Young visually impaired people have an excellent grasp of new technologies which would greatly benefit their senior peers. In turn, senior visually impaired people confidently go about their essential daily tasks in a way that younger people could learn from. A valuable exchange between the two groups would therefore benefit all.

Practice workshops with junior and senior visually impaired participants and professional trainers were held by each partner organisation in Germany, Italy and Turkey between April and June 2009. A workshop model is currently being developed in a gradual and interactive manner, based on input from all participants.

The resulting model of knowledge exchange will be tested in a final workshop and will be disseminated through training and rehabilitation centres, youth organisations and elderly people’s homes. Model guidelines will also be made available on this website.