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