers running such programmes.
Activities
A four-country Erasmus+ strategic partnership (Glafka s.r.o./Czech Republic, E-seniors/France, Associazione Innovamentis/Italy, Stowarzyszenie Żółty Parasol/Poland) created open, accessible elearning courses for seniors and trainers, with partner staff exchanging experience through joint staff trainings to produce practical recommendations for initiating elder digital-learning programmes.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Low (< €50k)
- Time to results
- Medium (1–3 years)
- Staffing & skills
- Four-partner Erasmus+ consortium: Glafka s.r.o. (Czech Republic), E-seniors (France), Associazione Innovamentis (Italy), Stowarzyszenie Żółty Parasol (Poland, lead)
Conditions for success
- Joint staff trainings across partner countries to pool trainer experience
- Open, freely accessible elearning course design aimed at both seniors and trainers
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- MEDICI / Digital Inclusion Atlas — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
- Information source — accessed 2026-06-14
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