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Working with Older Volunteers in Manual Intergenerational Projects<br />
However, specific EU-programmes to promote the transnational commitment for all generations<br />
(e.g. an opening of the European Voluntary Service) are still missing today. At<br />
best, some “good examples” come in form of “tender shoots”.<br />
A closer look at the Youth Partnership web portal 6 shows that the topic “dialogue of<br />
generations” is gaining importance, particularly for senior citizen organisations and organisations<br />
of (international) youth work. The currently commencing discussion of new<br />
EU programmes from 2013 onward will reveal the extent of this tendency affecting the<br />
different programme areas.<br />
European citizenship requires encounters and actions of all generations<br />
BAGSO sees an enormous potential of transnational practical cooperation in the areas<br />
environmental protection, nature conservation and cultural preservation. These are<br />
the central challenges of the future, challenges, which can only be mastered by old and<br />
young together. The project results should inspire supporters of European town twinning<br />
projects, institutions of international youth work, and family, educational, cultural and<br />
volunteer organisations. These should also emphasise new project features with age-mixed<br />
initiatives in social neighbourhood-oriented projects.<br />
It would be desirable to extend the new “Senior Volunteer Project” in form of new<br />
“minor cooperation projects” (in addition to the “learning partnerships” and the “workshops”)<br />
for the purpose of developing a programme with various action possibilities. 7<br />
The recently decided “European Year of Voluntary Activities Promoting Active Citizenship<br />
2011” should therefore be utilised to advance the setup of networks. 8<br />
Obvious synergies with the planned “European Year of Active Ageing and Intergenerational<br />
Solidarity“ in 2012 could promote the sustainability of measures for “active<br />
ageing”, also in terms of an increased mobility within Europe.<br />
We therefore eagerly await the conference during the second “European Year on Solidarity<br />
and Cooperation between Generations” on April 29 th 2010 (<strong>und</strong>er Spanish presidency).<br />
Following a European consultation conducted in 2009, an operationalisation<br />
of plans of the European Commission is to be expected. For more information on EU<br />
politics see 9 .<br />
6 http://youth-partnership.coe.int/youth-partnership/<br />
7 Website of the European Commission<br />
8 Council Decision on the European Year of Voluntary Activities Promoting Active Citizenship (2011)<br />
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/de/09/st15/st15658.de09.pdf<br />
9 Social Agenda 21 - Jumping the Generation gap - How the EU promotes intergenerational solidarity<br />
(EN) more languages: http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=737&langId=en; CoverAge/ Special<br />
Briefing: EU public consultation on EU Year 2012 on Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity<br />
(EN, DE) www.age-platform.org/EN/IMG/CoverAGE/EN/CoverAGE_07-2009.pdf<br />
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