GECKO - Generate and Empower Community to develop digital Key competences of Older people
▶Summary
The project has the specific objective of developing a model of community intervention aimed at promoting the inclusion of the elderly through the activation of participatory figures and tools aim...
▶Objectives
The project has the specific objective of developing a model of community intervention aimed at promoting the inclusion of the elderly through the activation of participatory figures and tools aimed at reducing the digital divide. The project aims to identify digital facilitators (GECKOS) who will be trained on digital and participatory components, and equipped with the necessary tools to effectively promote digital literacy and social relationality of elderly people in conditions of isolation
▶Activities
Collection of good practices on the involvement of seniors on digital training Guidelines on Key figures and Mapping Places to Engage seniors GECKO job description, training needs and definition of selection criteria and the open badge Define GECKO toolkit Collecting open source materials TRAINING to share best practices - preparation Mapping of the territory to identify key figures and places frequented by the elderly Building the social crew Testing training workshops
▶Impact
GECKO aims to address the digital divide of the elderly through the application of a model of community intervention that sees the digital facilitator as its key figure: develop operational tools of the GECKO model; trained 72 persons interested in playing the role of GECKOs, both professional (12) and volunteer (60) 120 seniors at risk of isolation trained