Round table “Education of elderly – experiences and perspectives”

Round table “Education of elderly – experiences and perspectives”

Okrugli sto U3D 12Belgrade,  December 2004. At the time of establishing the University for Third Age in Belgrade in November 1989. expert meeting “Education in Third Age” was organized. Participants were the most famous experts in this field and they came from different parts of former Yugoslavia. University of the Third age celebrated 15th Anniversary in November 2004. and similar gathering was organized. In cooperation with Adult Education Society, on December, 18th 2004. in the Hotel “Metropol” round table with theme “Education of elderly – experiences and perspectives” was organized. Participants were our experts and the special guest was Mr. Jumbo Klercq, from Netherlands. Mr. Klercq work in “Odyssey” organization. The organization is dealing with different educational activities for elderly. He is shared his experiences with other participants. Ms Svetlana Živanić, the Coordinator of the University of the Third Age Network reported about work in past years. In a second part of the gathering participants discussed about the most significant problems, as well as priorities. At the end, Mr. Jumbo Klercq had visited the Dancing school at the University of the Third Age “Djuro Salaj” AD. It is very important to mention that, on January 7th, 2005. Adult Education Society and University of the Third Age became the “silent partners” on PEFETE Project, which is realized by “Odyssey” organization. Due to the fact that our country is not a member of EU there is no possibility to participate directly on the project, but we are able to partcipate at expert meetings and in that way we can exchange the informations, make new contacts and slowly return to the activities in this field on European level.