Volunteering in Slovenia has a long tradition and deep roots. Today’s generation has grown by volunteering. Although at the beginning of the introduction of capitalist values, end of the century, somehow lost importance and attractiveness, never fully disappeared. On many fields it is again gaining in significance. In global society / the state/ voluntary activities [...]
The population will age all-over the world. Seniors are gradually becoming one of the largest groups in the society. This will provide a much greater demand for goods and services that will meet their specific needs. This also applies to social and rental housing for the elderly. Having been 40years working and paying all taxes [...]
There is new material on the EURAG 50th anniversary page and the UNECE conference outcome page.
EURAG European Federation of the Elderly Fédération Européenne des Personnes Agées Federazione Europea delle Persone Anziane Bund der älteren Generation Europas ——————————————————————————————————– EURAG MEMORY TRAINING CENTER and the Czech Society for Memory Training and Brain Jogging jointly organize under EURAG PROJECT: EMPOWERING SENIORS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING Working language: English [...]
In a message dated 02.08.2011 UN-DESA@un.org writes: Protecting human rights of older persons The world’s population aged 60 or older is expected to double by 2050, to a record of 21 per cent – representing two billion people. Member States are expressing concerns about the status of older persons revolving around their social and economic [...]
Icelandic Couple Celebrate Platinum Anniversary Magnús Jónsson, a retired school director, and Sigrún Jónsdóttir, a former teacher, celebrated 70 years of marriage on Tuesday–a platinum anniversary. They are the fifth Icelandic couple alive today to have reached this milestone. “We haven’t thought about it much,” Jónsdóttir told the newspaper ‘Morgunbladid’, adding that there is little [...]
Human Rights Day was established by a United Nations resolution to be commemorated each year on December 10th with the objective to make people everywhere conscious of the importance of human rights and freedoms On this 62nd Human Rights Day, we look at the rights of older people, and acknowledge the work that is being done to secure their human [...]
Double click for PDF format: http://eurageurope.org/thegronolderwomen.pdf United Nations CEDAW/C/2010/47/GC.1 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Distr.: General 19 October 2010 Original: English ADVANCE UNEDITED VERSION ====================================================================== Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Forty-seventh session 4 – 22 October 2010 General recommendation No. 27 on older women and protection of [...]
Dear All, We are pleased to inform you about the launch of the website of our project “Breaking the Taboo Two – Developing and testing tools to train the trainer”. The project is funded within the Daphne III Programme of the European Commission. Breaking the Taboo Two builds on the previous project Breaking the Taboo [...]
EURAG European Federation of the Elderly Fédération Européenne des Personnes Agées Federazione Europea delle Persone Anziane Bund der älteren Generation Europas ——————————————————————————————————– EURAG MEMORY TRAINING CENTER Czech Society for Memory Training and Brain Jogging and Cultural House, Bubenska 1, Praha 7 jointly organize under EURAG PROJECT: EMPOWERING SENIORS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING Working [...]
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