The library participates as a coordinator and partner in international projects.
Recent projects:
2023 "Libraries to sustainable communities" in the program Nordplus Adult
Leading partner: Tartu City Library, partners: Gulbene Regional library (Latvia)
Vilnius County Adomas Mickevicius Public Library (Lithuania)
Project duration: from July 2023 to June 2024
Total cost of the project: 9960 EUR
The aim is to learn about the activities of libraries that promote sustainable development, focusing primarily on the third of UNESCO's sustainable development goals: health and well-being. It is a mobility project.
2023 "Non-formal education in library - opportunity for everybody"
Leading partner: Gulbene Regional Library (Latvia), partners: Ignalina district municipality public library (Lithuania), Tartu City Library
Project duration: from June 2021 to December 2023
Total cost of the project: 8220 EUR
The goal is to improve professional knowledge and skills, discover new services to offer readers and share experiences on the topic of non-formal education. Within the framework of the project, there will be three visits to partner libraries.
2022 "Equality in Digitalisation - A Train the Trainer Qualification" in the program Erasmus+
Leading partner: FrauenComputerZentrumBerlin (Germany), partners: Media Partners SRL (Romania), Pirkanmaan muotoilu- ja taideteollisuusyhdistys Modus ry (Finland)
Project duration: from 2022 to 2024
The aim is to develop differentiated training concepts and materials to support the learning of different target groups. To do this, we prepare educators for socially disadvantaged target groups in four different countries. Educate not only technically well-prepared teachers, but educators who are able to teach diverse groups of learners. We prepare trainers and learning materials using digital methodologies in order to satisfy the diverse needs of learners.
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2022 "Cultural education – key to adult integration" in the program Nordplus Adult
Leading partner: Vilnius County Library named after Adomas Mickevicius (Lithuania), partner: Gulbene County Library (Latvia).
Project duration: from 2022 to 2023
Total cost of the project: 9000 EUR
The aim is to share experience between the project partners in the methods, projects and challenges of cultural education for adults.
2021 "Digi-tall" in the program Nordplus Adult
Leading partner: Gulbene County Library (Latvia).
Project duration: from June 2021 to December 2022
Total cost of the project: 2740 EUR
The goal is to share experiences between the employees of the two libraries on how to reduce the digital divide of the elderly and involve them in community work.
2018 "Age should not be a limit: teaching digital skills for elderly people" in the program Nordplus Adult.
Partners: Pärnu Central Library, Tammiste Nursing Home, Tampere City Library ja Adult Education Center (Finland), Utena University of Dignitaries (Lithuania), Vilnius City Library (Lithuania).
Project duration: from July 2018 to June 2019
Total cost of the project: 26715 EUR
The goal was to share experiences and best practices related to teaching digital skills to the elderly, get to know the digital and social services of different countries, and jointly create a digital learning course.