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TACTICS - Lifelong Games 518201-LLP-1-2011-1-AT-GRUNDTVIG-GMP
Lifelong Learning Programme Grundtvig Multirateral Project
In October, 2011 SIH started implementation of the international project „TACTICS – Lifelong Games“ together with partner-organisations from Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Turkey. The project is coordinated by VEREIN MULTIKULTURELL, Austria. It generally deals with games for elderly people. Especially migrants and members of ethnic minorities will remember games from their childhood. They will provide their knowledge for the collection of a game box for seniors. After a necessary adaptation, the games will be tested in all partner countries – with the help of the target group. Due to the demographic change today 40 percent of all European citizens are 55 years of age and older. In 2020, about 60 percent of all citizens will be 55 years and older. Thanks to medical progress, most seniors enjoy a longer, healthy and active life. But a considerable share of this age group is faced with handicaps. Most of them are cared for at home – looked after by family members, volunteers, and caregivers who themselves are 50 years and older. Especially in the case of decreasing mental abilities, these family members looking after their weak relatives, need support to handle the daily challenges (space for their own recreation, free time to manage necessary duties). Games support the intergenerational learning (especially in the family circle), and make visits from friends and volunteers much more enjoyable and offer by this means the necessary space for the caretakers – TACTICS offers enjoyable solutions for the care of the elderly in Europe. In addition, by offering games with low language requirements, TACTICS helps elder people to establish new contacts. For the family this means an additional stimulus for intergenerational communication. In care facilities the communication between the different cultures, the residents and the visiting volunteers is facilitated and the danger of social isolation is reduced. The European playing culture functions as low-threshold access to Life-Long-Learning. Existing skills – also those acquired informally – are further developed by playing. By collecting still known games (memories of childhood) within various cultures, together with their cultural background, TACTICS contributes to the preservation and development of an historic treasure from different parts of Europe. The training of the lay-caretakers (family members, volunteers) within the frame of TACTICS empowers them to take care about the elderly for a longer period of time by reducing the risk of burnout.
TACTICS 2nd partners meeting, 1-4 April 2012, Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain) The second project partners meeting took place in Bilbao (Basque country, Spain) on 1-4 April 2012. The partners from Lithuania, Italy, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Ireland and Austria attended the meeting. During the meeting the partnership assessed the project progress, discussed the dissemination plan. The Needs Analysis and State of the Art Reports of each partner country and the summary on the results were presented and discussed. Then the partners worked on the list of the suggested games, discussed the adaptation ideas. The outline of the training course for informal carers was presented. Director Daiva Malinauskiene and project coordinator Gileta Kieriene represented SIH at the meeting. The 3rd project meeting will take place in Vilnius on 30 September-2 October 2012.
TACTICS Kick off meeting, 23-26 October 2011, Stuttgart, Germany
The project kick-off meeting took place in Stuttgart, Germany on 23-26 October 2011. The partners from Lithuania (SIH), Austria (Verein Multikulturell), Germany (IEIE), Ireland (Exchange House), Italy (ASEV), Turkey (Mozaik) and Spain (Goitziri) attended the meeting. The director Daiva Malinauskiene and project coordinator Gileta Kieriene represented Soros International House. During the meeting the partners discussed the idea of the project, the aim and objectives, workpackages and planned results, partners divided roles and responsibilities among themselves, discussed activities for the first year of the project implementation. SIH will take the responsibility for evaluation of the training course and piloting, exploitation of the developed products Next partners meeting will be hosted in Spain in April 2012.
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