29 April - EU Day of Solidarity between Generations

 

Together with​ the European Parliament Intergroup on Ageing and Intergenerational Solidarity and the EPP and ALDE groups, we organised a breakfast debate at the European Parliament on active ageing and intergenerational solidarity at work. The agenda of this event included a presentation by the European Social Partners of their framework agreement on active ageing and an intergenerational approach and a discussion on what the EU and civil society can do to support active ageing and intergenerational solidarity.

We organised a joint event with the European Parliament Intergroup on Active Ageing, Intergenerational Solidarity and Family policies and the European Youth Forum to shed light on the persisting age stereotypes and ingrained ageism. The event showcased widespread experiences of ageism at both ends of the life spectrum. with the many disadvantages and obstacles that still prevent the equal participation of the young and the older generations across the European Union.

 

AGE cooperated with the Confederation of Family Organisations (COFACE), Eurochild, the European Women's Lobby (EWL) and the European Youth Forum (EYF) to issue a joint press statement recalling the importance of bringing generations together to combat age stereotypes and discrimination and promote the inclusion and participation of all age group in all areas of society. AGE aimed to raise awareness of the positive impact of intergenerational links in the context of population ageing and of the key role each generation plays - and should be empowered to play - to ensure a sustainable future for people of all ages. Read more in this Special Briefing (April 2015)

 

In 2013...

• The coalition of European Organisations involved in the promotion of the European Year 2012 for Active Ageing and Soliarity between Generations encouraged their members and the other European organisations to organise awareness-raising events on the need of greater intergenerational solidarity in an ageing society. Those initiatives are collected every year so as to give them more visibility and inspire further actions/projects.
• This year again, the EY2012 Coalition sent a joint press release to mark the EU Day and highlight its key message
• In 2013, AGE and Eurochild organised a roundtable at the European Parliament on the topic of Grandparents as carers on 24th April.
• The coalition also supported and promoted the European project Generations@school

 

In 2012...

• The large coalition of European Organisations active in a wide range of sectors closely cooperated with the European Commission in order to prepare the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations (2012). For more information, please click here.
• The Coalition published a joint brochure entitled "2012: Everyone has a role to play!" (version FR) to invite all stakeholders at local, national and European level to use the European Year 2012 to promote solidarity between generations.
• The Coalition published an EY2012 Coalition Manifesto    
• The Coalition prepared a roadmap presenting their concrete commitments in the framework of the EU Year 2012

Please click here to see the list of initiatives added since the publishing of the roadmap
 

In 2009 and 2010, AGE published two major publications explaining the challenge of solidarity between generations and its role in achieving social cohesionand ademographic ageing:

• Intergenerational Solidarity: the way forward (Joint publication, 2010) 
  EN, FR, ES
• A plea for greater intergenerational solidarity (2009) EN FR NL

  
In 2008: On 29 April 2008: launch of the European Day of solidarity between generations by the Slovenian Presidency of the European Union announced that it was proposing to declare 29 April European Day of solidarity and cooperation
between generations. The first EU Day was officially launched on 29 April 2009.

 

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• Use the logo of the EU Day on your website or on any relevant publication
• Send your intergenerational projects, events or good practice examples to anne.melard@age-platform.eu
• Help us disseminate AGE joint publications as widely as possible.