Category Archives: Notícias CDC
On December 15th, Cáritas Coimbra hosted an online co-creation event in the framework of the European Project SUST-AID. The event was held by the Innovation Department and had the participation of professionals working in different areas related to food aid programmes, namely a representative of the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived in […]
On the 29th and 30th of November, Cáritas Coimbra participated in the second face-to-face Consortium meeting of the #Agapeecosystem project, hosted by project partner #LIST in Luxembourg. CDC was represented by the project manager Ângela Pinto, who presented the results of co-creation activities (workshops and focus groups) conducted under the scope of WP1. Elisabete Pitarma […]
Cáritas Coimbra’s Nursing Home Santo António has been testing the DIANA project pilot, under the scope of the AAL Programme, which consists in the installation of sensors in bedrooms and bathrooms with the purpose of detecting falls, as well as providing relevant information to prevent them. In an initial phase, in August and September, the […]
On December 7th, Cáritas Coimbra, through its Ethics Team of the Innovation Department, participated in the II International Congress on New Challenges of Human Rights, in which there was an opportunity to debate and disseminate the different ethical-legal aspects of some of the projects that are taking place in the institution. Three presentations were carried […]
The Day Care Centre of Rainha Santa Isabel Centre, a facility of Cáritas Coimbra, has been testing the pilot of the virtual assistant DIANA, which intends to help older adults in using the toilets. This test is part of the European project DIANA – Digital Intelligent Assistant for Nursing Applications, which has the partnership of […]
The “Toca a Mexer” (let’s get moving) project of the kindergarten of the Nossa Senhora da Anunciação Centre, Caritas Coimbra, was distinguished with the Friendly School seal. This recognition arises from the 5th edition of the Friendly School, which had the participation of thousands of schools from all over the Portuguese territory. The Nossa Senhora […]
On 23, 24 and 25 November, the ValueCare project consortium met in Valencia (Spain), for its 9th plenary meeting. The meeting was attended by the 17 European partners, including Cáritas Coimbra, which was represented by Bruna Franceschini and Maria Inês Santos from the Innovation Department. Members from all work packages, the technology partners, and representatives […]
Smart Healthy Age-friendly Environments (SHAFE) and Social Innovation had been highlighted in Coimbra, on November 8th and 9th, in the International Conference Learning and Implementing Social Innovation. The event aimed to share and discuss approaches, projects, best practices and also ethical aspects and data protection related to Social Innovation, as well as the development and […]
Between October 26th and November 15th, the Innovation Department of Cáritas Coimbra (CDC), Our Watch Leads (OWL) and Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre – Pole at the University of Coimbra (MARE-UC) tested the Citizeen application in the Choupal National Forest, in Coimbra. The activities had the participation of 5 older adults and 5 formal caregivers […]
On November 9th, the PHILIP partners met in Karditsa, Greece, for the second consortium meeting of the project. All partner entities participated including Cáritas Coimbra, represented by Ana Goreti Oliveira and Vera Pinto, from the Innovation Department. During the meeting, the project developments regarding implementation and dissemination were presented. In addition, the national results of […]