A F2F partner meeting was held in Lecce, Italy from 12 to 13 October 2023. EduVita, a lifelong learning center from Lecce is our proejct partner and they hosted this meeting. We discussed project management activites as well as further steps in implementation of our project activities.
We also had the oportunity to experience Lecce and learn about the culture and history of this region of Italy.
An intergenerational activity was conducted in the form of an educational walking tour in Lecce. All members of partner meeting took part as well as participants of EduVita who were our guides. We were able to learn about the history and culture of Lecce from senior participants and they had an opportunity to practice their English. Also, there were some quiz questions, the participants needed to answer about the sights we visited. It was a very good activity and good practice that can be transferred to our organisations.
Important tradition and part of cultural heritage of Salento is also ceramics art. The workshop was held by a young local craftsman who learned his art from his ancestors and strives to carry on the knowledge and skills. We were reminded of the importance of making, producing with our hands as well as reconnecting with our roots and learning to transfer the knowledge from older generations on to the younger ones.
At the Ecomuseo della Pietra Leccesse, which was created to valorise the natural, social, and artistic identity of the local area characterized by the quarries of Pietra Lecces, we learned about the local cultural heritage project for seniors “VIVA! Tante belle cose” . The project was created as a response to a personal experience of registering how seniors who have lost their partners live in solitude and have difficulty integrating into society or participating in activities in their local communities. We could see parts of the documentary that was created in this project with the intention of recording day-to-day activities of local residents. The idea of the project was very similar to the idea behind INTER-PUZZLE.
