FRENCH TEAM :

SANDY CÉDRICERWAN CLAIREDELPHINE CORALIEGREGOIRE

INTRODUCTION

Students in business administration

Goals : The subject-matter will be tackled from a variety of

perspectives : economic, social, financial, and medical, in each partner country

Review the existing solutions based on solidarity

Put forward new solutions to the issues at stake

STRUCTURE

I. Situation- Europe- France

II. Perception of elderly and the actions made … linked to solidarity

- Public sector- Companies- Associations

Conclusion : Communication tools

I. SITUATION - EUROPEAN CASE

2002 European union decided to boost senior employement rate (55-64) to 50% for all european countries for 2010

30% in 2002 (France)

2012 European year of active ageing and intergenerational solidarity

European pensions for local and national actions (ex: PEOPLE, Voice of European Seniors)

France Portugal Belgium Spain Finland Latvia

Pop(2011)

65 048 412

10 636 979

10 951 665

46 152 926

5 375 276

2 229 641

Life exp (2010)

M : 78,3

W : 85,3

M : 76,7

W : 82,8

M : 77,3

W : 82,8

M : 79,1

W : 85,3

M : 76,9

W : 83,5

M : 68,6

W : 78,4

> 65 yrs

36,2 % 16,9 % 36,2 % 17 % 38,2 % 17,4 %

Average age of retirement

58,8 63,1 58 61,4 61,7 62,1

Seniors employement (55-64)

37.9 % 50 % 35,3 % 43,1 % 52,7 % 16,9 %

Combining work with retirementWage < old age pension

Retirement age raising to 62 years old

Senior limited time contract for aged > 57 + helped by french state

EMPLOYEMENT POLICIES DEVELOPMENT

Solidarity day

« Live at home » policy

National phone number in case of abuses

FINANCIAL AND HEALTH CARE PENSIONS

To change our vision

ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN

ZOOM … Boost senior employment rate to 50% France is in a quite bad position as opposed to

Finland for example

How elderly are seen in society ?

Senior (45+)

Elderly (60+)Old people (80+)

SOLIDARITY Solidarity is the integration, and degree and type of

integration, shown by a society or group with people and their neighbours

It refers to the ties in a society that bind people to one another

Have a feeling of responsability and dependence in a group of people who are morally obligated against each other so problems encountered by a person concern the whole group

II. PERCEPTIONS AND ACTIONS

Focus in the public sector :

A town council

An institution of care

THE COUNCIL OF VILLENEUVE D’ASCQ

Perception :

The elderly Intergenerational solidarity

THE COUNCIL OF VILLENEUVE D’ASCQ

Actions :

Policy for maintaining home2 institutions of careA day careCommunity Centre for Social Action (CCAS)

THE COUNCIL OF VILLENEUVE D’ASCQ

Difficulties

Medicalized structures (building, equipment, maintenance)

Insufficient financial aid by department

Solutions

Research grants in addition to complete

INSTITUTIONS OF CARE

Priority : maintaining independence Activities : trips, outings and Group training

sessions

Financial support :The Regional Health Agency (RHA) Grants the municipality and the general council

INSTITUTIONS OF CARE

Difficulties

Not many places

Insufficient financial resources

Understaffing

Solutions

Project to create a new institution

Possibility to become a home housing

Or transform the residence where seniors and students live together

ZOOM …

In spite of the willing of the public service to set up actions for elderly and solidarity

They have a recurrent problem of insufficient grants

Seniors in companies

BE CAREFUL WITH THE TERM « SENIOR »

It depends on jobs and their hardnessex : For a service company: 55 years old For a manufacturing company: 45 years

old

Risks of health problems

Different words to define the same thingLaws : aged employeesCorporations: seniors, elderly, older workers etc…

It depends on the context

SOLIDARITY IN THE WORKPLACE

French distribution system:Workers pay the pension of retirees with a system of

contribution

Transmission of senior skills with tutoring

Obligation for companies to offer an interview to revitalize their career

TrainingTo reorient themselves completelyObligation of 20h of training per yearTools to prepare workers for retirement

The most original measuresTraining to start a businessPaid leave for new grandparents

ZOOM …

All the compagnies of more than 50 employees are legally compelled to set up measures for elderly employment.

The most used are the implementation tools for careers and trainings.

Associations and solidarity

ASSOCIATIONS

3 kinds of organizations:Representing ageing peopleRepresenting specific thingsThe organization for home caring services

ASSOCIATIONS

Each year there are many new retired who are willing to participate in the social, human, or caritative actions

Intergenerational exchange

ASSOCIATIONS

With increasing life expectancy and retirement pensions becoming less important (50% of the 25 best years)

There are difficulties to ensure the dependence of their parents

OK LET’S SUM UP NOW !

FRANCEIndications Official statistics

Population (2010) : 65 048 412

Life expectancy (2010) : • Man• Women

78,3 years85,3 years

Population over 65 years : 36,2 %

Legal age of pension : 62

Number of years of contribution : 164 trimesters or 41 years

Pension funding : No capitalisation but system of distribution with individual saving

Average age of retirement : 58,8 or 61,53

Rate of employment of seniors (55-64 years old)

37.9 %

Keep in touch with the project

Different communication tools like flyers

Updated the IUT website (international relations page)

Advertized the next year MEP program

From 11 Mars to 24 Mars 2012, International week Leiria

“How ageing can be dealt with on Europe in the future, from an intercultural, pluridisciplinary perspective based on

solidarity”

In March 2013, MEP will take place in Joensuu (Finland)

Aim : Working with foreign students on active ageing in Europe and solidarity

“How ageing can be dealt with on Europe in the future, from an intercultural, pluridisciplinary perspective based on solidarity”

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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