Active Ageing

JOINT CONFERENCE ON ACTIVE AGEING

Building upon their respective projects on Active Ageing carried out in 2012, the European Social Partners organised a joint conference aiming at presenting the main priorities of employers and trade unions in this field. The conference had a direct link with the updating and upgrading of skills for older workers.

This one-day conference took place in April 18, in Brussels.


Background documents:

• ETUC Action Plan on Active Ageing and Solidarity between generations
• ETUC Declaration on European Year 2012: European Year of Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity
• Final synthesis paper of the European Employers' organisations project on age management policies in enterprises in Europe
• Framework of actions for the lifelong development of competencies and qualifications
• Agenda
• Participants list

Presentations: 

• Presentation of the employer's project
• Presentation of the CEDEFOP's activities (Pascaline Descy, CEDEFOP, Head of Area Research and policy Analysis)
• Austria: "Stark im qualifizierungsverbund � eine Tiroler erfolgsgeschichte" Desiree Dafner, P&K Consultancy
• The Netherlands: "anticipate skills needs and adapt skills of older workers within the Dutch ministry" Betty Feenstra, Ministry of the Interiors and Kingdom Relations
• Germany: "Sozialpartnerinitiative �Lebenslanges Lernen" Rita Kley, BFW
• Susanne Kretschmer, F-BB gGmbH (DGB)
• Germany: "Lernen lebenslang - immer besser bleiben" Christian Bloom, Managing Director BGG Berufsbildungsgesellschaft Georgsmarienhütte GmbH
• Belgium : "convention collective - mise en oeuvre d'un plan pour l'emploi des travailleurs âgés dans l'entreprise" Herman Fonck, CSC, Company Department