Eurofound Seminars Focus on Working Conditions for Older Workers

Eurofound held its 8th edition of the Foundation Seminar Series (FSS) in Rome in late May. Among the issues on the agenda were working conditions of older workers; national, regional and sectoral initiatives for active ageing; and best practice in companies.

Following are links to the presentations:

Programme:

• Final programme [.pdf, 206kb]

Presentations:

DAY 1 - Monday 28 May 2012

• Maurizio Curtarelli & Oscar Vargas - Working conditions of older workers in Europe: Highlights [.pdf, 1.7mb]
• Marco Centra & Pietro Checcucci - Demographic trends, older workers and active ageing in Italy [.pdf, 500kb]
• Roberto Angotti - Learning, supporting active ageing. Evidence from Eurostat and Isfol - INDACO surveys [.pdf, 534kb]
• Country profile: Italy [.pdf, 536kb]
• Mario Zambelli - Company case Politecnico Calzaturiero 'Flexibly beyond' [.pdf, 805kb]
• Mario Zambelli - Company profile Politecnico Calzaturiero [.pdf, 1.1mb]

DAY 2 - Tuesday 29 May 2012

• Country profiles: Austria [.pdf, 300kb], Belgium [.pdf, 100kb],Slovenia [.pdf, 832kb], Portugal [.pdf, 833kb], Estonia [.pdf, 636kb],Finland [.pdf, 210kb], Ireland [.pdf, 170kb], Romania [.pdf, 508kb],Hungary [.pdf, 424kb], Latvia [.pdf, 1.4mb], Luxembourg [.pdf, 362kb], Serbia [.pdf, 655kb]
• Gabriella Bettiol - Industrial change, retirement reform, innovative business: impact on active ageing management [.pdf, 1.2mb]
• Riccardo Viaggi - The under construction 3 project: A European sectorial social dialogue approach to active ageing [.pdf, 422kb]
• Wilma Butterworth & Pamela Houghton - Positive about older workers [.pdf, 730kb]
• Carmel Schuler - Productive ageing [.pdf, 723kb]
• Bridie Horan - 'Options for me programme': promoting equal opportunities for older workers at Tallaght hospital [.pdf, 484kb]
• Dieter Doetsch - Training 50+ with ING-DiBa [.pdf, 880kb]
• Serena Zottino - Skills development in high-level older employees [.pdf, 378kb]

DAY 3 - Wednesday 30 May 2012

• Anne-Marie Guillemard - Developing solidarity and cooperation amongst the various age groups in the workplace for an active and productive ageing workforce [.pdf, 723kb]

Source: Eurofound (June 5, 2012)