About the project

InDiSo – Intercultural, Digital and Social Inclusion 

This is an international Erasmus+ project implemented by three organisations from Poland, Portugal and the Czech Republic. Its aim is to strengthen the intercultural, digital and social competences of adults, especially those at risk of exclusion – senior citizens, women aged 50+, immigrants and refugees.

The project also develops the competences of educators, helping them to use digital technologies in adult education in accordance with European standards (DigCompEdu) and to create digitally friendly learning communities – Digital Age-Friendly Learning Communities (DAFLC).

The project includes:

• local workshops developing participants' digital, social and intercultural competences,

• international educational mobility for adults,

• exchange of experiences among educators and training courses to improve their ICT skills and their ability to work with culturally diverse groups,

• creating educational materials and digital products that will support further integration activities.

The project was created in response to contemporary challenges: dynamic digitalisation, growing cultural diversity in European societies, and the problem of social and digital exclusion of adults.

The implementation of the InDiSo initiative contributes to building inclusive, open and modern local communities.

InDiSo Partnership

The project's partnership consisted of three organisations representing different contexts, target groups and educational experiences:

Fundacja PCKK Edukacja i Rozwój from Poland – the coordinator of the project – brought experience in the education of older adults, working with migrants and developing digital learning communities according to the DAFLC concept, developed earlier in the DIGIT-GERA project.

Uniâo das Freguesías de Gondomar (SCosme), Valbom e Jovim in Portugal is a local public body based in Gondomar, having extensive experience in supporting the local community, non-formal education and social integration. The Senior University of Gondomar has been developing an active ageing model based on participation in society and lifelong learning for many years.

Lumpeco from Czechia – for which InDiSo was the first Erasmus+ project – is a non-profit organisation based in Frýdku-Místek. It works primarily with people at risk of social exclusion, in particular: mothers on maternity leave, women aged 50+, single parents and refugees from Ukraine.

The diversity of the three partner organisations created a valuable space for exchanging experiences and learning from different approaches to adult education, while exploring how education can support social, digital and intercultural inclusion.