ActivAge Final Conference - Overcoming the Barriers and Seizing the Opportunities of Active Ageing Policies in Europe
October 18th, 2005, Brussels, Belgium

In coming years, European societies will increasingly feel the strains of demographic ageing. Projected demographic imbalances between the generations are likely to have profound effects on European labour markets, social protection and pension systems, health care systems, and societal integration as a whole. This necessitates structural reforms at different levels but also, many argue, a paradigmatic shift towards greater individual empowerment and self-determination of all ages and at all stages of life, i.e. active ageing.

In this Conference the ActivAge project will present the final results of its three-year long research. More specifically, we will report on the challenges posed by ageing societies for different policy sectors, namely, the labour market, pension systems and the health sector. We will also be talking about the diffusion of the ‘active ageing’ paradigm in different countries and policy domains and the impact of this on civil society.

The ActivAge project has involved researchers from ten countries, namely, Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Switzerland and the U.K. The project has produced country reports for different policy domains as well as comparative reports pointing at differences and similarities in national policies and advancing recommendations for the EU. The project was coordinated by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in Social Sciences (ICCR).

Back-to-back with this Conference there will be a workshop of the project eInclusion (on 17 th October 2005). The eInclusion project, financed by DG INFSO, looks at the opportunities offered within the ICT sector for promoting the accessibility to work and employment of older persons as well as persons with disability. Since the topics of the two projects are related, other researchers and interested persons might find it interesting to attend .

More information on the two projects can be read at the following Web Sites: www.iccr-international.org/activage and www.einclusion-eu.org.

Agenda

Session 1: The Active Ageing Policy Paradigm(s) Chair: Les Mayhew
10:00 - 10:15	Welcome Address T. Lennon, Director DG-Research, Dir. K
10:15 - 10:45	The Concept of Active-Ageing: Narratives and Policy Discourses from a European Perspective Liana Giorgi, ICCR, Austria
10:45 - 11:15	The Impact of Institutional Legacies on Active Ageing Policies. Norway and UK in Comparative Perspective Rune Ervik, Dag Arne Christensen and Ingrid Helgöy, University of Bergen, Norway
11:15 - 11:45	Intentional, Accidental or Forgotten? The Active Ageing Policies in Poland and the Czech Republic Jolanta Perek-Bialas and Anna Ruzik, Jagiellonian University, Poland Lucie Vidović and Ladislav Rabusic, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
11:45 - 12:00	Coffe Break
12:00 - 12:30	Self-Help relevant Attitudes and Behaviour among Older People in different European Countries Michal Arend, econcept, Switzerland
12:30 - 13:00	Discussion
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch Break
Session 2: Active Ageing and Sectoral Policies Chair: Liana Giorgi
14:30 - 15:00	Active Ageing and European Pension Systems Paula Aleksandrowicz University of Bremen, Germany
15:00 - 15:30	Active Ageing and European Labour Markets Hannu Piekkola, ETLA, Finland
15:30 - 16:00	Active Ageing over the Life Course and the Implications for Health Care and Policy Les Mayhew, City University London, UK
16:00 - 16:30	Discussion
16:30 - 16:45	Coffee Break
16:45 - 17:15	Barriers and Opportunities of Active-Ageing based on Expert Consultations Jolanta Perek-Bialas, Jagiellonian University, Poland
17:15 - 18:00	General Discussion
18:00	End of Meeting

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Venue

Centre Borschette
Rue Froisart 36
Brussels 1040, Belgium

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