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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