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<strong>TRAMP</strong> – Transnational Mobility of Older People in Europe<br />
78 Part II<br />
Topic organisation of programmes<br />
1. Project application and promotion<br />
Problems and obstacles<br />
• Increased costs for programmes aimed at the elderly<br />
• Discrepancies between f<strong>und</strong>ing guidelines and participants’ expectations<br />
Information<br />
• Participants of higher age often have special needs concerning transport<br />
and accommodation. Programmes for senior citizens often require more<br />
commitment in advance and more care during the project. Overall, higher<br />
personnel and non-personnel-costs can be the result.<br />
Recommendations<br />
• In the field of application and preparation of exchanges, special needs of<br />
senior citizens should be considered. When applying, the organising institution<br />
accordingly should budget higher expenses in planning and support<br />
(see also preparation).<br />
• Demands such as liberal time management in the programme should be<br />
fixed in the f<strong>und</strong>ing guidelines.<br />
2. Project preparation<br />
Problems and obstacles<br />
• Participants’ uneasiness about the programme<br />
Information<br />
• Senior citizens often have a stronger need for security than younger people.<br />
They should therefore get proper information about the exchange<br />
programme and the supporting programme in advance, so that they can<br />
decide, whether it meets their needs, which problems might occur and<br />
whether they feel capable of participating in the programme.<br />
Recommendations<br />
• A thorough collective preparation of the exchange is advisable.<br />
• Preparatory information meetings and references to literature and the internet<br />
as well as other participants’ addresses which might lead to contacts<br />
in advance might increase the participants’ acceptance.<br />
• It has proved useful to provide the experience of participants from previous<br />
projects.