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<strong>TRAMP</strong> – Transnational Mobility of Older People in Europe<br />
European Parliament resolution on the second<br />
United Nations World Assembly on<br />
Ageing held in Madrid from 8 to 12 April<br />
2002, which stressed the importance<br />
of promoting programmes encouraging<br />
mobility for the elderly – European Parliament<br />
resolution of 15 December 2000 on<br />
the Commission communication ‘Towards<br />
a Europe for all ages – Promoting prosperity<br />
and Intergenerational solidarity.´<br />
Under the ENEA preparatory action<br />
three types of activities are supported. One<br />
of these is an international exchange programme<br />
aimed at promoting the active<br />
involvement of older men and women as<br />
volunteers working for the general interest.<br />
The <strong>TRAMP</strong> project<br />
One of seven projects of the current ENEA<br />
f<strong>und</strong>ing phase was <strong>TRAMP</strong> - transnational<br />
mobility of older people - working in teamwork<br />
projects in crafts, which began on 15<br />
December 2007 and ended on 14 December<br />
2009. It was f<strong>und</strong>ed by the European<br />
Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs<br />
and Equal Opportunities / ENEA.<br />
The official project partners were <strong>Arbeit</strong><br />
<strong>und</strong> <strong>Leben</strong> <strong>DGB</strong>/<strong>VHS</strong> NW, The German<br />
Federation of Senior Citizens’ (BAGSO) and<br />
the Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft of the<br />
Ruhr University of Bochum from Germany,<br />
ASCR/Klas (Club of Active Ageing) and the<br />
Faculty for Economy and Management at the<br />
Czech University of Agriculture in Prague<br />
from the Czech Republic, Culture et Liberté<br />
from France and GEFAS Steiermark from<br />
Austria. An additional partner was the senior<br />
citizen organisation l`Outil en Main<br />
from France.<br />
10 Part I<br />
Elderly from three countries meet<br />
with pupils<br />
The general goal of the <strong>TRAMP</strong> project<br />
was to promote the mobility of the elderly<br />
with few language skills or who lack financial<br />
means, thus facilitating their access<br />
to Europe. The specific goal was to initiate<br />
communication processes between senior<br />
citizens from France, the Czech Republic<br />
and Germany by means of international<br />
exchanges and joint voluntary activities. At<br />
the start of the project, further goals were<br />
set and involved the procurement of new<br />
target groups, the establishment of new<br />
cooperations and the development of new<br />
work fields.<br />
In order to initiate communication processes<br />
between the participants, two methodical<br />
approaches were selected: to enable<br />
and promote communication processes<br />
between participants with different languages<br />
by uniting them in manual workoriented<br />
jobs on the one hand (informal<br />
learning during practical action), and by<br />
including children and adolescents in the<br />
project work (intergenerational dialogue)<br />
on the other. The young should function<br />
as mediators concerning language-related<br />
communication problems. Insofar, the<br />
<strong>TRAMP</strong> project had an intercultural and<br />
intergenerational dimension. In addition<br />
to the manual and intergenerational project<br />
work, joint socio-touristic excursions<br />
and encounters with people at the project<br />
locations and the corresponding regions<br />
should enable access to the everyday reality<br />
of European countries.