Professional paper
DEVELOPING EUROPEAN CORE COMPETENCIES FRAMEWORK FOR WORKING WITH OLDER PEOPLE (ELLAN)
Sonja Vrban
; Pučko otvoreno učilište Zagreb , Hrvatska
Abstract
Demographic of aging population in highly developed countries of Western Europe has caused new social and economical trends,
which served as a base for international project Ellan, launched in order to produce a joint European framework of basic competency standards for working with older people. The role of institutions for higher education and the concept of lifelong learning are crucial for quality-raising of vocational training and professional advancement of human resources included in working with older people. Quality- raising of high education, greater employability and a contribution to social, medical and economical sector are some of the expected results of the project implementation on national and international level
Keywords
Lifelong learning; lifelong education; international cooperation of institutions for higher education; project Ellan
Hrčak ID:
139165
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Publication date:
5.6.2014.
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