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CARE Project Welcomes You
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About The Project
Social death is defined as the "stage when people no longer have any hope of engaging in social roles and are considered dead while biologically alive; people with a lost sense of belonging to a group, culture, or place under the pressure of circumstances." Indeed, the experience of social death has a profound impact not only on individuals (e.g., isolation, depression) but also on societal levels (e.g., lower levels of productivity, an ineffective workforce).
Despite its importance, the social death phenomenon has been overlooked both in adult education and in the workforce. This gap has to be filled given that education ensures progress in society, and the workforce (i.e., especially small and medium-sized enterprises) is the field that carries the potential to either promote or prevent incidents of social death. The CARE project aims to fulfill this gap related to the social death phenomenon by raising awareness about its existence and supporting the inclusion of socially dead individuals, particularly through the integration of the social death concept within the adult education curricula and the inclusive operation of SMEs.
Thus, the CARE project mainly targets adult educators and SME representations, as well as adult learners indirectly. To fulfill the aforementioned goals, the CARE project has the following objectives (through our Meetings):
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To educate and raise awareness of adult educators and SME representatives on Social Death phenomena at the local/regional/national/European level by strengthening their capacity through empathy level upskilling.
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To provide adult educators and SME representatives with guidance, resources and foundations for an advanced understanding of complex needs and gaps towards Social Death prevention as part of their social and active citizenship ability development in a sustainable manner.
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To define common grounds of shared values, interests and needs influenced within different roles in education and employment relations to contribute constructively towards the growth of a tolerant society.
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To impend adult learners' expected productive careers and well-being while protecting potential victims against social deprivation pathway development.
Erasmus +
Erasmus+ is the EU's programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. It has an estimated budget of €26.2 billion. This is nearly double the funding compared to its predecessor programme (2014-2020). The 2021-2027 programme places a strong focus on social inclusion, the green and digital transitions, and promoting young people’s participation in democratic life. It supports priorities and activities set out in the European Education Area, Digital Education Action Plan and the European Skills Agenda. The programme also: - supports the European Pillar of Social Rights, - implements the EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027, - develops the European dimension in sport. Erasmus+ offers mobility and cooperation opportunities in: higher education, vocational education and training, school, education (including early childhood education and care), adult education, youth and sport.
PARTNERS
Latvian Association of Labor Protection Specialists (LDASA) was registered in the Register of Associations and Foundations on June 10, 2005. The aim of LDASA is to unite labor protection specialists – natural and legal persons, whose activities are aimed at creating and ensuring a safe and healthy working environment, observing the requirements of the Republic of Latvia laws and regulations. LDASA as adult educators provides training for labor protection specialists working as educators in the universities, VET, CVET, ADU and school sector as well as specialists working in manufacturing sector.
Omnia (est.2022) partners globally to build a sustainable present and future. From its Cyprus offices, Omnia's team develops sustainable solutions through consulting, research, and development. Omnia offers specialized services to public and private sectors in fields like Sustainable Innovations, ESG, Circular Economy, Smart Cities, Sustainable Mobility, Environmental Engineering, and more. They transform innovative ideas into quality projects for programs such as Horizon Europe, Interreg, ESA and Erasmus+. The team has over 55 years of combined project management experience.
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Association DISORA, a non-profit NGO from Maribor, Slovenia, aims to promote positive and sustainable development in education, culture, and social development. Our main activities include cultural and social integration, basic skills education, and active citizenship. We develop and implement international projects, curriculums, and learning materials, and exchange and test innovative practices. With a network of professionals and contacts with institutions and stakeholders locally and abroad, our partner network includes about 50 organizations.
Activities
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Learning Lab
It is a one-day-long activity that aims to raise awareness and enhance knowledge about the social death phenomenon among partners, adult educators, psychologists, and SME representatives. During this activity, partners are expected to provide insights about the social death phenomenon from diverse perspectives, including: 1. The social death phenomenon from the occupational safety perspective 2. The social death phenomenon from the adult teaching perspective 3. Influence of social death on the workforce During this activity, partners also collect information on the experiences and challenges of target groups, thus better equipping them to have a full picture of the social death phenomenon from the perspective of target groups.
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Baseline Mapping Report of Social Death Awareness
The baseline mapping report is the result of a survey that includes items developed based on the perspectives, challenges, needs, and definitions that emerged during Activity 1 (i.e., the learning lab). The survey (developed as a part of this activity) aims to reach at least 96 target groups (e.g., adult educators, SME representatives, and adult learners). The baseline report bases its origins on the results of this survey and provides a comprehensive baseline situation analysis for the social death phenomenon among the aforementioned target groups.
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Digital Guide "Social Isolation Schema: pattern explication
The digital guide forms include topics that are derived based on the needs and challenges highlighted in the baseline mapping report. The interactive content targets both adult educators, SMEs, and individuals who experience social death. From the perspective of adult educators and SMEs, the digital guide can be utilized to understand the social deprivation pathway and scheme development as a means to understand the development phase of the social death phenomenon, enhancing recognition, empathy, and interventions for socially dead individuals. From the perspective of socially dead individuals (or those who have potential risks of experiencing social death), the digital guide serves the purpose of raising awareness regarding the existence of the social death phenomenon, providing advice on reducing the risk of developing a social isolation scheme, and allowing them to experience decision-making scenarios by representing the potential consequences of their choices.
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Social Death Awareness Campaign and Follow-up
The social death awareness campaign aims to maximize the reach of a wider audience for the project-related materials. The campaign plan aimed to be established to ensure maximum reach for the target groups (e.g., adult educators, SME representatives, adult learners, etc.). The campaigns are planned to be designed as kick-off events and one main event per country. During the event, the target groups are presented with the materials (e.g., a digital guide) and expected to increase their knowledge and skills about the social death phenomenon. Following the events that have taken place in each country, a follow-up survey is conducted and a follow-up report is developed to engage in comparison with the baseline report, with the goal of measuring advancement in the knowledge of social death among target groups.