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Working with Older Volunteers in Manual Intergenerational Projects<br />
One section of the <strong>TRAMP</strong> project involved<br />
a seminar with the objective to let multipliers<br />
benefit from the experiences made<br />
during the <strong>TRAMP</strong> exchanges. The collectively<br />
developed curriculum aimed at providing<br />
manuals for the execution of future<br />
international exchange programmes for the<br />
elderly. This seminar was conducted in Paris<br />
from the 21 st to the 25 th of September.<br />
Seminar Preparation<br />
In preparation for the multiplier seminar,<br />
the French project partner Culture et Liberté<br />
had already compiled a work paper<br />
in mid-July 2008. It contained a list of different<br />
approaches regarding the goals and<br />
organisation of international exchange programmes.<br />
This paper formed the basis for<br />
discussion during two meetings of the work<br />
group “Curriculum” at the beginning of<br />
2009. The goal of the curriculum is to raise<br />
the multipliers’ awareness for the contents<br />
of international exchanges with the elderly<br />
and to support them in the implementation<br />
process. The seminar was therefore conceptualised<br />
as a systematic coaching procedure<br />
regarding process accompaniment,<br />
organisational and educational aspects of<br />
exchanges as well as intercultural and intergenerational<br />
learning.<br />
Selection of Participants<br />
In addition to contextual considerations,<br />
criteria for the selection of participating<br />
multipliers from work areas regarding senior<br />
citizens, volunteers, education and intergenerational<br />
efforts were determined in the<br />
preparatory meeting. The criteria included<br />
experiences, cooperation with senior citi-<br />
Seminar for Multipliers<br />
Paris, 21st to 25th of September 2009<br />
zens or the interest in a future implementation,<br />
experiences in group management in<br />
the social and educational field as well as<br />
sufficient English language skills for seminar<br />
participation. In order to integrate participants’<br />
requests in the planning process<br />
of the seminar, a registration form was posted<br />
beforehand which included four questions<br />
concerning motivation, expectations<br />
and experiences. It turned out that most of<br />
the registered participants were committed<br />
to working with elderly people on a national<br />
level and were interested in an exchange<br />
of experiences in terms of an international<br />
and intergenerational cooperation. The results<br />
also showed that particular interest<br />
existed regarding a combination of intercultural<br />
and intergenerational aspects with<br />
manual work.<br />
The 27 participants of the seminar in<br />
September 2009 came from nine European<br />
countries (Ireland, Malta, Slovenia, France,<br />
Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, the<br />
Netherlands and Great Britain). Working<br />
language was English, while an interpreter<br />
continuously provided his assistance.<br />
Seminar Contents<br />
Compliant with the previously compiled<br />
work paper, the seminar was structured according<br />
to the different approaches. That<br />
way the approaches were components of<br />
the multiplier seminar and at the same<br />
time, on a meta level, could be discussed as<br />
aspects of future exchanges. The alternation<br />
of theoretical and practical seminar sections<br />
made the seminar more interesting. Cultural<br />
activities in the evenings completed the<br />
work programme and simultaneously ser-<br />
Final Report 49