Between 29th and 31st
October 2012, we gathered in Ostrava, the Czech Republic, to attend first
project meeting, the Kick off meeting. There were 15 people coming from all
over the Europe to spend together 3 days of project management work, education,
social activities, getting to know each other and the Czech country and Ostrava
region as well. All the project partners arrived safe and sound on Sunday, 28th
October.
1st day
We all met on Monday morning in Harmony Club Hotel. Sedukon, o.p.s. welcomed
all the participants and then introduced each other. After a short discussion and according to suggestions of the partners,
we decided to change a schedule of meeting and move a morning program to the
afternoon. We discussed the project dissemination strategy, we created the blog
www.activesenior2012.blogspot.com. We set the timetable of the project meetings
and then we arranged the European Fair. Each partner brought local products and
specialties from local cuisine and shared them with partner organizations to
spread knowledge of partner countries culture.
2nd day
Next day, the morning activities
were divided into several parts. We started with two workshops: “How to reach
the longevity”, led by experts from Club of Health from Ostrava; and “Importance
of family support for people changing their lifestyle habits” led by two local
nutritional counselors. At the end, partners split into two groups to share
knowledge and experiences from their countries about healthy eating habits. We
visited Landek park museum in the afternoon. We all went down there and saw the
underground exposition in cultural monument in former Anselm mine
and we visited the exposition of mining rescue services as well. Partners could
learn about heavy industry and mining which are so specific for the Moravia –
Silesian region.
3rd day
Last day, Sedukon presented the senior education system in the
Czech Republic and in the afternoon, we visited University of 3rd
Age in Ostrava, where we met Mrs. Polášková, the main secretary of University of Third Age of VŠB – Technical University
of Ostrava. She invited us to a Geology Pavilion where we could see the
collection of minerals from all around the world collected by teachers and
students from Faculty of Mining and Geology. It was a last part of the kick off
meeting program. All partners said their goodbyes and started to prepare to
leave the Czech Republic.
