SEN@ER newsletter No. 10 published: Updates on SEN@ER partner region projects and proposals

Bonn, 03 March 2009 - The 10th issue of the the newsletter has been published today. It provides the information in html format with links to further information an contacts. Amongst other - the latest version describes results and achievements from SEN@ER projects ad new proposals submitted. As always, the newsletter als refers to relevant events to come and reports about others which took place recently. The newsletter is available for download in the 'newsletter' section.

“Senior Enterprise” proposal submitted to Interreg IV-B NWE by SEN@ER network partners coordinated by the Mid-East Region Ireland

Bonn, 03 Octover 2008

The SEN@ER partner regions have successfully submitted a proposal on "Senior Enterprise" to the recent call for proposals under Interreg IV-B NWE. This proposal was successfully developed under the coordination of the Mid-East region Ireland together with 9 partners from 6 SEN@ER regions in 4 countries. The regions include North Rhine-Westphalia, Yorkshire and Humber, North West Region, North East Region, Gelderland and Lower Saxony.
The project objective is to increase the proportion of older people engaging with enterprise through different means:

• Starting and Partnering
• Acquiring and Investing
• Innovating and Advising

The partners will develop a co-ordinated programme, which engages with a variety of players and stakeholders, will be tailored to specific regional requirements and tested through a variety of means in several regional contexts. The fully tested initiative will be transferable to other regions and ready to attract further funding.
"Senior Enterprise" one of 25 applications submitted to the recent call for proposals which are in total applying for a total of almost EUR 90 million of ERDF funds.

Contact: John Byrne: mera at eircom dot net or sener at empirica dot com

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A new project of the SEN@ER network - “InCreaSe – Intercultural Creativity of Seniors: A Travelling European Academy”

Bonn, 30 September 2008 SEN@ER partner regions and those from the age-culture.net network have been successful with a proposal for a Grundtvig learning partnership under the coordination of the Institut für Bildung und Kultur e.V. from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and involving partners from 8 countries. The project just had its kick-off meeting in Remscheid.
InCreaSe is a travelling training academy for cultural learning and participation of older people in Europe. During the two-year partnership the expert partners will meet in each others’ countries to exchange models of good practice in different specialisms. These involve different ethnic groups and generations, ‘keyworking’, volunteering for culture, theatre and media work. The overall aim is to develop training modules for implementation at a yearly “European Summer School”.

Contact: Almuth Fricke: fricke at ibk-kultur dot de

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See also: InCreaSe project

Start of a SEN@ER Initiative on “Minimum requirements for home-based services for older people”

Bonn, 1 September 2008 The consumer organisation North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) supported by the Ministry for Intergenerational Affairs, Family, Women and Integration of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia has developed quality criteria for home-based services. By way of a checklist an orientation is provided for potential customers as well as for the providers of these services. Service providers adhering to these quality profiles are encouraged and offered the possibility to sign in and through a voluntary self-commitment signal to potential customers that they are offering services of a high quality and standard.
Through this checklist and voluntary self-commitment a contribution to the improvement and provision of high-quality services for older people but also for any other citizen is provided.
At two meetings of the SEN@ER Special Interest Group “Ageing Well” on 19 June 2008 in Arnheim and 2 October 2008 in Bonn several of the SEN@ER member regions have agreed to try and develop and establish the same or a comparable model in their region and to further develop it to a SEN@ER product and service of the Special Interest Group “Ageing Well” and in parallel find ways of making it a truly European product and offer through cooperation with European level consumer associations.

Contact: Sener at empirica dot com

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8th issue of the SEN@ER newsletter published

Bonn, 30 June 2008. The newsletter contains again a lot of interesting information on relevant Silver Economy issues from all over the European Union and its regions. A special focus has been put on reports from the SEN@ER Special Interest Groups (SIGs) "Entrepreneurship 50+ / 60+", "Ageing Well" and "Culture and Ageing" and the project and proposal activities started by these groups. Interesting information on upcoming European funding opportunities and calls for proposals is provided to interested parties. The editorial of this issue was kindly written by John Byrne, Director Mid-East Region (Ireland).
The newsletter is available for download in the news section.

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