Apologies for cross-posting.
We have published our first March Policy Brief:
Asghar Zaidi "Features and Challenges of Population Ageing: The European
Perspective" (http://www.euro.centre.org/detail.php?xml_id=1143)
In this Policy Brief the issue of population ageing and its possible
implications are sketched out. It also discusses what public policy
responses are required to deal with the challenges posed. The main focus
would be on Europe as a region facing these challenges and how
individual countries as well as the EU and the UNECE could steer
strategies to deal with them.
Two messages would summarize the contents of this Policy Brief. Firstly,
the population ageing phenomenon could be considered a hazard or it
could offer new opportunities for our societies depending upon how well
we prepare for it. If prepared well and much in advance, this would
actually become an opportunity to develop further with a greater extent
of social cohesion across generations. Secondly, it is not just public
policies that need to be reformed to account for population ageing
issues - in fact the private sector and the civil society as well as the
individuals concerned will all be key factors in adapting to the new
situation and in coming up with innovations to meet effectively the
challenges that our ageing societies will be facing in the future.
Please feel free to forward the Policy Brief to people who might be
interested.
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Best regards,
Annette Hexelschneider, Dipl.-Ing.
Head of Knowledge and Information Management Support Unit
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
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A-1090 Vienna (Austria)
Tel: +43-1-319 45 05-23
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