The publication compiles Workshop papers presented at the Launch event ‘Building Bridges in social welfare policy in Eastern Europe’ (19 September 2016; Vienna).

Benchmarking in the social dimension has its pitfalls when focusing on purely quantitative target-setting. Thus, benchlearning processes are suggested, in which analysing the causes for societal challenges, learning from others and action-taking stand in the forefront.

The study proposes a framework for conceptualising community care. This framework underscores the shifting needs of the person with dementia and of informal carers over the trajectory of the disease, and the changing roles of different stakeholders as a result.

The report presents the fiscal implications together with the distributional effects and the impact on risk of poverty of a similar reform in Austria.

This UNECE policy brief addresses the potentials of population ageing and necessary steps to enable people to live active and fulfilling lives as they age.