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<strong>TRAMP</strong> – Transnational Mobility of Older People in Europe<br />

116 Part II<br />

Financing<br />

EU- support Programmes and Exchanges within Europe<br />

Current European Initiatives for the Active Citizenship of the<br />

Elderly<br />

Since 2009, adult citizens aged 50 or above can be admitted to the new institutionalised<br />

form of the European Voluntary Service. The GRUNDTVIG<br />

action “Senior Volunteering Projects” (SVP) supports bilateral partnerships<br />

between organisations in Europe, which provide senior citizens aged 50 or<br />

above with the opportunity to spend at least three weeks in a voluntary service<br />

abroad. In addition to the new “workshop” 1 and the extended “learning<br />

partnerships”, this project form is considered a “low-threshold introduction”<br />

of European cooperation and acts in response to the new educational challenges<br />

due to an ageing population. 2 During the first SVP approval procedure in<br />

2009, 45 projects were authorised by the responsible GRUNDTVIG national<br />

agencies. With a total of 9 SVP projects Germany ranked among the highest<br />

(next to Italy and the UK) concerning grant applications. The EU brochure<br />

“GRUNDTVIG SENIOR VOLUNTEERING PROJECTS - TIPS AND<br />

RESOURCES FOR A GOOD PROJECT” (see Appendix) provides many<br />

hints regarding the application process and the search for cooperation partners.<br />

Project example: From 2010 onward, the SVP “ENCH”, “Exchanging National<br />

Cultural Heritage” continues the ENEA- project “TravelAgents“ on<br />

a new basis. “ENCH“ is coordinated by “over 55s without frontiers Cyprus“<br />

and combines two organisations from the “over 55s networks” from Estonia<br />

and Cyprus who want to develop a joint focus in terms of cultural senior education<br />

and preserve of cultural property. In the exchange project the elderly<br />

will prepare and conduct traditional folk art exhibitions and document the art<br />

commitment of the elderly with photographs.<br />

Contact: Theodora Knais – ENCH Coordinator (55plus Horis Synora- Kypros)<br />

nicky@editc.com<br />

Networking: The European SEVEN-Network sees itself as a European platform<br />

of organisations, which support the exchange of senior volunteers in Eu-<br />

1 Workshop catalogue 2010: http://www.nabibb.de/uploads/gr<strong>und</strong>tvig_mobilitaet/gru_<br />

ws_katalog_15_12_09.pdf<br />

2 The EU brochure “GRUNDTVIG SENIOR VOLUNTEERING ROJECTS - TIPS<br />

AND RESOURCES FOR A GOOD PROJECT” in Appendix

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