3. WHO ARE WE?
Co(op)ração is a cooperative of social solidarity,
non-profit founded the 29/12/2008 and
headquartered in Damaia, Amadora.
In turn, the current reality of the city of Amadora,
being one of the most populous of Portugal and
disadvantaged in the field of actions directed to
elderly people, mainly on the implementation of
Intergenerational Practices.
The aim of promoting the public senior’s:
Dignity;
Personal development;
Participation in social life.
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4. WHO ARE WE?
Mission
To create value for users/co-operators, collaborators
and partners, acting for the senior population; to
improve their life’s quality and to meet their needs
through differentiated services.
Vision
To be a social solidarity cooperative social, sustainable
and adapted to changes in social reality.
Principles
Professionalism (do-well/dedication and competence);
Social Awareness (social responsibility);
Humanity (human dignity/respect);
Justice (fairness).
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5. OUR MAIN STRATEGIC PILLARS:
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Domiciliary
Support Service
Intergenerational
dialogue
Active Ageing
6. WHY VOLUNTEERS ARE IMPORTANT?
Why are we in a social context with a considerable
number of elderly and we also have various
intergenerational projects, such as:
http://infogerar.blogspot.com/
http://infoanimar.blogspot.com/
Horta no Coração
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8. WHAT IS EVS?
Action 2 - European Voluntary Service
Objectives
The aim of the European Voluntary Service (EVS) is to
develop solidarity and promote active citizenship and
mutual understanding among young people.
What is a European Voluntary Service project?
The European Voluntary Service enables young people
to carry out voluntary service for up to 12 months in a
country other than their country of residence. It fosters
solidarity among young people and is a true „learning
service‟. Beyond benefiting local communities,
volunteers learn new skills and languages, and discover
other cultures.
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9. WHAT EVS IS NOT
occasional, unstructured, part-time
volunteering
an internship in an enterprise
a paid job; it must not replace paid
jobs
a recreation or tourist activity
a language course
exploitation of a cheap workforce
a period of study or vocational training
abroad
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10. LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS
Organizations Type Local Scope
Ass. 5 Elemento Coordinator and partnership Lisboa Coordination and
partnership activities
Social Commission
Damaia
Local partnership Damaia Forwarding and diagnostic
needs
Local Council of Social
Action
Local partnership Amadora Visibility, dissemination and
exploitation of results
Community group of
Neighbourhoods 6 May
and star of Africa
Local partnership Venda Nova Visibility, dissemination and
exploitation of results
Thematic Group of Social
Support and Health
Local partnership Amadora Visibility, dissemination and
exploitation of results
Cronocoop - Cooperative
Services
Administrative Partnership Amadora Administrative support,
accounting and HR
National Agency YiA Institutional and financial
support
Braga Support in EVS training
cycle and all necessary legal
actions and other actions it
deems important
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11. ROLE OF COORDINATOR
Financial and administrative responsibility of the whole project;
Coordinate the project in cooperation with sending and host
organizations;
Distribute the EVS grant to sending and host organisations sending,
according to the distribution of tasks formalised in EVS Activity
agreement;
Ensure that volunteers will be involved in the entire Cycle of EVS
Training and Evaluation;
Provide support to all volunteers in the host organisation;
Perform all or part of the administrative tasks of Sending and Host
organizations involved in Project;
Ensure, with sending and host organizations, that each volunteer is
covered by compulsory insurance group EVS provided by the youth
in action programme;
Get visas (if it´s needed) together with sending and host
organisations for each volunteer;
Fill and issue, together with the volunteers and with sending and host
organizations, a certificate Youthpass for volunteers at the end of
their EVS.
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12. DIMENSIONS OF SUPPORT - HOST ORGANISATION
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Task related support
Linguistic support
Intercultural learning support
Personal Support
Free time and socialising
Recognition of participation through the YOUTH
PASS.
13. ROLE OF SUPERVISOR
Diagnose needs;
Recruit and select volunteers;
Orient and train volunteers;
Monitor, supervise and evaluate volunteers;
Valuing and recognizing volunteers;
Monitor and evaluate the volunteer program;
Introduction to the organisation (values, history, rituals,
members etc.);
Information support;
Technical support;
Task-related training;
Learning support;
Clarity of given tasks on daily or weekly basis;
Safety and security of working environment;
Support to attend EVS training sessions;
Encourage volunteer to attend language training.
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14. ROLE OF MENTOR
The mentor will have a key role in the following sections 3
AAA´s:
Assist to volunteer, principally in any crisis situation or
problems during EVS;
Assist in the integration of the volunteer in local community
and with the other volunteers and young people (intercultural
adaptation and intercultural learning support);
Assist in the learning process and activities; and play the
discussion of learning outcomes with the volunteer at the end
of the activity, to obtain the Youth Pass,
The mentor cannot be the person who assigns and
supervises the tasks of the volunteer.
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16. BECAUSE THIS PROJECT EXISTS?
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Amadora – an increase of elderly: according to the social diagnosis, 2008 City of Amadora there are an
increasing number of elderly people, mainly with more than 75 years, in most cases, these most women
living alone. Have already been detected also in diagnosing Social violence and neglect against seniors, as
well, is subject to poverty and social exclusion.
Portugal – loneliness and isolation: according to a national study that defines the profile of an ageing
population in 2008, the Faculty of Medicine of Coimbra, nearly 40 percent of the Portuguese from 65 years
spend eight or more hours of his days alone "the solitude of our elders is frightening" notes Anabela Mota
Pinto, one of the authors of the study. According to the same author "the elderly in Portugal are very little
exploited". Moreover, according to Georg Gaul, Austrian Society of Cardiology, cited by agency Efe, the risk
of death of people living alone is twice of that remain together.
Europa – Intergeracional: EVS as a way to develop Intergenerational Practices – increasingly
recommended practice within European "means joining people with a purpose, through activities that
benefit mutually and promoting a better understanding and respect between generations" (Project MATES-
Mainstreaming intergenerational solidarity, 2009).
19. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
To develop solidarity and promote active
citizenship for 3 volunteers in the municipality of
Amadora based on three pillars:
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Aprendizagem não
formal para desenvolver
a Solidariedade
Intergeracional
Aprendizagem
empreendedora
para gerar redes de
apoio sólidas à
população sénior
Aprendizagem
participativa para
actuar nas
necessidades da
comunidade local,
principalmente
sénior
20. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
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Non-formal Learning
for developing
Intergenerational
Solidarity and Active
Citizenship
Entrepreneurial
Learning to
generate strong
support networks
to the senior
population
Participatory
Learning to act on
the needs of the
local community,
especially senior
21. ROLE VOLUNTEERS
Promotion of active citizenship by fighting all
forms of discrimination, especially
discrimination based on age;
Promotion of the autonomy and quality of
life of the local community, mainly from
seniors;
Promotion of the active participation of
seniors;
Promotion of Senior´s communication,
familiarity and Time Occupation;
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22. ACTIVITIES
Support in everyday tasks, especially for the elderly
living alone and few social support networks.
Volunteering is essential to boost the
intergenerational practice and active citizenship
through daily cultural actions (e.g. leisure,
recreational, cultural, sport, religious, spiritual,
social, intellectual, psychological training).
Moreover, young people will disseminate and
exploit the results by raising awareness among
other young people on the themes of the project
and also will give their testimony about the
experience.
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24. CONCEPTS
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Envelhecimento Activo
• Um dos factores para o
envelhecimento bem sucedido é a
forma como se prepara a velhice,
pois os comportamentos adoptados
ao longo da vida reflectir-se-ão na
fase final desta. No envelhecimento
activo consideram-se três áreas
principais de intervenção: a biológica,
a intelectual e a emocional.