News
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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.
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21/10/2011
The First Annual Convention of the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion: Are we reaching our targets?
The Convention, that took place in Krakow (Poland) on 17-18 October was organised by the European Commission in cooperation with the Polish presidency.
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20/10/2011
Closing the gap - in search for ways to deal with expanding care needs and limited resources (Sweden)
Across Europe, countries are confronted with the challenge of how to care for an ageing population with limited resources. This challenge has become even more acute as the tightening constraints on public expenditure in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the recession which accompanied it reinforce the effect of demographic trends. Although countries have quite different systems of care, there is a common need to find ways to limit the demand for care whilst at the same time ensuring access to good quality care for all those that need it without putting unsustainable stress on public resources. The purpose of this Peer Review is to stimulate debate and ideas which will help develop a strategy to assist this process.
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13/10/2011
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 increases the importance of the EU's social objectives and integrates them with the EU's economic, employment and environmental objectives.