Overcoming the barriers and seizing the opportunities for active ageing policies in europe

Objective

Demographic ageing is a key challenge European policy-makers will face in the coming decades. An ageing society will strain European labor 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.

Programme(s)

• FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002)

Topic(s)

• 1.4.1.-4. - Key action Socio-Economic Knowledge Base

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

Address

Schottenfeldgasse 69/1
Wien
Austria

Participants (9)

CENTRE INTERDISCIPLINAIRE DE RECHERCHE COMPARATIVES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES

France

Address

Rue Du Faubourg Saint Honoré, 91
75008 Paris

CITY UNIVERSITY

United Kingdom

Address

Northampton Square
EC1V 0HB London

ECONCEPT AG ECONOMY AND POLICY CONSULTANTS

Switzerland

Address

Lavaterstrasse 66
8002 Zurich

JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY

Poland

Address

Groclzka 52
31 044 Krakow

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY

Italy

Address

Via Nizza 128
00198 Roma

THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE FINNISH ECONOMY

Finland

Address

Loennrotinkatu, 4B
00120 Helsinki

UNIVERSITAET BREMEN

Germany

Address

Parkallee 39
28209 Bremen

UNIVERSITY MASARYK IN BRNO

Czechia

Address

Gorkeho, 7
60200 Brno

UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN

Norway

Address

Prof Keysersgt. 8
5020 Bergen