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TRAMP – Transnational Mobility of Older People in Europe
everyday intercultural misunderstandings.
Within the context of cultural contact, the
iceberg-analogy shows the importance of a
correct interpretation of external visible behaviour
based on the initially invisible moral
concepts underlying that behaviour.
Based on previous results of the multiplier
seminar, the work groups had been given
the task to plan an exemplary programme
for a one-week exchange. Amongst other
things, this organisational approach (organisational
approach) investigates how a
programme should be organised in order to
achieve the goals of the exchange and prepare
a successful intergenerational as well as
intercultural communication between the
participants. This exercise not only served
to heed already discussed hints and recommendations,
but also involved the integration
of the participants’ own knowledge and
experiences and to review these in terms of
their implementation.
The cultural framework programme of
the multiplier seminar prompted participants
to discuss the cultural approach
and its significance for an international
exchange. While being abroad, the elderly
should be given the opportunity to discover
the region together with those who come
from the area and to familiarise themselves
with the local living conditions. Sightseeing
and insights into social life contribute
to this. However, the interests of the participants
need to be taken into account. At
the same time it is also possible to integrate
the younger generation. On the whole,
the experiences of the cultural programme
serve as a familiarisation factor with participants
of the host country thus promoting
communication processes.
A further seminar component brings the
discussion back to the European context of
working with senior citizens. The institutional
approach includes information on
EU support programmes, but also points to
the necessity of establishing and exploiting
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international networks. Dissemination was
also a subject of discussion which involves
distributing information on funding programmes
of the EU and letting other organisations
and institutions share experiences
and results of accomplished projects.
The concluding strategical approach
contains the aspect of evaluating EU programmes.
Here, the exchange goals need
to be reviewed and results made available
for future projects. The final evaluation
process of the TRAMP project used linguistic
methods (questionnaires, comments)
and written visual methods (drawings and
graphics); in addition there were daily feedback
rounds either in the evenings or prior
to the practical work sessions in the mornings.
In doing so, new ideas can be seized,
suggestions for improvement implemented
and participants included in the process
while the exchange is still underway. Furthermore,
the evaluation targets on the arrangement
of future funding lines.
Evaluation of the Multiplier Seminar
On the one hand the evaluation of the
seminar in Paris served organisers as feedback
on the curriculum and, on the other
hand, served the mediation of evaluation
methods, which were applied in exemplary
form. In essence, the feedback regarding
the contents of the multiplier seminar was
positive. The particularly good points were
emphasised as follows:
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The insight into the European context
or working with senior citizens and the
possibilities of international cooperation,
the information on support options
by the EU, the presentation of European
networks for the intergenerational
practice by the “Projektbüro Dialog der
Generationen”, the discovery of intergenerational
work;