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Elderly conditions

Like in many cities and regions in Europe the structure of the society of the partner regions and cities of Q-AGEING project is changing radically with a relative increase of older workers (55-64), elderly people (65-79), and very elderly people (80+) and fewer people of working age. The Q-AGEING project is focuses on creating better conditions to enable active ageing by developing actions which will be concentrated on public services and urban living environment. Both aspects are interlinked. The social exclusion of ageing inactive people will increase if no actions in these fields are taken. The creation of activity/jobs for elderly will be more difficult if no innovation in public support is realized and the attractiveness of the urban environment and thus competitiveness will decrease if the changing needs of these large groups are not taken into account. Q-AGEING is a possibility for participating partners to get to know usable transnational examples and to check and adopt them in local communities. The main message of the project is that ageing provides an opportunity for the whole society and does not only generate problems.

Active@Work addressed the sub-theme of management of demographic change. The main priority issue addressed was development and piloting of alternative working arrangements at enterprise level to improve the quality of work for ageing and older workers which includes maintaining the health and well-being of workers. It consists of different means such as rethinking the way work is organised, adapting work processes and making working arrangements more flexible. Active@Work aimed to increase the ability of enterprises to utilise alternative working arrangements as a mean to prevent the early retirement of their employees. The second objective of the proposed project is to intensify European level discussion, evaluation, co-operation and supportive activities concerning alternative work arrangements for aging labour force. To realize this a Transnational Dilogue Forum (TDF) was established.