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Alpha-to-Omega - New pathways towards volunteering and life long learning for senior European citizens

Alpha-to-Omega offers products for senior citizens in Europe to introduce them to forms of life long learning through methods of social participation, volunteer services and inter-generational dialogue. "Alpha-to-Omega" aims to increase the acquisition of knowledge, proficiencies and competence in later periods of life of adults.

The then Alpha-to-Omega module make use of passive talents and proficiencies based on non-formally or in-formally acquired competences during the way of life of senior citizens. The target group especially are senior migrants, elderly belonging to social and ethnic minorities as well as senior citizens with a low level of official education. The methods embraces inter-generational task-based learning where members of the young generation and senior citizens have to work with social challenges they both have in common. 

Modules concentrate on themes such as volunteering, mentoring, living history and coaching. The modules will be transferable into the different EU systems of adult education and will allow to fully include the significantly growing number of the ?plus-60-generation? with the Europe?s adult education and life long learning provision.