Závěrečné zasedání INCLUSage - Brusel 7. prosince 2010
Draft Agenda
Promoting Adequate Income and Dignity in Old Age through Civil Dialogue
Seminar organised in the framework of ‘INCLUSage Project - Debating Older People’s Needs’
and of the European Year 2010 on Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion
7 December 2010, Brussels, 09.00-16.30
Venue: Committee of Regions, rue Belliard 99-101, Room VM3
PART ONE Adequacy of minimum income in old age to guarantee a dignified life and respect human dignity
Chair: Jean Lambert, MEP, Co-President of the Intergroup on Ageing and Vice-President of the Anti-Poverty Intergroup
Welcome: Anne-Sophie Parent, Director AGE Platform Europe
09.00-11.15 SESSION 1 – What matters for older people
* Testimonies of older people from Poland, Germany and Slovakia living on a minimum income (30 min)
* ‘Adequacy of income for older people – how to meet older people’s needs alongside old age’, Jean-Pierre Bultez, AGE France, Les petits frères des Pauvres (15 min)
* Prevalence of poverty risks among older people across EU countries and national policies in adjusting minimum pensions to reduce poverty, Asghar Zaidi, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna (15 min)
* Responses from the panel: Antonia Carparelli, European Commission DG EMPL, Head of Unit Social Inclusion; Marian Harkin, MEP and President of the Interest Group on Care; Koen Vleminckx, Co-ordinator "adequate social protection", Belgian EU Presidency - 30 min
11.15-12.30 SESSION 2 – How to meet older people’s needs
* Social realities and old-age poverty in national contexts – monetary poverty, living conditions and material deprivation, presentations by AGE Members, Oldrich Stanek, Czech Republic, Ruth Brand, Germany and Maria Petkova, Bulgaria (20 min)
* ‘The Minimum Agreed upon – Consensual Budget standards for the Netherlands’, Stella Hoff, the Netherlands Institute for Social Research, The Hague (15 min)
* Responses from the panel: Ilda Figueiredo, MEP (TBC), Vice-Chair Committee on Employment and Social Affairs; Rudi Van Dam, Belgian Member of the SPC Indicators Sub-group, Fintan Farrel EAPN Director - 30 min
* Conclusions:
Jean Lambert, MEP
Michel Riquier, AGE France
12.30-13.30 Lunch break
PART TWO Results from ‘INCLUSage Project – Debating Older People’s Needs’ on how to promote civil dialogue and involvement of older people organisations’ in policy making
Chair: Constance Hanniffy, Committee of Regions, Member of the Commission for Economic and Social Policy
Welcome: Halina Potocka, Fundacja ‘Ja Kobieta’ - Coordinator ‘Forum 50+’ and Vice-President of AGE Platform Europe
13.30-16.30 SESSION 3 – Civil dialogue to promote social inclusion in old age
* Testimonies of older people from Czech Republic, Finland, Italy and Bulgaria about their participation in public debate and policy making (40 min)
* Introduction to the INCLUSage Project, Maciej Kucharczyk, Project Co-ordinator (10 min)
* Civil dialogue in European perspective - Code of Good Practice, Dr. Frank W. Heuberger
Leiter der Leitstelle Bürgergesellschaft und Ehrenamt (20 min)
* Presentation of the INCLUSage Project recommendations and the final methodology ‘Promoting Older People’s Social Inclusion through Civil Dialogue’ by project partners (20 min)
* Response from the panel: Kinga Goncz, MEP, Joachim Ott, European Commission, DG Communication, Deputy Head of Unit Citizens’ Policy, Mieczyslaw Augustyn, Member of the Senate of Poland (TBC) (30 min)
* Conclusions:
Constance Hanniffy, Committee of Regions
