The Green Paper on Ageing, which was released by the European Commission at the beginning of the year, seeks to launch a wide public debate on this issue. The Green Paper sets out the key issues related to ageing and discusses possible ways to anticipate and respond to the socio-economic impacts of Europe’s ageing population.
The Paper was open for public consultations till 21 April. ECHAlliance led two responses to the document: on behalf of the EU_SHAFE consortium, focusing on enabling smart healthy age-friendly environments, and on behalf of SmartWork, engaging additionally four other Horizon 2020 projects, which focus on building sustainable and age-friendly working environments for all. In their commentary they called for better recognition of the potential and the role of new technologies in keeping the older people at work and in good health in the Green Paper and the future policy responses.
Organised by the EU_SHAFE and SmartWork projects, the webinar aims at:
Identifying the areas of policy response that need further development, e.g. use of the new technologies for keeping the older people at work and in good health.
Highlighting examples of the technological developments that close the gap between technological developments and end-users real needs and expectations.
Discussing the socio-economic aspects, i.e. the availability of the devices and the internet, and their cost, as well as health and digital literacy of the users.
Leveraging the networking opportunities for the organisations developing the solutions and those that can potentially deploy them.
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AGENDA
11:00 Welcome and introductions
11:05 Part I - Setting the scene: EU Policy developments on active and healthy ageing
EU Council Conclusions on Mainstreaming Ageing in Public Policies, Bruno Ribeiro Barata, Counsellor for Social Policy at the Portuguese Permanent Representation to the European Union
Green Paper on Ageing: Irina Kalderon Libal, Policy Officer, European Commission, DG CNECT - eHealth, Well-Being and Ageing
EU_SHAFE Project: Josè Miguel Corres Abasolo, Council of Bizkaia
11:35 Part II - Plenary discussion: The role of new technologies in keeping the older people at work and in good health
Claudia Fernandez Rivera, Technological University Dublin, EU_SHAFE Project
Charalampos Vassiliou, BYTE, SmartWork project
Carina Dantas, SHINE 2 Europe, NET4AgeFriendly
Joan Martin, Louth County Council, President EU Covenant Demographic Change
12:25 Conclusions and next steps for EU Ageing Policy