Following the very successful conference organised by the Slovenian EU Presidency and the European Commission in Brdo on 28-29 April 2008 on Intergenerational Solidarity for Cohesive and Sustainable Societies, the conference Steering Group decided to publish a brochure on the outcomes of the conference and the way forward.
The purpose of this brochure is to encourage further work on the issue and to launch the European Day on Intergenerational Solidarity on 29 April as proposed by Minister Cotman. The brochure should also help launch the debate to prepare the 2012 - European Year on Active Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity proposed by Commissioner Špidla at the conference.
This publication presents a summary of the main plenary sessions and roundtables, as well as comments and recommendations from the Editorial Committee.
The document is published in English, but will be available in French, German, Dutch, Slovene and Spanish very soon.
With this brochure we hope to convince a growing number of EU and national policy makers and social actors to pursue the work started by the Slovenian Presidency during the first half of 2008 in order to initiate a shift in policy making to achieve a more cohesive and sustainable European society based on intergenerational solidarity.
All comments and recommendations are welcome! Please address these to the organisations mentioned above.
The members of the Steering Group:
Ines Alves (European Youth Forum), Davor Dominkuš (Slovenian Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs), Dušana Findeisen (Third Age University of Slovenia), Aleš Kenda (Slovenian Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs), Anne-Sophie Parent (AGE - The European Older People’s Platform), Franz Karl Prüller (ERSTE Foundation, Austria), Sibylle Reichert (AEIP – European Association of Paritarian Institutions), Marjan Sedmak, (Association of Slovenian Pensioner Organisations and AGE), Zorko Škovor (Slovenian Office of Youth), Philippe Swennen (AIM – Association Internationale de la Mutualit
Last Updated on Thursday, 22 April 2010 14:51
