CONTEXTThis project began as the result of a Long Term Training Course (LTTC). The representatives of each organization were challenged to give opportunity to youngsters to discuss their problems and find potential solutions. After this, one youngster joined the second phase of the LTTC and established partnerships at an international level. This project is a result of the involved youngsters work and, for this, a true Transnational Youth Initiative. The partners share the same problem, i.e., not only there is a lack of understanding between youth and older generation, but also the youth is not active in intergenerational aspects in local communities and at EU levels.OBJECTIVES- To create a new communication channel among youth and elderly people; - To equip youth workers, leaders and coaches with knowledge, methodology and skills to cope with intergenerational learning;- To create an entrepreneurial spirit among the youth to become more active citizens;- To create conditions and strengthen communication for youth and youth workers to become leaders who would focus on intergenerational issues within local communities;- To build a network of European Youth, who will share best practices.PARTICIPANTSThe target groups of this project are youngsters (16-30 years old) and youth workers.ACTIVITIESThere will be sessions, which purpose is for youngsters and elderly people to share experiences. Youngsters will learn skills and will be empowered by using other community resources. The topics thought by them to include in the sessions are hobbies; dating; music; movies; cooking; board games; among others. The youngsters will make video diaries during the planning and implementation of the sessions, to explore the relationship created between them and elderly people and to develop and improve technological skills.At the end of the sessions, there will be an exhibition. The main goal is to exhibit the final conclusions with pictures of the elderly people when young (and youngsters) and discourses and storytelling from the sessions. The aim of the training course is to give tools to youth workers, not only about the best practices on the intergenerationality topic, but also how to empower the youngsters while they prepare the sessions, implement and evaluate them. The youth workers will develop social and cultural competences and share good practices at EU level. The blended mobility of young people allows the youngsters to have parallel virtual sessions that will match the ones planned in the pension house. They will have the opportunity to share ideas in the preparation phase or will evaluate the session and share the experience with the other participants. After, they will know each other face-to-face and share the experiences and what they learnt over the sessions with elder people. The first transnational meeting is a kickoff meeting to establish ground rules. The second transnational meeting will happen to check project progress and activities taken place at local level so far. Finally, the third transnational meeting will be the time to checking the progress of current activities and to discuss a sustainable strategy for the project.METHODOLOGYThe methodology will be participative, peer-to-peer and non-formal methods. RESULTS- Increased social dialogue between youth and the elderly, through a new communication channel;- Increased knowledge and empowerment among youth, youth workers, leaders, trainers and coaches of intergenerational learning and social responsibility; - Youth more aware about intergenerational issues and their citizenship in this topic;- Network of youth for sharing of best practices in intergenerational learning;IMPACTSYOUTH:- Increased social-relational well-being, feeling of belonging and identification with local community; - Increased participation of youth on topics of development of local community;- Increased self-empowerment on practices and contexts of active citizenship.YOUTH WORKERS:- Improved knowledge and competences on approaches and tools of intergenerational learning; - Increased capability to activate engagement processes on youth in other fields (politic participation, voluntarism).PARTNER ORGANISATIONS:- Increased quality of youth work activities;- Increased capacity to cooperate at EU level and to enhance international strategies.LONG TERM BENEFITSThis project allows building and sharing best practices and developing solutions related to intergenerational topics and a possibility to build an EU network of youth who become active in intergenerational issues. At the same time, the creation of competences in youth people towards employment and education. Also, using non-formal education and fighting poverty and social exclusion on young people, but also on elderly. The main priority in this project “Grandpa, tell me more!” of Europe 2020 is an inclusive society, based on intergenerational exchange of experiences and knowledge.