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Active ageing and the European Employment Strategy

Active ageing and the European Employment Strategy. Regions for Economic Change Brussels, 25-26 February 2008. David-Pascal DION European Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. Lisbon strategy and active ageing.  Challenges

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Active ageing and the European Employment Strategy

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  1. Active ageing and the European Employment Strategy Regions for Economic Change Brussels, 25-26 February 2008 David-Pascal DION European Commission DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

  2. Lisbon strategy and active ageing •  Challenges • Facing up the challenges of technological and demographic change and globalisation • Demographic transformations due to: low fertility and longer life expectancy leading to socio-economic tensions (Stockholm and Barcelona Targets on employment rate and exit age). •  Objectives • Need for coordinated action at EU level to raise synergies across countries and policy domains notably by using the open method of coordination in areas where MS are responsible • Coordination of Member States' employment policies since 1997 with the aim to create more and better jobs in the frame of the European Employment Strategy • Strategy • National reform programmes and annual implementation reports by the Member States • Common European guidelines linked to ageing (IG. 2, 17, 18) and recommendations • Mutual learning, monitoring and evaluation at EU level

  3. Trends in the size of the population

  4. Change in WAP and share of OW

  5. Employment rates for older workers

  6. Stockholm and Barcelona Targets

  7. Skill structure of the population

  8. Training by educational attainment

  9. Key Figures : Training • Participation in education and training, 2005 • [EU target 12.5% by 2010] • Adults aged 25-64: 7.9% (2000) 11.0% (2005) • men: 7.4% 10.1% • women: 8.4% 11.9% • Age group 55-64: 2.8% 5.3% • Age group 25-34: 13.6% 17.4%

  10. Key Figures: Training • Participation in education and training, 2005 • Adults aged 25-64: Low education 3.4% High Education 21.4% • Age group 55-64: Low education 1.9% • High Education 13.9% • Age group 25-34: Low Education 5.9% • High Education 26.5%

  11. Active Ageing Strategy Attracting and keeping more people in employment requires to exploit the full potential of older workers Shift from piecemeal to comprehensive ageing strategies in a lifecycle approach, with policy reforms focusing on incentives for (re)entering and remaining in the labour market (see also Commission Communications in 2004 and 2006) through: • Reforming pension systems (strengthening incentives to extend working lives; closer link between contributions and benefits; adaptability to structural change) in order to reduce the implicit tax on continued work (e.g. BE, FI, FR, DE, IT) • Changing attitudes & negative perceptions for older workers through awareness raising campaigns (e.g. UK, SE) or legislation. • Raising quality at work and working capacity of workers throughout working life: training (e.g. DE, SE), working conditions (flexible forms of work organisation), health & safety at work (e.g. FI, NL). • Partnership in age management: Full involvement of social partners in developing and implementing the ageing strategies (training, flexible working…)

  12. EU support for Active Ageing • Policy coordination: policy framework for developing ageing strategies – Integrated Guidelines (N°2, 17, 18), National Reform Programmes (October), Employment in Europe (November), Annual Progress Report to Spring Council (December), Joint Employment Report (February 08), Spring European Council (March 08); Pension reforms. • Improving anti-discrimination legislation: Employment Equality directive against age and disability discrimination; European Year 2007 of Equal opportunities for all and anti-discrimination policy development (AGE Report on employment equality directive, November). • Mutual learning process: promoting exchange of experience and of good practice; launching of studies (e.g. EUROFOUND…) http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/news/2006/sept/ageingreport_en.pdf • Financial instruments through the ESF: promote new means of combating all forms of discrimination and inequalities in the labour market. Promote innovative age management approaches (EQUAL Report on LLL and age management, November).

  13. Further Information European Commission - DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/ employment_social/index_en.htm

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