| July/August 2010 |
| Publication of advertisements by national co-ordinators in professional press. |
| 31-10-2010 |
| Deadline for all candidates to return their application form (document 2 by e-mail AND document 3 by normal post) to their national co-ordinator. Information sheets on hosts have also to be sent to the national co-ordinator by e-mail before this date. |
| 15-12-2010 |
| A first list of selected professionals and hosts will be sent by HOPE to the national co-ordinators. |
| 31-01-2011 |
| The candidate must have contacted the national co-ordinator of the host country by phone to show his language knowledge. |
| 15-02-2011 |
| Deadline for selected candidates to confirm their participation in the programme (host and national co-ordinator of both sending and host country have to be informed). |
| 31-03-2011 |
| Individual programme of the professional worked out together with his host to be sent to HOPE and the national co-ordinator of the host country. |
| 30-04-2011 |
| Deadline for selected candidates to reconfirm their participation (host and national co-ordinator of both sending and host country have to be contacted again). |
| 16-05-2011 |
| HOPE will send a final list of selected professionals to the national co-ordinators. |
| 23-05 / 21-06-2011 |
| HOPE Exchange Programme 2011 |
| Monday 20-06 and Tuesday 21-06-2011 |
| HOPE AGORA and evaluation meeting 2011 in Turku (Finland) on the issue "Better health - A shared challenge for hospitals and primary health care" |
| 31-07-2011 |
| Deadline for professionals' and hosts' final reports: to be sent to HOPE, the host and the national co-ordinators (both host and sending country) BY E-MAIL ONLY. |
| End September 2011 |
| Certificates are sent out by HOPE to the national co-ordinators of the sending countries who will disseminate them. |