1. Background and overview Dr. Haroon Saad Director QeC-ERAN Maribor 23/24 February 2010

2. Background and Overview Background: the call SOCIAL EXPRIMENTATION -Pilot (small scale)innovative action -evaluation of pilot -connecting to mainstream

3. Background and Overview Background: Policy Lisbon/goteborg Agenda 2020 Health, pensions and long-term care Active age-active inclusion

4. Background and Overview Background: Socio-Economic Weakening of intergenerational solidarity Living longer-working longer Unsustainability of current models of care More one person households of older people

5. Background and Overview Background: Causes Demographic ageing(baby boomer generation) Growing poverty and exclusion Economic Crisis

6. Background and Overview Overview:Aim The overall aim of this proposal is to improve social policy in relation to the social and economic activation of older people who are not being reached by current policy measures.

7. Background and Overview Overview:Objective 1 To undertake four pilot social experimentation actions In each of the four partner locations

8. Background and Overview Overview:Objective 1 Key Actions: Establish a Local Action Research Group(LARG) Undertake a baseline study in each location Implement a small scale action

9. Background and Overview Overview:Objective 2 To undertake an evaluation of the pilot action -involving end target group

10. Background and Overview Overview:Objective 2 Key Actions Appointment of local evaluator Development of common evaluation framework Production of evaluation report Transnational workshops(two)

11. Background and Overview Overview:Objective 3 To connect with the mainstream

12. Background and Overview Overview:Objective 3 Key Actions Local/Regional dissemination Transnational workshop Transnational evaluaion report LARG activities and composition

13. Background and Overview Overview:Objective 4 Effective management and communication

14. Background and Overview Overview:Objective 4 Key Actions Steering group meetings Online project management Telephone conferencing

15. Background and Overview Overview:Pilots Edinburgh: Edinburgh:age management policies

16. Background and Overview Overview:Pilots Edinburgh: Czech Republic:self employment and older people

17. Background and Overview Overview:Pilots Edinburgh: Maribor:Developing self help capacity

18. Background and Overview Overview:Pilots Edinburgh: Herefordshire:employment and enterprise

19. Background and Overview Overview:Outcomes 4 LARGs Four base line study reports Common evaluation framework Four pilot evaluation reports Transnational Exchange Involving at least 60 actors

20. Background and Overview Overview:Outcomes 2 Online project management and development platform Final transnational report Dissemination(local/regional/EU)

21. Background and Overview Overview:Partnership 1 Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce The Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs in Prague; The Economic Institute of Maribor, Slovenia The Association of Societies for Social Gerontology(Slovenia)

22. Background and Overview Overview:Partnership 2 PISCESwm – Partnerships in Social and Community Enterprise in Social care, Wolverhampton, UK; QeC-ERAN – European Regeneration Areas Network, Brussels

23. Background and Overview Overview:Budget TOTAL: €443,150.00 Co-financing:88,630 EC grant:354,520

24. Background and Overview Overview:Budget Four pilots co-finance 22,157-50 each over 2 years

25. Background and Overview Overview:Budget Each of the four pilots gets: 12,000 for local co-ordination 4000 for base line study 9000 for local evaluation report 12000 for local evaluator

26. Background and Overview Overview:Budget Each of the four pilots gets: 4000 local dissemination 26,250 for pilot action Total 67,250.00

27. Background and Overview Overview:Management Lead partner:Edinburgh Transnational management: QeC-ERAN Project Steering Group Sub-Grop linked to evaluators

28. Background and Overview Thank You hsaad@qec-eran.org