Intergenerational Skills Exchangfor Sustainable SMEs
Erasmus+ KA210 – Small-Scale Partnerships in Adult Education
Project 2024-2-BE02-KA210-ADU-000284038
The project
InterGen: Intergenerational Skills Exchange for Sustainable SMEs
Welcome to InterGen Project!
Erasmus+ KA210 – Small-Scale Partnerships in Adult Education
Duration: 12 months.
The Need and the Problem We Address
Across Europe, many Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) face a growing challenge: how to stay competitive in the digital age while maintaining harmony and knowledge flow between generations.
Today’s workplaces bring together four generations — from Baby Boomers to Generation Z — each with different experiences, work styles, and digital skills. While this diversity is a powerful asset, it often leads to communication gaps, digital divides, and missed opportunities for collaboration.
The project addresses the need for structured, inclusive collaboration between younger and older professionals by promoting two-way learning: younger generations bring digital innovation, while experienced workers share leadership, problem-solving, and strategic insight.
Main Goal
To bridge intergenerational and digital skills gaps within SMEs by promoting collaboration between younger and older employees, fostering lifelong learning, and strengthening digital readiness, inclusion, and sustainability.
InterGen was created to bridge this gap.
Through practical tools, workshops, and e-learning resources, InterGen helps SMEs turn generational diversity into strength, ensuring that knowledge, creativity, and innovation flow seamlessly across all ages — for a more resilient, inclusive, and future-ready European workforce.
Objectives
To enhance intergenerational communication and knowledge transfer within SMEs by fostering mutual understanding between younger and older employees..
To develop and implement a sustainable framework for continuous learning, enabling SMEs to adapt to digital transformation and future workplace challenges..
To strengthen digital and soft skills across generations through practical training, mentoring, and collaborative learning experiences..
To promote inclusion, diversity, and equal opportunities in the workplace by bridging generational divides and encouraging shared growth and innovation.
Target Groups
SME Owners and Managers – Decision makers and Team managers
Young Employess and digitally skilled professionals
Experienced Employees (Baby Boomers & Generation X)
HR Professionals and Trainers – designing workplace learning strategies,
Adult Education Providers and Business Support Organizations
InterGen is more than a project — it’s a bridge between people. We believe that when generations connect, innovation becomes human. For our team, this vision matters because it reminds us that progress isn’t just about technology, but about people learning from each other — sharing experience, creativity, and purpose to build a more inclusive and sustainable future for all.