European year for active aging and solidarity between generations
The European Year for Active Aging and Solidarity between Generations is the European Year decided for 2012 .
The theme aims to help create a culture of active aging in Europe , improve employment opportunities and working conditions for the growing number of older people in Europe, and promote healthy aging. Older people should be encouraged to take an active role in society .
The European Council recalls that the European Union is based on the universal values of human rights and human dignity, freedom, equality and solidarity and that the Lisbon Treaty of 2009 affirmed that the Union, among other things Fight social exclusion and discrimination and promote social justice and protection, equality between women and men and solidarity between generations. He noted that the Europe 2020 strategy called for inclusive growth, higher labor market participation and a reduction in poverty and social exclusion. The Council was determined to promote active aging and solidarity between the generations and called on all relevant actors to take this approach fully into account when implementing the Europe 2020 strategy. In the context of the European Year, the European Economic and Social Committee called for "a whole range of policy areas to be reconsidered: pension systems, work organization, lifelong learning, volunteering, health and care services and much more."
European Council guidelines
The guidelines address the following issues:
- employment
- Ongoing professional training and further education
- Healthy working conditions
- Age Management Strategies
- Employment services for older workers
- Prevention of Age Discrimination
- Employment-friendly tax and benefit systems
- Passing on experience
- Compatibility of work and care
- Social participation
- Income security
- Social inclusion
- Voluntary work by seniors
- Lifelong learning:
- Participation in decision-making
- Support for informal caregivers
- Independent living
- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Adapted housing and services
- Accessible and affordable transportation
- Age-friendly environments, goods and services
- Maximizing autonomy in long-term care
Implementation in Germany
The European Year for Active Aging and Solidarity Between Generations 2012 was aimed at recognizing the potential of older people and making it usable for society. The national work program in Germany comprised 46 projects on various topics. The Federal Association of Senior Citizens' Organizations (BAGSO) and the Research Association for Gerontology (FfG) were in charge of this.
criticism
The Leipzig social scientist Bernhard Rohde interpreted the goal of the European Year with the polemical formulation: "a) You have to do something in old age, you have to be active and b) you also have to take care of the stupid blisters!"
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kick-off event in Berlin on February 6, 2012 Federal Association for Prevention and Health Promotion eV (BVPG)
- ↑ Council of the European Union: Declaration of the Council on the European Year for Active Aging and Solidarity between Generations (2012): The way forward . Brussels, 7 December 2012, p. 2
- ↑ European Economic and Social Committee (EESC): EESC opinion on the European Year for Active Aging . Brussels 2012
- ↑ Council of the European Union: Declaration of the Council on the European Year for Active Aging and Solidarity between Generations (2012): The way forward . Brussels, 7 December 2012, pp. 8-11
- ↑ Deutsche Seniorenliga eV: Secure social participation! European Year for Active Aging and Solidarity Between Generations 2012 . 2012
- ↑ Bernhard Rohde: On the hardship of aging in the activating welfare state - eight theses and one concession - ( Memento of the original from December 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Leipzig 2012, p. 2
