25/08/2026
The Erasmus+ “Chess Without Age” mobility has been successfully completed
From 16 to 22 August 2026, representatives of the Romanian Chess Federation took part in Spain in the mobility activity carried out within the Erasmus+ project “Chess Without Age – Mobility for Active Aging and Intergenerational Inclusion Through Sport”, Project No. 2026-1-RO01-KA182-SPO-000394714.
The mobility was hosted by Club Ajedrez 64 Villalba and brought together 10 participants from the Romanian Chess Federation across two distinct types of activities: job shadowing and coaching/training assignments.
It was an intensive, productive, and highly valuable week for the future development of chess programs for seniors and intergenerational activities.
Over the course of the seven days, we followed a progressively structured learning journey: from understanding activity models designed for seniors and adapting teaching methods, to exploring the psychological dimension of working with older adults, practical and demonstrative activities, collaboration between seniors and juniors, and finally, analysing opportunities to transfer these practices to Romania.
However, the mobility does not represent the end of the project. It marks the beginning of the transfer and implementation phase.
The reflection, feedback, and professional exchange sessions helped us identify methods, activities, and principles that can be adapted and applied in chess clubs across Romania.
The next step is to transform the experience gained into methodological tools, practical resources, and activity models for seniors and intergenerational groups.
This is particularly important as one of the project’s objectives is to develop sustainable programs for people aged 60+, integrated into the regular activities of sports clubs, as well as to create educational materials and good-practice guides.
In the coming period, we will continue to analyse the feedback, observations, and materials collected by the participants, document the learning outcomes, and prepare the transfer of good practices across the network of chess clubs in Romania.
We would like to thank Club Ajedrez 64 Villalba for their hospitality, openness, support, and generous exchange of experience throughout the entire mobility.
We also thank all participants for their involvement, professionalism, questions, ideas, and contributions to the activities. A mobility experience becomes truly valuable not only through what we see and learn during one week, but especially through what we are able to build afterwards using the knowledge and experience gained.
We thank the European Union and the Erasmus+ Programme for the opportunity to develop new competences, create professional connections, and bring European models and good practices to Romania that can contribute to active ageing, social inclusion, and intergenerational dialogue through sport.
The experience in Spain has come to an end. The work for “Chess Without Age” continues in Romania.
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Project: “Chess Without Age – Mobility for Active Aging and Intergenerational Inclusion Through Sport”
Programme Erasmus+ | KA182-SPO – Mobility of staff in the field of sport
Project No.2026-1-RO01-KA182-SPO-000394714
Beneficiary Romanian Chess Federation
Host organisation:Club Ajedrez 64 Villalba, Spain
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
