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REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Year for Active Ageing (2012) PDF (416 KB) DOC (633 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Pursuant to Article 25 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Union recognises and respects the rights of the elderly toolder people to have access to appropriate health and social support, lead a life of dignity and independence and to participate in social and cultural life.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Ageing is undoubtedly a challenge for the whole of society and for all generations in Europe, but it is also a matter of intergenerational solidarity and above all the role of the family.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Successive European Councils have recognised the need to tackle the effect of ageing populations on European social models. A key response to this rapid change in the age structure consists in promoting healthy and active ageing and thus ensuring that the baby boom cohorts, who are, on the whole, healthier and better educated than any such cohort before them, have good opportunities for employment and active participation in society. Flexibility in labour relations – especially so-called atypical contracts – must be promoted so as to ensure that everyone will be able to work in accordance with their circumstances.
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The growing proportion of older people in Europe makes it more important than ever to promote healthy ageing. A crucial factor in this is access to health and social services. Healthy ageing can help raise labour market participation of older people, enable them to be active in society for longer, improve their individual quality of life and curb the strains on health and social care systems.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Further measures must be taken to combat the information isolation of the ageing generation. Access to and use of the new technologies is a basic condition for active ageing and social inclusion.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Council adopted on 22 February 2007 a resolution on ‘Opportunities and challenges of demographic change in Europe: the contribution of older people to economic and social development’, which emphasised the need to increase the possibilities of active participation by older people, the new economic opportunities (‘silver economy’) created by the growing demand of older people for certain goods and services as well as the importance of the best possible health and quality of life (which includes access to appropriate and high quality health care) and a positive public image of older people.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The Council adopted on 7 June 2010 Conclusions on ‘Active Ageing’, inviting the Commission ‘to pursue the preparation of a European Year for Active Ageing in 2012 during which the benefits of healthy and active ageing and its contribution to solidarity between generations can be highlighted and promising initiatives in support of healthy and active ageing at all levels can be publicised’.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Commission proposed in its proposal for a Council Decision on ‘Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States’ of 27 April 2010, which calls under the guidelines 7 and 8 on Member States to increase labour force participation through policies to promote healthy and active ageing, to raise employment rates of older workers through innovation in work organisation and to increase the employability of older workers through up- skilling and participation in lifelong learning schemes. Guideline 10 emphasises the need to enhance social protection systems, lifelong learning and active inclusion policies with the aim to create opportunities at different stages of people's lives and shield them from the risk of social exclusion.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Active and healthy ageing is targeted by several Union programmes, such as the European Social Fund, the European Regional and Development Fund, the PROGRESS programme, the Life Long Learning Programme, the Public Health Programme, the specific programmes on information and communication technologies and on socio-economic sciences and humanities in the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development, the Action Plan on ‘Ageing well in the information society’, the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Joint Programme for research and innovation, the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme with pilot deployment projects on ICT for Ageing Well and the Action Plan on urban mobility. Union co- financing of European Year activities will be in accordance with the priorities and rules applying, on an annual or multi- annual basis, to existing programmes and autonomous budget lines in the field of employment, social affairs and equal opportunities. Where appropriate, programmes and policies in other fields, such as education and culture, health, research, the information society, regional policy and transport policy, may support the European Year.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The overall purpose of the European Year shall be to encourage and support the efforts of Member States, their regional and local authorities, social partners and civil society to promote active ageing and to do more to mobilise the potential of the rapidly growing population in their late 50s and above, thereby preserving solidarity between generations. Active ageing means creating better opportunities and working conditions to enable older workers to play their part in the labour market, combating social exclusion by fostering active participation in socieGood health is a precondition for active ageing. Support for healthy ageing and measures to promote health ageing should therefore be an integral part of the European Year. Active ageing means creating better opportunities and working conditions to enable older workers to play their part in the labour market, by means of greater flexibility in labour relations, among other things, combating social exclusion by fostering active participation in society and by providing high-quality and accessible social services that permit ageing with dignity, and encouraging healthy ageing. On this basis, the objectives shall be:
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) to raise general awareness of the value of healthy and active ageing in order to highlight the useful contribution older persons make to the family, society and the economy, to promote active ageing andnd permit active participation in the labour market by people over the age of 55, to support mentoring in relations with the younger generations and generally to do more to mobilise the potential of older persons;
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) to stimulate debate and develop mutual learning between Member States and stakeholders at all levels in order to promote healthy and active ageing policies, to identify and disseminate good practice and to encourage cooperation and synergies;
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) to offer a framework for commitment and concrete action to enable Member States and stakeholders at all levels to develop policies and a horizontal approach through specific activities and to commit to specific objectives related to healthy and active ageing (including measures to facilitate access to appropriate and high quality health and social care).
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– conferences, events and initiatives, in which the business sector and SMEs will be closely involved, to promote debate, raise awareness and foster the making of specific commitments contributing to sustainable and long-lasting outcomes through evaluation of effective methods and measures for future initiatives and activities in the field of active ageing;
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
– information, promotion and educational campaigns in a form adapted to national, regional or local circumstances and to targeted groups; making use of multimedia and innovative and new methods;
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall take into account the potential of crossborder activities on a regional or local level for achieving the objectives set out in Article 2.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
The Commission shall, for the purpose of evaluation, encourage national statistical offices to pay special attention to evaluating the activities set out in Article 3(1) that took place within their territory during the European Year, in particular by taking account of public support.