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Life with meaning, Fitness at Any Age, Technology for Every Stage
Get Fit, Stay Sharp, Go Digital!
Bringing Tech to Your Fitness Journey!
About IKIGAI 55
IKIGAI55 is an innovative initiative co-funded under the Erasmus+ Sport framework. This project is a groundbreaking initiative inspired by the concept of “ikigai”, a Japanese term that means “life with meaning.” Our project is dedicated to demonstrating that the digital era brings meaningful benefits to the older population, enriching their lives with healthy habits, activity, and joy. In a collaboration that spans across seven partner countries (Greece, Cyprus, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium), IKIGAI55 aims to bridge the digital divide and foster an inclusive environment for our aging societies.
Partners
across the European Union: Greece, Italy, Hungary, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, and Belgium.
University of Thessaly
Coordinator
with 37 Departments, and 8 schools is a University with its own identity and with a prominent position in our national educational system. The main mission of the University of Thessaly is the promotion of scientific knowledge through research and the contribution to the cultural and economic development of the local community and wider society. It is known for its excellent research performance and outstanding scientific achievements, in accordance with international standards.
The experienced team of UTH has participated with great success in a large number of programs related to STEM, inclusion, human rights, NEETS enhancement and support, innovative educational material production training, social inclusion, entrepreneurship, mobility and well-being. Project initiatives are highly supported by University of Thessaly emphasizing and revealing the unique character they provide.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Co-beneficiary
TREBAG
Co-beneficiary
Trebag Intellectual Property and Project management Ltd is a Hungarian private company and a certified Living Lab (Nagykovacsi Innovation Lodge and Wellbeing Living Lab) with a huge network locally and regionally among stakeholders and actors in various sectors. Its main field of activity is R+D+I, and research, and development of training materials, as well as implementation of adult education programmes and promotion of community building and education for the benefit of local and regional communities and disadvantaged groups. Trebag was established in 1988 and has been a registered adult education institution since 2020. Trebag has a significant role in the non-formal educational field with one of the main focuses on wellbeing and fitness for the older adult target group. In 2010 Trebag created the Nagykovácsi Wellbeing Living Lab. As a Member of the European Networks of Living Labs (www.enoll.org), TREBAG introduced the methodology of open innovation in the company and opened up its Wellbeing Living Lab which contributes to supporting and promoting physical, mental and economic wellbeing of citizens.
TREBAG has a great stock of experience, know-how and contacts in the following fields:
- development of vocational training materials and methodologies including e-learning
- carrying out trainings
- implementation of technology transfer and innovation chain management
- management of various R&D projects
- R+D and innovation management consultancy
- quality management consultancy
- dissemination and demonstration activities
- adult education
ESKILARA
Co-beneficiary
Diputación de Zamora
Co-beneficiary
Diputación de Zamora serves, since 1813, is the public authority of the province of Zamora, located in western Spain. Its mandate is to oversee the interests and ensure the comprehensive and adequate provision of competitive public services across the province, which comprises a total of 248 municipalities. The institution adopts a collaborative approach and engages with the community to contribute to Zamora’s development and well-being, striving to foster a more sustainable and prosperous future for the region.
To enhance community well-being, one of the objectives of Diputación de Zamora focuses on integrating advanced technologies and easing accessibility to healthcare and services for the elderly, as well as promoting a healthier and more active lifestyle.
All activities relevant to this project are included in the Silver Economy Strategy approved by Diputación de Zamora in 2020, aiming to transform the province into a model of innovation and adaptability in the health and well-being sector.
UNIVERSITA DELLE LIBERETA
Co-beneficiary
Università delle LiberEtà (ULE) is a Lifelong Learning Centre that deals with adult education and training and organizes almost four hundred courses per year, with more than 100 teachers for about 2000 learners. Since 2000 Università delle LiberEtà began to expand its educational and cultural reality throughout Europe. Although very happy with the results both at local and regional level, it was considered important to take a perspective leap rather than a quality one. A perspective that included a wider European vision. Since 2002 we began to organize events, courses and international exchanges, to manage and take part in various European cooperation projects, and to be an important European and extra-European network which includes more than 60 organizations. The European projects, part of the Grundtvig, LLP, and Erasmus+ programmes, responded to the mission of the Università delle LiberEtà and its scope. ULE can count on 5 full-time paid staff employees.
ULE staff has a great expertise in the field of adult training and education, from both the management, the didactical and the administrative perspective. They also have a good expertise in the management of EU projects, having a 20-year experience in networking and cooperating with European institutions. Furthermore, among the teachers involved in the didactic activities at ULE there are some that are experts in the field of physical and psychological wellbeing, and this is an added value that can be important in terms of teaching and learning needs and experience. In the academic year 2022/2023 ULE organized more than 150 courses in this area, involving 20 teachers and 1846 students.
WEOPLE PORTUGAL
Co-beneficiary
Inquirium
Co-beneficiary
ERASMUS+ SPORT FRAMEWORK
Erasmus+ actions in the field of sport promote participation in sport, physical activity, and voluntary activities. They are designed to tackle societal and sport-related challenges. Opportunities are available for organisations under 3 Calls which address these challenges. A specific call on Capacity Building in the field of sport is also available as of 2022. It targets EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme (previously called Programme countries) and the Western Balkans.
The actions
Cooperation Partnerships
- Designed for organisations to develop and implement joint activities to promote (among others) sport and physical activity, as well as deal with threats to the integrity of sport (such as doping or match-fixing), promote dual careers for athletes, improve good governance, and foster tolerance and social inclusion.
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- Designed for organisations to develop and implement joint activities to promote (among others) sport and physical activity, as well as deal with threats to the integrity of sport (such as doping or match-fixing), promote dual careers for athletes, improve good governance, and foster tolerance and social inclusion.
Small-scale Partnerships
- For grassroots organisations, less experienced organisations and newcomers to the Programme. Small-Scale Partnerships have simpler administration, smaller grants and shorter durations than Cooperation Partnerships. Learn more and apply
Not-for-profit European Sport Events
- Designed to encourage sporting activity, implement EU strategies for social inclusion through sport, foster volunteering in sport, fight against discrimination and encourage the participation in sport and physical activity.
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- Designed to encourage sporting activity, implement EU strategies for social inclusion through sport, foster volunteering in sport, fight against discrimination and encourage the participation in sport and physical activity.
Capacity Building in the field of sport
- Capacity-building projects are international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of sport in EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme (previously called Programme countries) and the Western Balkans. They aim to support sport activities and policies in as a vehicle to promote values as well as an educational tool to promote the personal and social development of individuals and build more cohesive communities.
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- Capacity-building projects are international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organisations active in the field of sport in EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme (previously called Programme countries) and the Western Balkans. They aim to support sport activities and policies in as a vehicle to promote values as well as an educational tool to promote the personal and social development of individuals and build more cohesive communities.