In this work, we propose to present the project "Time to Act through Sustain-able Experiences for Higher Education Students", also known as TIME2ACT@SD. TIME2ACT@SD aims to contribute to the development of knowledge, skills, and attitudes, as well as changing behaviours among European HE (Higher Education) students in the field of sustainable development (SD) and SD Goals (SDG), through the development of inter...
O Volto Já pretende operacionalizar um programa de cooperação entre organizações de Economia Social que promova o intercâmbio de seniores institucionalizados, proporcionando lhes experiências culturais, turísticas e artísticas. Os seus principais objetivos são: (i) fomentar o envelhecimento ativo e melhorar a qualidade de vida (bem estar, satisfação com a vida, felicidade, etc.) dos seniores institucionalizados...
Purpose: The general aim of Volto Já was the operationalisation of a Social Senior Exchange Programme between Social Economy Organisations that promotes cultural, touristic, and artistic experiences. Volto Já developed a set of actions with a direct impact on seniors’ active ageing and social inclusion. The programme was developed between August 24, 2018 and February 23, 2021. This paper aims to present the mai...
Purpose: One of the aims of the Volto Já project (Oliveira et al., 2019) is to improve the quality of life of elderly people and active ageing (e.g., increasing well-being, life-satisfaction, happiness, between others). This research aims to explore the ways how that quality of life can be measured in the context of the aforementioned project. Design/methodology/approach: For measuring the impact in the quality...
Purpose: The purpose of the study is to present the formulation process of the business model of the senior social exchange program – the Volto Já project – as a process of enhancing an innovative value proposition for social value creation. The Volto Já project intends to develop a senior social exchange programme for institutionalised seniors in the Alentejo region. Design/methodology/approach: The framework ...
The 1st International Conference on Management, Technology, and Tourism: Social Value Creation (ICOMTT2020) emerges as an outcome of the Volto Já Project - Senior Exchange Program, developed by Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Polytechnic Institute of Beja and Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Santarém. During the 6th and 7th of February 2020, at the School of Management and Technology of Santarém, Portugal, we c...
O projeto Volto Já pretende operacionalizar um programa de cooperação entre organizações de Economia Social que promova o intercâmbio de seniores institucionalizados, proporcionando-lhes experiências culturais, turísticas e artísticas. Os seus principais objetivos são: (i) fomentar o envelhecimento ativo e melhorar a qualidade de vida (bem estar, satisfação com a vida, felicidade, etc.) dos seniores institucion...
This paper presents a proposal for an Information System (IS) to operationalise a social business model to promote active ageing and create social value. The aim of the IS is to support a senior social exchange programme grounded on Travel 2.0 concepts in social economy organisations that seeks to promote tourism experiences for the elderly and underlying active ageing. The design of the IS was guided by the Dy...
O turismo sénior tem vindo, nas últimas décadas, a ser indicado como um novo paradigma determinante para o bem-estar e felicidade do idoso, contribuindo para uma melhor qualidade de vida e estado de saúde, física e psicológica. Pelo crescimento exponencial do envelhecimento da população, principalmente nos países desenvolvidos, as Organizações de Economia Social têm como desafio desenvolver respostas alternativ...