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Alan Smith Acting Head of Unit EAC-B3 European Commission

Active ageing as a dimension of European policy and programme for LLL: Some emergent issues. Alan Smith Acting Head of Unit EAC-B3 European Commission Cedefop Seminar on older workers, Brussels, 22 September 2011. Frameworks for EU involvement: Policy Programme

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Alan Smith Acting Head of Unit EAC-B3 European Commission

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  1. Active ageing as a dimension of European policy and programme for LLL: Some emergent issues Alan Smith Acting Head of Unit EAC-B3 European Commission Cedefop Seminar on older workers, Brussels, 22 September 2011

  2. Frameworks for EU involvement: Policy Programme Thematic issues relating to older adults Pedagogical issues Delivery, supply and organisational issues Coordination issues for policy and practice Implementation principles for EU Overview

  3. Policy frameworks: Adult Learning Action Plan 2008-2010 + European Agenda for Adult Learning 2012-14 Copenhagen Process: continuing VET strand Programme frameworks: Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013: Grundtvig + Leonardo da Vinci Education Europe 2014-2020 Frameworks for EU involvement

  4. Boosting participation of older adults in LLL Developing older adults’ skills and competences (wide spectrum embracing basic skills, literacy and numeracy / work-related / higher qualifications) Specific functional « literacies for ageing » (health, IT, consumer, finance, coping with administration, retirement planning etc.) Learning and caring (addressing semi-professional and personal learning needs of informal carers; learning in care homes etc.) Harnessing the knowledge, experience and life-skills of older adults for the good of society as a whole (incl. volunteering, active citizenship, culture & heritage etc.) Inter-generational and family learning (incl. life stories) Entrepreneurship (incl. Social entrepreneurship) Thematic issues

  5. Methodologies for empowering older adults to learn Challenges for initial training and further professional development of adult education staff Use of IT as a teaching and learning resource Pedagogical issues

  6. Creation of effective and attractive learning learning environments (formal, non-formal, informal) Accompanying services (guidance, validation etc.) Data collection & monitoring (extend data to >64 etc.) Emphasis on special target groups (older men, older migrants, lowest skilled & marginalised etc.) Organisation and delivery issues

  7. European level (inter-DG coop. Etc.) National level (inter-ministry, inter-agency) Regional level (older adults as a dimension of the « learning region ») Local level Coordination issues

  8. See older adults as: part of society: no ghetto more than just workers more than just a problem Nothing about us, without us: involve older adults in defining issues and solutions Concentrate on where we can make a difference (but don’t forget the rest…) Choose the appropriate methods (policy cooperation tools, projects & networks, individual mobility) Work together with other actors, not in isolation EU implementation principles

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