1. Ageing of public administration has been recognized as a problem, but the age groups should not be focused so much and we should be very careful with stereotypes in that regard: older employees also are ready to adapt to new challenges
No problems to attract young generation, it might be problem to retain them
Public administration is a good opportunity for the first workplace
Intrinsic work values have high importance for young people who want to work in public administration
Enter barriers into public administration are observed in some countries

2. Some examples of initiatives for attracting young generation
Promoting work possibilities in social media, on-line platforms, ambassadors to create the links to outside (EC)
Initiatives to attract required skills to public administration (economics, law – Ireland; promotion of return migration among high skilled students – Latvia; Talent management program in Estonia)
Obligation to keep some positions for young employees (Slovakia)

3. Obstacles to retain young generation:
Low engagement
Management policies and attitudes (work environment)
Lack of variety in work

4. Directions for work & room for improvement
Inclusive approach
Clearly communicated mission, vision and strategy of organization
Engagement of top managers and their team
Mobility and rotation programs to give the feeling of engagement