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<strong>TRAMP</strong> – Transnational Mobility of Older People in Europe<br />

8 Part I<br />

Statement<br />

Ageing in Europe primarily results from economic, social and medical improvements.<br />

These improvements provide the possibility to live a long, pleasant<br />

and secure life. At the same time ageing is one of the greatest challenges for<br />

the European Union.<br />

<strong>TRAMP</strong> makes an active effort to increase the degree of mobility within<br />

the European Union and enables older Europeans to play an active role in<br />

social and economic life. The Regional Representation of the European Commission<br />

in Bonn welcomes and supports the aim of <strong>TRAMP</strong> to facilitate<br />

access to Europe for older people with limited foreign language skills and to<br />

increase transnational mobility within the European Union.<br />

<strong>TRAMP</strong> supports older Europeans to pass on their manual work experiences,<br />

which requires few foreign language capacities. Particularly with regard<br />

to transnational and intergenerational communication and teamwork,<br />

<strong>TRAMP</strong> makes it possible for older Europeans to learn from youngsters and<br />

for youngsters to learn from the more experienced. It is a great opportunity<br />

for both sides not only to remove generational, cultural, and national barriers,<br />

but also to be aware of how substantially the European Union has changed<br />

over the last decades.<br />

Stephan Koppelberg<br />

European Commission, Head of EU-Representation,Bonn

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