Community Action Programme to Combat Social Exclusion 20022006

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• Community Action Programme to Combat Social
  Exclusion 2002-2006
• SECOND TRANSNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

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Partners

• European Profiles S.A. Greece Leader
• Athens Network of Collaborating Experts NGO
  Greece
• Labour Institute GSEE-ADEDY, Western Hellas
  Greece
• Adult Education Center of Kuusankoski Finland
• University of Erlangen-Nuernberg Germany
• Bavarian Senior Citizens Network Germany
• NGO Anti-Poverty Information Centre Bulgaria
• University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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Objectives

• policy co-operation and exchange regarding
  demographic change management at European level
  and specifically age management strategies that
  promote the retention of older workers (in risk
  of exclusion) in employment or their
  re-integration into work
• exchange of best practice examples regarding
  active aging
• transnational networking and sharing of
  experience in order to spread knowledge on age
  management

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Objectives

• design and promotion of an integrated age
  management strategy that will promote the
  retention of older workers in employment as well
  as their re-integration into work
• co-operation of national organisations with
  social partners to reform the legal and
  institutional framework and promote changes in
  behaviour
• sensitisation of workers trade unions and other
  workers bodies, in order to support the
  projects initiative and participate actively in
  the framework of social dialogue.

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Project Activities

• Desk and field research on the employability of
  older workers
• Design and promotion of integrated age management
  strategy to support the retention and
  redeployment of older workers
• Transnational exchange and co-operation
  (including dissemination)
• Project management
• Monitoring and Evaluation

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Desk and field research on the employability of
older workers
Timing
September 2005 December 2005
Objectives
Identification of policies, attitudes, needs and
problems regarding the employability of older
workers and best age management practices
implemented in each participating country
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Desk and field research on the employability of
older workers
Tasks
Design of research Desk research Fieldwork Analysi
s evaluation of findings
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Desk and field research on the employability of
older workers
Deliverables
National reports (Greece, Finland, Germany,
Cyprus, Bulgaria)
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Design and promotion of integrated age management
strategy
Timing
December 2005 March 2006
Objectives
Integrated age management strategy to support the
retention and redeployment of older workers.
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Design and promotion of integrated age management
strategy
Tasks
Design of strategy Evaluation of practices
identified during desk and field
research Drafting of strategy Promotion of
strategy
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Design and promotion of integrated age management
strategy
Deliverables
Age Management Strategy in English
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Transnational exchange
Timing
September 2005 August 2006
Objectives
Sharing and exchange of new ideas and innovative
approaches to promote further innovation and
produce more effective outcomes, and to ensure
the best possible dissemination of the projects
results
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Transnational exchange
Tasks

• Organisation of workshops
• Organisation of short term exchanges of employees
  (job-shadowing)
• Organisation of conference
• Website development

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Transnational exchange
Deliverables
(1) one-day Transnational Conference (2) two-day
Exchange of good practice workshops (3)
Job-shadowings Website
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Project management
Timing
September 2005 August 2006
Tasks
National management Transnational management
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Project management
Deliverables
Bi-monthly progress reports 2 Interim progress
reports Final report
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Monitoring Evaluation
Timing
September 2005 August 2006
Tasks
On-going evaluation Ex-post evaluation
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Monitoring Evaluation
Deliverables
Interim evaluation report Final evaluation report