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Working with Older Volunteers in Manual Intergenerational Projects
Generating Goals and Planning an Exchange
The aims of an exchange can differ considerably among participants: some
want to get to know Europe, others want an intercultural project, again others
want to be involved in discussions with people from younger generations
(conduct a dialogue or monologue), others want to help abroad with manual
skills. Depending on interests, the project will have different focuses and may
even cause disappointment with some, because something else was expected.
In order to adjust the goals, organisers and participants should communicate
these beforehand. This could be achieved in the form of a more elaborate goal
finding process, which includes the following steps:
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Goals and Contents of Exchange
First, the goal question is formulated and visualised
Then all participants write their goals on cards, which are subsequently
collected
The cards are then separated according to goal levels (overall goals, sub
goals and measures, achieved on a long, middle or short-term basis)
Sub goals and measures are attributed to the (few) overall goals
Now common goals need to be agreed upon and some goals might need
to be discarded
The common goals are completed in terms of sub goals (complementary
sub goals are determined)
The goals are evaluated
Determination and review of conditions
Review of feasibility regarding time, personnel, finances etc.
Finally, an action plan is devised
In case this is considered too complex, a preparation meeting in the form of
a discussion round could be scheduled instead, in which common goals are
determined following a discussion of individual goals. This happens either in
the hope that these goals are actually dealt with in the course of the project or
that everyone agrees to use the reduced version in the joint planning round.
On a whole, the joint definition of goals at the beginning reduces subsequent
problems, saves time (and possibly disappointments and trouble) and
generally leads to better results.
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