Examples of Good Practice on Ageing- Related Policies contributed by UNECE member States last update: 18. November 2010 Please note: The UNECE Population Unit made this unedited collection of examples of good practices available upon request of its member States (see: ECE/WG.1/2009/2) and does not take any responsibility for its content. 1 Albania...........................................................................................................................7 National Strategy on Gender Equality in Albania .......................................................... 7 Austria............................................................................................................................8 Long-term National Plan for Senior Citizens ................................................................. 8 Representation of Older Persons in the Consumer Policy Forum .................................. 9 Family Hospice Leave .................................................................................................... 9 Federal Senior Citizens Act of 1998............................................................................. 10 Life-long Learning........................................................................................................ 11 WS Wording & Bilder – (Wie) sind Images änderbar?................................................ 29 Austria: Good practice – Mainstreaming Ageing in the Media.................................... 32 MedienexpertInnen-Workshop ..................................................................................... 33 Ageing in Place in Austria ............................................................................................ 36 24 hour care at home in Austria.................................................................................... 48 Ministry of Social Affairs facilitates media workshop on images of ageing in the media ....................................................................................................................................... 49 Hundstorfer verleiht Gütesiegel "Nestor Gold" für eine alternsgerechte Ausrichtung von Betrieben................................................................................................................ 50 Breaking the Taboo - Das Tabu brechen ...................................................................... 51 Produktivität und Ressourcen des Alter(n)s in Österreich............................................ 56 Independent Volunteer State Centre ............................................................................. 60 Aspern Vienna’s Urban Lakeside ................................................................................. 61 Belgium........................................................................................................................63 Intergenerational Relationships .................................................................................... 63 Home Sweet Mômes – Intergenerational leisure time in Belgium............................... 64 Bulgaria........................................................................................................................66 Employment of elderly people...................................................................................... 66 Language courses for adults in Bulgaria....................................................................... 67 Life-long learning and social integration...................................................................... 68 Canada..........................................................................................................................72 Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy (AHRDS)................................. 72 Czech Republic ............................................................................................................73 Distress Care Areíon..................................................................................................... 73 Better accessibility in Public Transport ........................................................................ 73 Cultural life of older persons ........................................................................................ 74 Practical courses offered by Diaconia of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren . 74 The Homecoming mobile hospice care......................................................................... 75 Municipal Centre for Senior Citizens ........................................................................... 75 Denmark.......................................................................................................................76 The Reserve Grandparent Scheme................................................................................ 76 Finland .........................................................................................................................77 Municipal childcare in Finland ..................................................................................... 77 Ageing report ................................................................................................................ 77 Finnish Policies to Reinforce the Employment Rate and Employability of Older Workers......................................................................................................................... 78 2 National Framework for High-Quality Services for Older People ............................... 79 France...........................................................................................................................82 “Bien vieillir”: avenues towards good ageing .............................................................. 82 Le plan Alzheimer 2008-2012: France ......................................................................... 82 Le PariSolidaire ............................................................................................................ 83 Lire et faire lire: reading programme............................................................................ 83 Germany.......................................................................................................................85 German Centre of Gerontology .................................................................................... 85 Beschreibung des Aktionsprogramms SiliA sowie die Broschüren mit Links und als pdf ................................................................................................................................. 85 Kriminalität und Gewalt im Leben älterer Menschen................................................... 86 Study about crime and violence in the life of older persons......................................... 87 3. Welle des Alterssurveys in Deutschland................................................................... 87 German incentives to improve the reconciliation of work and family in companies: “ Audit Beruf und Familie” (“Audit Work and Family”)................................................ 88 Jetzt mitmachen und bewerben! - Internationaler Arbeitgeberpreis der AARP für alternsgerechte Personalpolitik 2010............................................................................ 89 Perspective Vocational Qualification – An initiative to promote the education of less- qualified young adults in Germany............................................................................... 91 Beziehungen zwischen den Generationen .................................................................... 92 Flagship project dementia............................................................................................. 93 Hilfen für Demenzkranke ............................................................................................. 93 Suizidprävention: Broschüre „Wenn das Altwerden zur Last wird“............................ 95 Media competency of older persons in Germany ......................................................... 95 Mainstreaming Ageing.................................................................................................. 96 Multi-generation houses in Germany............................................................................ 96 Statutory Pension Insurance. Child-raising periods and upgrading of pension expectancies accrued during the parental period .......................................................... 97 Support Programme for Dementia Patients who are living alone................................. 98 Consumer Policy for Older Persons.............................................................................. 98 The German National Association of Senior Citizen’s Organizations ......................... 99 Lebenslanges Lernen .................................................................................................... 99 Lifelong Learning in Germany ................................................................................... 100 Alzheimer & you......................................................................................................... 100 Cooperation project between regional Alzheimer society and multi-generation houses ..................................................................................................................................... 101 Flagship project dementia........................................................................................... 102 Intergenerational Caritas in Bamberg ......................................................................... 102 Intergenerational