News
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23/12/2011
European Year 2012 French website now online
The French government has launched the national website for the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012.
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23/12/2011
European Year 2012 German website
Germany has launched its national website for the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012.
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22/12/2011
Promoting the social inclusion of Roma
Roma in the EU face unacceptable levels of poverty and social exclusion and are victims of extensive discrimination. At the same time, this cannot be divorced from the wider problem of poverty, social exclusion and discrimination that affects many other groups. Also, the current economic crisis and austerity measures which hit the most vulnerable hardest are worsening the situation. There is an urgent need to break this cycle of poverty, social exclusion and discrimination. The European Commission's 2011 Communication,An EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020, has launched a process to achieve this and these Synthesis Report and country reports are intended to assist this process.
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22/12/2011
International Study of Grandparenting
The launch of a major new research project.
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21/12/2011
Age Action Alliance
The Age Action Alliance was launched on 30 September, to coincide with Older People’s Day celebrations.
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15/12/2011
Spanish Website Launch
www.envejecimientoactivo2012.es
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29/11/2011
Improving the efficiency of social protection (Portugal)
Social protection expenditure tends to rise with economic downturns and in Portugal the experience of the recent crisis has highlighted the need to improve the efficiency of social protection provision and to make it more cost effective.
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16/11/2011
Italian website on the European Year 2012 now online
The Italian government has launched the Italian website on the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012.
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03/11/2011
Demographic change: challenges and opportunities for employment
The Employment Committee (EMCO) and the Heads of Public Employment Services (HoPES) organised a conference to discuss the 'Challenges and opportunities for employment vis-à-vis demographic changes' in Warsaw on 10-11 October.
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03/11/2011
Effects of life courses on women's pensions (Germany)
In Germany, as in many other countries, there is a gender gap in the value of old-age pensions reflecting differences in the career patterns of women and men. Traditionally women are more likely than men to take time out from work to care for family members, particularly young children and older relatives. This has a two-pronged impact on the levels of old-age pensions that women receive: firstly, it shortens working life and therefore reduces the number of contributions made towards a final pension and, secondly, career breaks tend to have a negative impact on income levels so that the value of these contributions is lower.