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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The policy dimension

• Higher risk of poverty for older persons
• Employment - a key factor for social inclusion
• Low employment and participation rates of older
  workers (aged 55 )
• Population ageing affects the availability of
  labour resources, economic growth and
  sustainability of social protection systems
• Lisbon strategy, the Open Method of
  Co-ordination, National Action Plans

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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 ageing
• 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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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
• FIMNeuesLernen - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
  Erlangen-Nürnberg Germany
• Bavarian Senior Citizens Network Germany
• NGO Anti-Poverty Information Centre Bulgaria
• University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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Working methods

• Research to identify the needs and weaknesses in
  the employability of older workers and the best
  age management practices
• Design and promotion of an integrated age
  management strategy to support the retention and
  redeployment of older employees
• Transnational exchange and co-operation including
  exchange of good practices, short term exchanges
  of employees, development of website, common
  dissemination activities, etc.

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Concrete outputs

• Conferences in Greece (July 2006) and Germany
  (Summer 2007)
• Workshops in Germany (March 2006), Finland (May
  2006), Bulgaria (October 2006), Cyprus (February
  2007)
• Job-shadowing activity
• Five country reports on active ageing (Bulgaria,
  Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Greece)
• Age Management Strategy
• The project website www.activeageing.org