| Acronym |
ACTIVAGE |
| Title |
Overcoming the Barriers and Seizing the Opportunities for Active Ageing Policies in Europe |
| Co-ordinator |
ICCR, Austria |
| Client |
European Commission, DG Research |
| Contract Number |
HPSE-CT-2002-00102 |
| Duration |
November 2002 - November 2005 |
| Person Responsible |
Liana Giorgi |
| Project Website |
www.iccr-international.org/activage |
| Objectives |
Demographic ageing is a key challenge European policy-makers will face in the coming decades. An ageing society will strain European labour markets, pension systems and health care systems. Yet, demographic ageing also is a unique opportunity for Europe: increasingly, older Europeans represent a rich reservoir of skills and experience. Current reforms in these sectors have coped with demographic ageing by focusing on the supply-side of the equation. Recently, European policy-makers have demanded a more holistic and pro-active policy approach that reduces the demand for social and health care services in old age. These policies, so-called active ageing reforms, ensure that European citizens can actively participate in the economy and society in older age. The ActivAge project, then, identifies maps and analyses the socio-institutional, economic, and political realities facing the implementation of active ageing policies. |
| Project Partners |
 Masaryk University, Brno; Czech Republic
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Helsinki; Finland
Le Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche Comparative en Sciences Sociales (CIR), Paris; France
Zentrum für Sozialpolitik; Universität Bremen, Germany
Instituto di Recerche Sulla Popolazione e le politiche Sociali (IRPPS – C NR), Salerno, Italy
Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Research, Bergen; Norway
Jagiellonian University ; Institute of Sociology, Krakow, Poland
econcept AG, Zürich, Switzerland
City University ; Department of Actuarial Sciences and Statistics, London, UK |
