Facing DEMOgraphic change with common strategies and nimble actions for improving the
sustainability of social and WELFare policies and increasing the quality of life of aged people
OBJECTIVES
The main objective of the project consists in reducing the negative effect of the population ageing in the
social-economical and territorial development of the Central Europe area, by promoting the diffusion and
the application of services and tools oriented to ensure the sustainability of social policies for elderly both
at public spending and healthcare service quality level.
In particular, the project intents to:
- set up and apply tools and methodologies to evaluate and monitor the applicability and the efficiency of
the already implemented social policies for elderly people spread in the Central Europe area;
- establish a permanent “Transnational Board for Social Policy for elderly people” and related public
expenditures, that, with the above mentioned tools and methodologies, is able to orient the policymakers in the process of definition of sustainable social policies and to support all stakeholders (mainly
public administrations and social and health services providers) in the processes of territorial application
of social policies for old people;
- promote operative actions oriented to improve the sustainability and the efficacy of social policies:
o widen innovative healthcare services for elderly people, with specific attention to people affected by
chronic diseases, by the employment of new technologies;
o other (according to pilot action that will be activated by project partners).
- contribute to the renewing process of the European Social Agenda to be achieved from the 2010.
ACTIVITIES
WP0. PROJECT PREPARATION
The WP includes all the activities related to project preparation (partnership meeting, definition of project
concept and activities, budgeting, drafting of application form, collection of documents for project
submission, etc) in order to submit the project idea.
WP1. PROJECT MANAGEMENT & COORDINATION
The WP includes all the activities related to a sound technical, economical and financial management of the
project, in order to guarantee the conforming development of the project, according to the rules related to
the obtaining of Structural Funds.
Task. 1.1 Technical and administrative management of the project (establishment of a Project Steering
Committee and a Transnational Secretariat Service for the whole partnership
Task. 1.2 Financial management of the project (including audit)
Task 1.3 Monitoring and external appraisal of the project
WP Leader: Veneto Region
OUTPUT: tools and instruments allowing the sound management of the project according to Programme
rules
WP2. COMMUNICATION, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND DISSEMINATION
The WP includes all activities of the sensitization, information and results dissemination targeted to
stakeholders. It foresees the realization of initiatives oriented to inform the general public about the
achievements and results of the project. The WP, moreover, foresees the realization of specific activities
that allow the replication of the proposed initiatives (mainly methodologies and tools) in other areas of the
Central Europe and of the whole European territory.
Task. 2.1 Communication, dissemination and knowledge management strategy for internal (among
partners) and external (to stakeholders and general public) communication
Task 2.2 Interactive tools for the involvement of stakeholders (web site, newsletter, wiki and blog tools)
Task. 2.3 International and local event (realisation of the Kick-off meeting, final conference, local events)
Task. 2.4 Project publication (project brochure, final publication and policy-maker guidance)
WP Leader: to be defined
OUTPUT: communication and dissemination material, meeting and events, etc.
WP3.TRANSNATIONAL TOOLS FOR THE MONITORING OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF SOCIAL POLICIES FOR
ELDERLY PEOPLE
The WP is oriented to define and put into practice methodologies and tools for the monitoring of the
sustainability and the applicability of social policy for elderly people with main reference to non selfsufficient elderly people. In particular, the WP foresees the following activities:
- definition of a transnational common methodology (e.g. multi-criteria analysis) able to highline common
and different objectives, fields of actions, application modalities;
- definition of innovative methodologies and tools for the evaluation and the monitoring of the impacts of
social policies for elderly people in terms of effective benefits for final targets (i.e the increasing of their
quality of life) as well as in terms economic impacts of social spending in public expenditure;
- data collection of regional/national information on the application modalities of social policies for
elderly people (non self-sufficient elderly people), as well as their impact both at social benefit and
public expenditures levels;
- analysis on the existent social policies for elderly people applied in the project partners’ area by the
application of the above mentioned transnational methodology in order to evaluate and to outline the
fields of actions for the improvement of the sustainability and the applicability of already existing social
policies for elderly people of the project partners’ area.
Analyses and monitoring activities will be carried out by the general supervision of the “Transnational
Advisory Panel”, as described in the following WP4.
Task. 3.1 Definition of a operative methodology and tools for the monitoring of the sustainability of social
policies for elderly people
Task 3.2 Open transnational database and analyses of the social policies for elderly people with main
reference to non self-sufficient elderly people
Task. 3.3 Appraisal and outlining of the fields of actions for the improvement of the sustainability and the
applicability
WP Leader: Province of Rovigo
OUTPUT: - joint methodology and tools for the appraisal of social policies for elderly people with main
reference to non self-sufficient elderly people;
- open database containing information of sustainability of social policies for elderly people;
- report/s on appraisal of the opportunities for improvement of social policies for elderly people
in term of their sustainability on public expenditures.
WP4. TRANSNATIONAL BOARDS AND TOOLS FOR THE JOINT MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL POLICIES FOR
ELDERLY PEOPLE
The WP represents the core activity of the whole project. It foresees the establishment and the functioning
of a “Transnational Board for Social Policy for elderly people”, as the main reference point, able to offer
joint approaches for a sound definition and especially application of social policies, for policy-makers, public
administrations and social and health services providers. The Board will be supported by a Transnational
Advisory Panel, constituted by experts on the topic of social policies for elderly people with main reference
to non self-sufficient elderly people, acting as a technical supporting body.
According to the results provided by the analysis activities of WP3, the Transnational Advisory Panel will be
in charge of:
- define innovative tools and operative addresses for the improvement of the applicability and the
sustainability of social policies for elderly people;
- (on the basis of previous tools) support the Transnational Board in adopting the operative tools, by the
definition/renewing, the implementation and especially the application of sustainable (from the social
and financial point of view) policies oriented to elderly people.
Task. 4.1 Establishment and functioning of the Transnational Board for Social Policy for elderly people
(meeting)
Task 4.2 Establishment and functioning of the Transnational Advisory Panel
Task. 4.3 Definition of innovative tools and operative addresses for the improvement of the applicability
and the sustainability of social policies for elderly people
Task. 4.4 Adoption of tools by the Transnational Board by definition/renewing of sustainable policies also
with their implementation in the open transnational database (WP3)
WP Leader: Veneto region (?)
OUTPUT: - n.1 Transnational Board for Social Policy for elderly people with a Transnational Advisory Panel;
- set of tools and addresses for the improvement of the applicability and the sustainability of
social policies for elderly people;
- transnational and local policies improved;
- n. 1 transnational database updated.
WP5. PRACTICAL TESTING OF TOOLS AND POLICIES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF QUALITY OF LIFE OF NON
SELF-SUFFICIENT ELDERLY PEOPLE
On the basis of achievements of WP3 and WP4, the WP5 is oriented to the promotion of practical actions
oriented to improve the efficiency and the sustainability of project partners’ social policies for non selfsufficient elderly people.
To this aims, specific pilot actions will be activated in each partners’ territory. Pilot actions could regard the
improvement and the widening of services for:
- Non self-sufficient people, mainly elderly people;
- Alzheimer affected people.
Task. 5.1 Pilot action in each region involved by the project
WP Leader: to be defined
OUTPUT: - to be defined
WP6. MONITORING AND REVISION OF TOOLS
The pilot actions foreseen within the WP5 represent a first application of valuational and operative tools
set up by the “Transnational Board for Social Policy for elderly people”. The WP6 intends to monitor the
impacts arising from the application of these tools in terms of:
- effective improvements of social services (effective benefits for elderly people),
- effective improvements in the financial sustainability of renewed and more applicable policies set up by
the operative tools proposed by the Transnational Advisory Panel and implemented by the
Transnational Board;
- effective improvement in the territorial development of Central Europe area.
On the basis of the results of the foreseen monitoring activity a revision of tools and methodologies defined
by the Transnational Advisory Panel will be realised, as well as a new updating of the transnational
database.
Task. 6.1 Appraisal and monitoring of pilot actions results in term of improvement of social quality of life
and public expenditures budget
Task. 6.2 Corrective measures for tools and policies
WP Leader: to be defined
OUTPUT: - report/s on appraisal
- set of corrective measures
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