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Description
The initiative aims to foster cooperation and knowledge exchange between Letokruh and Prios and similar organisations in Norway and the Czech Republic in the field of senior education, volunteer management and active ageing. The partners plan to organise two study visits - one to Norway and one to the Czech Republic.
Summary of the results
The two mutual visits were carried out in accordance with the schedule. The study stay in Norway took place on in May 2024 and it was attended by 4 Letokruh coordinators who got acquainted with the activities of the Norwegian project partner - Prios, but also with the activities of 3 other organizations that focus on work with the elderly - Noen, Steinkjer Seniorforum, Steinkjer Kommune - Rehabilitering. The meeting was also attended by a Norwegian volunteer who shared his volunteering experience. -- The study stay of the NO partner in the Czech Republic took place in June 2024 and was attended by one representative of Prios (the planned second one could not take place, therefore savings occurred), who was introduced to activities of Letokruh by the coordinators and also by 4 senior volunteers. They visited 2 workplaces of the Institute of Social Services in Prague 4 - a nursing home and a respite center.
Thanks to the bilateral cooperation, the representatives of Letokruh had the opportunity to receive information about the support of seniors in Norway and about the field of volunteering, e.g. that the state in Norway strongly supports preventive programs for seniors, which prevent social isolation and feelings of uselessness, or that volunteering is a natural part of life in Norway and 55.6% of the population is involved in it.
Letokruh plans to use some of the Norwegian approaches and methods in its work with and to transfer the unique KuPA method to the Czech Republic.