INFO DAY REPORT

EMPOWER ACTIVE AGEING – EMPACT 2015-1-BG01-KA204-014316

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Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 2

Agenda and logistics ..................................................................................................................................... 3

Profile of participants & structure of event .................................................................................................. 4

Promotion of the event................................................................................................................................. 4

Feedback on the event.................................................................................................................................. 4

Annex Ι: Photographs .................................................................................................................................. 12

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Introduction The project Empower Active Ageing (EmpAct) aims to establish an EU-level network of

European stakeholders committing themselves in an ongoing cooperation and development of

new concerted activities to raise awareness of the importance of the active ageing, in order to

increase competencies of national and regional organizations in addressing the issue. More

specific, the “Empower Active Ageing’’ aims:

• To improve low-skilled adults through formal and informal learning

• To validate skills and competencies

• To reduce the number of low-skilled adults (50+)

• To create active citizenship

• To provide new work skills in order to increase competitiveness and employability

• To educate, train and support adults (50+) to help support their experience and good ideas

for personal development and fulfillment

• To promote social cohesion

• To promote (social) entrepreneurship

The project promotes the participation of older people from any background, including those in

disadvantaged rural areas. EmpAct will actively encourage participation of people from

different socioeconomic backgrounds, including immigrant groups.

To achieve the above aims the project will implement the following objectives:

• To develop an on-line portal where the beneficiaries can explore their occupational interests

in relation to other candidates and promote on line one stop shop website for the extraction of

information on formal and non-formal training courses, group workshops and mentoring.

• Develop and implement an adults’ (50+) training program, which enables them to

understand, support and increase their skills in order to be competitive and productive.

Through innovative activities, adults will be encouraged to remain active and learn to develop

new forms of activity in an interactive atmosphere.

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Agenda and logistics The Info Day entitled took place on 26 October 2017. It was organized by the Enoros Consulting

ltd and the European Office of Cyprus in the SEMELI Hotel Nicosia. The following table outlines

the invitation and the agenda of the event.

ΠΡΟΣΚΛΗΣΗ

Σας προσκαλούμε στην Ημερίδα Ενημέρωσης (Info Day) στα πλαίσια

υλοποίησης του έργου « EmpAct - Empower Active Ageing»

Info Day

26 Οκτωβρίου 2017, Λευκωσία

SEMELI Hotel Nicosia

Πρόγραμμα

O9:00 –09:30 Προσέλευση και Εγγραφή συμμετεχόντων

(Welcome coffee)

09:30 – 09:45 Γενική παρουσίαση έργου EmpAct

09:45- 11:00 Παρουσίαση One Stop Shop Portal

(Εγγραφή, Καταχώρηση στοιχείων, Δημιουργία Προφίλ, χρήση

εκπαιδευτικού υλικού)

11:00 – 11:30 Networking

Παρακαλούμε όπως συμπληρώσετε το Έντυπο Αξιολόγησης στο ακόλουθο link

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kUhHc8e8DAKwK3_elE3aOswCWFzXGULrUE3maCkrnAM/edit.

Σας ευχαριστούμε!

EmpAct team project!

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Profile of participants & structure of event The event was addressed to any person, age 50+, willing to improve its skills. The info day will

actively encourage participation of people from different socioeconomic backgrounds, including

immigrant groups, irrespective of racial, ethnic, religious, sexual orientation. Promoting

equality between men and women will be particularly addressed, since EU research reveals

weak representation of women in entrepreneurship - self employment. The overall aim is to

foster communication between the two sides and the uptake of the use of the One Shop Portal.

It was attended by 51 participants: from different background and sectors. Some of them are

unemployed, civil servants, employers in the private sector, retired people who desire to upskill

themselves and to be more active in the society.

In view of engaging participants and making the most of their presence, EmpAct’s held an event

of 2,5 hours, including an interactive part, ie. presenting EmpAct’s new innovative “One Shop

Portal’’ tool.

In particular, following a warm welcome by the facilitator Mrs Irene Smeraidou, focused mainly

in One Stop Shop Portal, while questions by the participants were addressed.

The networking session after the completion of the Info Day, presented another opportunity for

further discussion on the One Stop Shop Portal and its impact.

Promotion of the event Dissemination was mainly undertaken online. A special invitation (see section Agenda and

Logistics) was drafted by Enoros Consulting and EOC and communicated, via social media, and

via personalized e-mails to more than 50 specifically individuals and members of organisations.

Feedback on the event Feedback by all participants, with no exception, was enthusiastic and useful for the project and

its further steps.

The EmpAct project team created an online Questionnaire to be filled by the Participants. The

facilitator asked kindly to all participants to fill the questionnaire at the end of the info day.

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Sample of the Questionnaire

Evaluation Form (Info Day) Info day

26th October 2017, Nicosia

Please help us make the future events organized in the project better next time by filling out

this short questionnaire. You may turn in your questionnaire at the registration desk when you

leave, or fill it in the following link

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kUhHc8e8DAKwK3_elE3aOswCWFzXGULrUE3maCkrnAM/e

dit

Thank you for attending our event

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Overall results of the surveys were very positive by all participants. According to the

participants the overall satisfaction with the event was very satisfied (45,1%). The following

photos present the overall assessment of the info day.

Over 47,1% of the participants stated, that they were ‘very satisfied’ or ‘completely satisfied (25,5%)

with the communication process with the event organizers.

Worth mentioning is that the participants enjoyed the format of the event with 45,15% of participants

saying that they were completely satisfied and 29,4% saying that they were very satisfied.

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All the answers connected to the trainers’ work (training) were very satisfied (49%).

The participants have also been asked in the online questionnaire if they feel satisfied with the usage of

and the importance of the One Stop Shop Portal, 49% of the them agreed.

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The vast majority of 92,2% also stated, that the One Stop Shop Portal is user friendly and easy to

navigate on it and 98% stated that the One Stop Shop Portal includes very useful educational material

for the target group.

In addition, especially the overall satisfaction with the discusses topics and themes as well as the

organization, the location of the event and the logistics have been rated very high with all of them

expressed their completely satisfaction (47,1 % and 62% respectively).

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Most of the participants would recommend the subject of the event to others (45,15%)

Within the online questionnaire the participants had the chance to add any comments about the event.

Many people expressed their thanks to the organization of this very educational and innovative event

with horizon widening information and congratulated the team on a successful project. Some people

commented that they would have liked to be added in the One Stop Shop Portal more modules. Other

statements concerned the usefulness of the One Stop Shop portal approach and methods for all people

over 50.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication (communication) reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained there

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication (communication) reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained there

Annex Ι: Photographs

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication (communication) reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained there

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication (communication) reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained there