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Universities of the Third Age in Europe – Best Practice Universities of the Third Age in Europe – best practice Erik Selecky UNIVERSITIES OF THE THIRD AGE IN EUROPE – BEST PRACTICE 2017 1 Universities of the Third Age in Europe – best practice This book has been printed with financing of Tempus project „Centre for the Third Age Education“, CTAE, 544517-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-IT-TEMPUS-JPHES, 2013-4597/01/01 „The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.“ UNIVERSITIES OF THE THIRD AGE IN EUROPE – BEST PRACTICE Reviewers: Martin Javor Center of Competencies and Lifelong Learning University of Presov Slovakia Diana Spulber Department of Education University of Genoa Italy Author: Erik Selecky Special thanks for documets and photos: Sayavush Gasimov, Alishir Ahmadov – AZ Petr Adamec – CZ Nicoletta Piccardo – IT Jonas Valskys – LT Marvin Formosa – MT Anna Hekkert – PL Mariana Mareco – PT Yuri Chepurko, Irina Kuznetcova, Tatiana Tereshkina, Elena Kuznetcova – RU Alina Khaletskaya, Andriy Stoyka, Artur Horbovyy – UA Rob Mark – UK Published by: Technical University in Zvolen Published in: 2017 Graphic design and printed: In The Publishing Institution of the Technical University in Zvolen, www.tuzvo.sk Language correction and translation: Simona Sevcikova - chapter (1) Zaneta Balazova - chapter (2) Cover photo: Grundtvig project - „My passion, happiness - add to favorites“ (source: UTA Zvolen) © Technical University in Zvolen © Erik Selecky ISBN 978-80-228-2960-1 This technical publication is printed on 100% certified paper. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced for any further publishing in any form without the prior permission of the copyright owner. 2 Universities of the Third Age in Europe – best practice INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................... 5 1. STASTICAL FIGURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITIES OF THE THIRD AGE – BEST PRACTICE .............................................. 6 1.1 TEMPLATE .............................................................................................. 6 1.1.1 Creating a Template ......................................................................... 6 1.1.2 Sending the Template ........................................................................ 8 1.1.3 Assessment Analysis of Basic Information ....................................... 8 1.1.4 Assessment Analysis of the Questionnaire ....................................... 8 1.1.5 Assessment Analysis of Additional Information ............................... 9 1.2 STATISTICAL FIGURE ASSESSMENT ................................................ 9 2. UNIVERSITIES OF THE THIRD AGE IN EUROPE – BEST PRACTICE ..............................................................17 2.1 AZERBAIJAN .........................................................................................17 2.1.1 Baku ................................................................................................17 2.1.2 Baku – Absheron .............................................................................20 2.2 CZECH REPUBLIC - BRNo ....................................................................23 2.3 ITALY – GENoA ........................................................................................28 2.4 LITHUANIA – DruskININkAI ...................................................................31 2.5 MALTA – Malta .....................................................................................33 2.6 PoLAND – Lubsko .................................................................................37 2.7 PoRTUGAL – SEIxAL ..............................................................................41 2.8 RUSSIA ....................................................................................................45 2.8.1 Krasnodar ........................................................................................45 2.8.2 Samara .............................................................................................48 2.8.3 Saint Petersburg ..............................................................................52 2.8.4 Togliatti ...........................................................................................56 2.9 SLoVAkIA – ZVoLEN ..............................................................................61 2.10 UkRAINE .............................................................................................65 2.10.1 Kyiv ...............................................................................................65 2.10.2 Mariupol ........................................................................................69 2.10.3 Lutsk ..............................................................................................73 2.11 UNITED kINGDoM – Glasgow .........................................................76 3. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION .................................................79 3.1 ToP EDUCATIoNAL, CULTURAL ACIVITIES FoR SENIoRS ........79 3.2 ToP NATIoNAL oR INTERNATIoNAL PRoJECTS ..........................80 3.3 ToP PARTNERS .....................................................................................81 3.4 MoST FREQUENTLY USED wEBSITES .............................................83 3.5 RECoMMENDED LITERATURE oN THE EDUCATIoN OF SENIoRS ..........................................................................................85 3 Universities of the Third Age in Europe – best practice CONCLUSION .................................................................................................86 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ...............................................................87 LIST OF ACRONYMS ....................................................................................89 4 Universities of the Third Age in Europe – best practice INTRODUCTION The publication is dedicated to sharing the best experiences of project TEMPUS partners, as well as other U3A, which still are or were involved in program Grundtvig or Erasmus plus. We believe that we put together an interesting publication that may serve as motivation for existing starting U3A but also for universities and spare-time associations which are interested in creating U3A in their environment. U3A should be seen as a comprehensive educational and counselling system for the older citizens mostly in their retirement age. Demands on the organization and the educational process are different than the education of children, youth or adults. The education of seniors has its own specifics which should be respected. In the first part of the monograph, we focused on the process by which we put together a template for individual U3A and we focused on how we evaluated it. The second part is focused on creating clear simple charts and graphs, in order to show the trends and development of U3A in Europe. The third part is the most comprehensive as we looked at individual U3A in terms of their history, the present times and future. We did not forget the contacts or alternatively, social networks (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter). We enriched this information with photos which show a more realistic picture of the activities offered. In the last section, we described other important information learned from a questionnaire and described it clearly. This final information can aid greatly to the development of senior education, not only to the organization itself, but also to the methodical development. We believe this publication is going to urge the progress of senior education in Europe and it is going to aid in drawing attention to the words – University of the third age. Dr. Erik Selecky – president of Slovak Academic Association for Lifelong Learning Head of Center for Continuing Education at the Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia 5 Universities of the Third Age in Europe – best practice 1. STASTICAL FIGURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITIES OF THE THIRD AGE – BEST PRACTICE To find information how U3As in Europe is managed is difficult. We tried to prepare a publication in which we gave space to all U3A within project TEMPUS and we complemented them by adding U3A with the best experiences and practices, which we know from international projects in Europe. We did not choose to address unknown partners but we addressed organization and people who already worked with us and we can rely on their cooperation. 1.1 Template Forasmuch as we cooperate with many UTAs in Slovakia and also abroad, we decided to create a template and send it to individual U3As. We wanted to obtain the largest representation of countries in Europe for the monograph, but on the other hand, we only addressed partners with whom we have a well-established international cooperation and we know they work with senior students beyond what is standard and they have a lot to offer to other U3A in Europe. 1.1.1 Creating a Template Despite mentioned risks we created following template: 1) Contact Name and surname of statutory representative, phone number, mobile phone number, e-mail, web page with links, English language version, address, other data relating to social networking sites (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Google plus) and logo. 2) History When was the U3A established, by who and whether there were any difficulties in the process of establishment. 3) Present What interesting activities they offer, what national
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