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2. The EAGLE Project• EAGLE Advisory Committee & Working Groups – face-tofaceand partly virtual ‘Communities of Practice’ includingthe European Commission, policy makers, research communities,experts and practitioners (http://www.eagleproject.eu/contact-info);• Intergenerational Learning in Europe – Policies, Programmes& Practical Guidance – a synthetic final projectreport and final overview on all EAGLE activities (http://www.eagle-project.eu/welcome-to-eagle/final-report).EAGLE identified that intergenerational learning was importantbecause of a number of changes in our societies that include:• Demographic change, the ageing society and workforce;ElementaryIntergenerationalDeathRetirementUnemploymentLearningformal nonformal informal• Changing economic, insurance and welfare patterns;• Increasing economic disparities;• Shift from full- to part-time and multiple employment;• Shift from an industrial to a Knowledge Society;• Individualised/atomised societies, flexible lifestyles andchanging biographies, from individuals to ‘multividuals’;• Weakening traditional family structures and the growth ofsingle households, the social isolation of the elderly;• Economic need for mobility and flexibility, ‘modern nomads’.EAGLE sees intergenerational learning as offering a numberof benefits to society, individuals and communities. Theseinclude:• Uniting segregated generations andbuilding better understanding betweengenerations;• Encouraging active citizenship andsocial participation;• Encouraging cross-generational working;• Sharing societal and professional resources,tacit and explicit knowledgeamong generations;• Challenging social problems crossgenerationally;lifelong • Supporting Lifelong and LifewideLearning;• Maintaining & building human andsocial capital simultaneously.BirthlifewideFigure 1: Intergenerational Learning as an integralpart of Lifelong & Lifewide Learning(after Boström, A.-K., 2003)6
2. The EAGLE ProjectEAGLE finally brought together ten partners from eight European Member States combining expertise in the fields of intergenerational,lifewide, lifelong, later life and technology enhanced learning.Lambrakis Foundation (LF), Contractor, Athens, Greece,www.lrf.grFIM-NewLearning (FIM), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg,Coordinator, Erlangen, Germany,www.fim.uni-erlangen.de/SCIENTER (SCI), Bologna, Italy,www.scienter.orgTKK Dipoli (TKK), Espoo, Finland,www.dipoli.tkk.fiThe Beth Johnson Foundation (BJF), Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom,www.centreforip.org.ukEuropean Distance and e-Learning Network (EDEN), Milton Keynes, United Kingdom,www.eden-online.orgRomanian Institute for Adult Education (IREA), Timisoara, Romania,www.irea.uvt.roNational School of Public Health (NSPH), Athens, Greece,www.nsph.grGerman Children and Youth Foundation (DKJS), Berlin, Germany,www.dkjs.deMENON Network EEIG (MENON), Brussels, Belgium,www.menon.org7
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