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TRAMP – Transnational Mobility of Older People in Europe
176 Part II
Evaluation
The evaluation phase begins at the end of the exchange. It is important that
all participants get the chance to state their opinions. The many individual
observations, experiences and impressions come together and draw a realistic
overall picture of the exchange. Resulting opinions and judgements or confirmed
preconceptions of “Europe”,”the young generation”, “the Germans”.
“the Czech” etc. are possible subjects of discussion. For organisers the evaluation
process is helpful for further planning procedures.
In order to obtain everyone’s opinion, it hardly makes sense to sit in a large
circle and have one person speak after the other. The 11th speaker, at the latest,
will agree with the previous speaker or one opinion will trigger an entire
“movement”. A better option is to prepare a written query with points and
cards. A previously prepared pin board with multilingual headings is placed
in the room, which participants use to allocate points. This enables organisers
to retrieve opinions and evaluations. In addition, cards (or slips of paper) and
felt pens are handed to all participants to enable contextual contributions and
to make sure that everyone is paying attention. Furthermore, to ensure that
also critical judgements are put on paper, participants can remain anonymous
by letting the organisers place the cards for them. Thus, the question “who
wrote this and why?” is intolerable. The evaluation results are incorporated
into the planning process of the next exchange.