Overview

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2011

8 February 2011
Response to EC consultation on the promotion and validation of non-formal and informal learning

28 February 2011
Contribution to consultation / preparation of Mr. Denis LANDY’s CoR Opinion on "An Agenda for New Skills and Jobs"

15 March 2011
Message to Spring Council on 24-25 March 2011

18 April 2011
AGE key messages to preparation of EP report on Flagship Initiative on New Skills for New Jobs (Rapporteur: Regina Bastos MEP) and examples of public sector initiatives for older workers

31 May 2011
AGE response to EC Green Paper on the Future of VAT

21 September 2011
AGE position paper on Active ageing through older volunteering: making the link between the EYV 2011 and EY2012

2010

26-28 January 2010
Supporting paper to AGE contribution to Grundtvig event, a decade of European Innovation in Adult Learning

4-5 February 2010
AGE contributed to Peer Review on Modernising and activating measures relating to work incapacity

9 February 2010
Letter to the Informal European Council on the future Europe 2020 Strategy

16 February 2010
AGE key messages on draft Joint Employment Report

17 March 2010
Letter to the 2010 Spring Council calling to strengthen the proposal for Europe 2020 by adopting an EU Flagship Initiative on Active Ageing and an Action Plan against Poverty and Inequality

17 March 2010
AGE contribution to Informal hearing on women in an ageing society held by Sirpa Pietikainen MEP

21 April 2010
AGE recommendations on the new Employment Guidelines

27 April 2010
AGE contribution to Commission evaluation of European Alliance for Families

6 July 2010
AGE calls on EPSCO Informal Council to consider issues affecting older workers and pensions

2009

13 February 2009
AGE reacts to Commission proposals in Joint Employment Report

6 March 2009
Letter to EPSCO Council 9-10 March on the Joint Report on Social Protection and Social Inclusion

10 March 2009
Leaflet on Promoting volunteering for Europe’s seniors

11 March 2009
Position paper on promoting active ageing and intergenerational solidarity through senior volunteering

March 2009
Position paper on mitigating the impact of the financial crisis on older workers

31 March 2009
AGE response to the Commission's Green Paper on the European Workforce for Health 

16 December 2009
AGE response to Commission consultation on the future Europe 2020 Strategy

2008

1 February 2008
AGE key messages to Informal Meeting of Employment and Social Affairs Ministers

14 February 2008
AGE response to Commission consultation on Europe's social realities

28 February 2008
AGE response to Commission consultation on active inclusion

29 February 2008
The European Spring Summit 2008 should commit to bringing about a greater solidarity between generations 

12 March 2008
AGE leaflet on Lifelong Learning: a Tool for All Ages

13 March 2008
AGE response to Commission consultation of European NGOs on reconciliation measures

9 April 2008
AGE contribution to Impact Assessment on Community instruments on economic migration: Seasonal Workers, Remunerated Trainees and Intra-Corporate Transferees

25 April 2008
AGE expectations for the renewed social agenda 

5 May 2008
AGE expectations for the Social Agenda package 

23 May 2008
AGE position on financial inclusion

4 June 2008
AGE urges Barroso to mainstream intergenerational solidarity in the renewed Social Agenda

21 November 2008
Improving the situation of older migrants in the European Union

2007

30 March 2007
AGE response to Green Paper on Modernising Labour Law to meet the Challenges of the 21st Century

25 April 2007
AGE leaflet on Promoting the Employment of Older Workers

18 July 2007
AGE factsheet on flexicurity

November 2007
AGE contributes to Peer Review seminar on Active Ageing Strategies to Strengthen Social Inclusion in Helsinki

2006

24 February 2006
AGE recommendations on active ageing to 2006 Spring Council

September 2006
Family Care Policies in the Member States of the European Union

11 October 2006
AGE message on flexicurity to the Extraordinary European Summit at Lahti

2005

18 January 2005
AGE response to Luxembourg Presidency message on the Lisbon Strategy and recommendations for the future Social Policy Agenda

23 March 2005
AGE reaction to 2005 Spring Summit

20 April 2005
AGE comments on Green Paper on an EU approach to  managing Economic Migration

30 September 2005
AGE Response to the Green paper on Demographic Change

17 October 2005
AGE message to the Extraordinary Summit at Hampton Court

2004

11 February 2004
AGE message to 2004 Spring Summit

2 July 2004
AGE response to Informal Council 8-9 July 2004 on“A Social Europe, Responsive to Change” 

31 August 2004
AGE recommendation for the new Social Policy Agenda

December 2004
AGE analysis of transposition of the Employment Directive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated on Wednesday, 21 September 2011 09:57