1. Department for International Cooperation
Folkuniversitetet, Uppsala
Address: Bergsbrunnagatan 1
75323 Uppsala, Sweden
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PRESS RELEASE
9.05.14
‘LIST’ 2ND TRANSNATIONAL MEETING WAS HELD ON THE 7TH-8TH OF MAY 2014 IN LODZ, POLAND
‘LIST’ 2nd transnational meeting was held on the 7th-8th of May 2014 in Lodz, Poland.
First day was dedicated to reporting progress: all the WP leaders presented current situation with
their work packages. It was followed by sharing experiences in training adult learners in basics of
digital competences and brainstorming session on finalising the training path. The second day
comprised planning, discussion of administrative aspects, and internal evaluation workshop.
“The meeting has been a consequent and productive step of the project. The project goes just as
intended”, - says Yevgeniya Averhed, the deputy director of Department for International
Cooperation of Folkuniversitetet.
Leveraging the Digital & ICT Competences of senior women to extenuate the knowledge divide (LIST)
is a Grundtvig Multilateral Project, launched on the 1st of November 2013. The project is dedicated
to developing curricula to promote integration of women 55+ into labor market. The aims of ‘LIST’
can be expressed in terms of contribution to the policies of a) Sustaining active citizenship by
avoiding the risk of marginalization of groups affected by the knowledge divide in the digital society,
b) improving tools and methods of adults learning, specifically the field of ICT competences and c)
tackling the intergenerational gap between the “digital natives” and citizens less familiar with
technologies.
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Contact: Yevgeniya Averhed
Phone: +46 18 68 00 36, email: yevgeniya.averhed@folkuniversitetet.se
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