asce coordination team age platform europe 111, rue froissart 1040 brussels belgium

ASCE Coordination TeamAGE Platform Europe

111, Rue Froissart1040 Brussels

Belgium

Tel: +32 2 280 14 70 Fax: +32 2 280 15 22

E-mail: [email protected] www.age-platform.eu

Funded by the European Commission’s Europe for Citizens Programme

Introduction to the ASCE project

Name of SpeakerDate and place

• Stand for: – Active : able to get involved, act and react– Senior : our target group– Citizens : member of a state, of a nation, of a

political community– For Europe : our level of action and the support to

a common european project

Funded by the European Commission’s Europe for Citizens’ Programme

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• Co-Financed by the European Commission – Europe for citizens programme


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• 10 partners from 8 countries



• And many more people involved at local, regional and national level



2014 : European Parliament elections (22-25 May)Renewal of the European Commission and of its President


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General context of economic, social and political difficulties everywhere in Europe and for all agesLack of confidence in the European project


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Give the capacities to older citizens, men and women, to get involved in the relevant European Union activities, and in particular in the European elections


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By: •Explaining how the EU institutions work (Brochure Active Senior Citizens for Europe)•Developing training tools on EU institutions, policies, campaigning, EU funding •Organising meetings at European, national and local levels•Sharing knowledge and practices between countries


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I. EU legal framework and political context

II. EU action to promote older people’s rights

III. The European and international institutions, and decision making processes


Sample Content Slide The ASCE brochure

• Two European Workshops • National trainings• Campaigns for the European Parliament elections

(22-25 May 2014) • A final conference in December 2014 with the

newly elected Members of the European Parliament


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• Training modules in 8 languages• Trained older citizens in 8 countries• A campaign and a Manifesto for an age-

friendly European Union with concrete objectives to be achieved by the MEPs


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We call on the candidate MEPs to look to creating an Age-Friendly European Union through ensuring that EU policies and initiatives will:

1.Promote equal opportunities and the realisation of human rights for all2.Guarantee adequacy, fairness and sustainability of Europe’s social protection and social inclusion systems



3. Ensure universal access to goods and services, in particular to the built environment, ICT, mobility and public services

4. Support the right to grow and age in good mental and physical health

5. Create age-friendly labour markets and economy



6. Involve older persons in all policy and research processes that concern them

7. Protect older persons’ right to live and die in dignity

AGE Platform Europe calls for the re-establishment of the Intergroup on Ageing and Solidarity between Generations to keep these issues high on the EU agenda.



ASCE project webpage: www.age-platform.eu/age-projects/1767-asce AGE Platform Europe website: www.age-platform.eu Campaign for the European elections blog: towardsanagefriendlyep.com


Sample Content Slide More information

ASCE Coordination TeamAGE Platform Europe

111, Rue Froissart1040 Brussels

Belgium

Tel: +32 2 280 14 70 Fax: +32 2 280 15 22

E-mail: [email protected] www.age-platform.eu

Funded by the European Commission’s Europe for Citizens Programme

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