Expertise CE-Ageing strategy

PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR

Pieter Vanhuysse

BACKGROUND

Pieter Vanhuysse has been appointed for 2012-2013 as External Expert on the Central European Ageing Strategy developed by the Central European Knowledge Platform for an Ageing Society. The project is funded by the EU’s Regional Development Fund and run by a consortium of 13 partners from 8 CE countries, including Austria and Italy. The expertise is funded to contribute between March and September 2012 to develop trends and scenarios for the CE region until 2050, and by December 2012 to the ‘CE-Ageing Strategy’ document to be published as a Green Paper which provides links between most central policies and recommend measures/actions to enable CE regions in managing and adapting to demographic change. The “Green Paper of the CE-Ageing Strategy” was approved at the Age Steering Group (ASG) Meeting in Szekesfehervar/Hungary on December 12th, 2012. A consultation process with broad public and other relevant stakeholders commences at the beginning of March 2013 until the end of August 2013.

FUNDED BY

EU Regional Development Fund

PROJECT DURATION

01/2012 – 03/2013