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19/12/2012
Assessment of progress towards the Europe 2020 social inclusion objectives
With its objective of inclusive as well as smart and sustainable growth, and with its (first ever) EU poverty and social exclusion target, the Europe 2020 Strategy (potentially) increases the importance of the EU's social objectives and integrates them with the EU's economic, employment and environmental objectives.
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19/12/2012
Experts Committee presents recommendations for actions against age discrimination in Germany
The German Anti-discrimination Agency (ADS) has declared 2012 the Year Against Age Discrimination. Under this framework, an Experts Committee presided by Dr. Henning Scherf has been working in the last months to present a series of concrete actions and recommendations to reduce age discrimination in Germany.
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18/12/2012
Lithuania celebrates the end of the European Year 2012 reminding that it is crucial to support initiatives in the field of active ageing
The National Closing Conference of the European Year 2012 in Lithuania took place in Vilnius on December 17th, organised by the Ministry of Social Security and Labour. The Director of Family and Communities Department of the Ministry, Jolanta Zabietienė, opened the event welcoming participants and inviting them to participate and interact in the scheduled debate about solidarity and interrelations between generations.
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18/12/2012
The European Year Ambassadors, honoured at the closing ceremony of the EY2012 in Latvia
The Latvian closing event of the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012 took place on December 12th in Riga. More than 100 participants attended the ceremony, including representatives of the Welfare Ministry, senior NGOs, authorities, journalists and member of institutions involved in the EY2012.
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18/12/2012
The National Closing Conference of the European Year 2012 in Slovakia invites to debate about intergenerational dialogue
The National Closing Conference of the European Year 2012 in Slovakia took place in Bratislava on December 14th under the title “Human Rights through Intergenerational Dialogue”. Jointly organised by the Government Office of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the conference invited participants to debate about solidarity and dialogue between generations.
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17/12/2012
European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012 leaves lasting legacy as Ireland enters EU Presidency
On 13 December, the closing ceremony for the European Year 2012 in Ireland provided a forum for identifying how to keep active ageing and solidarity between generations on the national agenda, while encouraging dialogue on related issues of policy and research.
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17/12/2012
Finland celebrates the end of a successful and active European Year 2012
Around 100 people gathered at the European Commission Representation in Helsinki on December 12th to celebrate the National Closing Event of the European Year in Finland. Organised by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, the event was hosted by the national Coordinator of the EY2012, Professor Anneli Leppanen, and the Secretary of the Year, Marjo Wallin.
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14/12/2012
The Czech Republic closes the European Year 2012 with a call to continue inspiring seniors to live actively
It is essential to continue the projects launched this year in the Czech Republic in order to eliminate stereotypes about ageing and to keep on inspiring seniors to live actively. These are two of the key messages delivered by authorities and other stakeholders at the National Closing Conference of the European Year 2012 held on December 11th in Prague’s Brevnov Monastery.
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14/12/2012
Seniorforce Day event in France advocates to "Do it together" for an intergenerational society
In an effort to propose ways in which young and older people might work together to respectively find their place in society and feel less isolated from it, the conference organised by France Bénévolat in Paris on 4 December 2012 encouraged participants to look at age from a new perspective, as well as recognise seniors as full-fledged actors of "cohesion", instead of "costs" to society.
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13/12/2012
“I cannot remember that so much attention had been paid to any European Year before”, says Ursula Lehr at the Closing Event in Germany of the EY2012
The German Federal Association of Senior Citizens' Organisations (BAGSO) and the Research Association for Gerontology at the University of Technology Dortmunt remarked the positive outcome of the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012 during the National Closing Ceremony of the Year in Germany, which was held on December 10th in Berlin.