1. Self employment as solution for unemployed 50+ Plan of pilot action Active Aging

2. Goals PROJECT GOALS: 1)Employment (business) 2)Improvement of human a social capital 3)Improvement of quality of life

3. Active Aging Goals and main activities OPERATIONAL GOALS: stage 1: Promote interest for business activities - information, motivation, advertising stage 2: Start business activities - training (business plan, financial support, personal support), subsidy stage 3: Maintain business activities - personal support in maintaining business

4. Active Aging Target group Unemployed Woman: 50 – 56 years old Man: 50 – 58 years old Trainer South Bohemian Chamber of Commerce

5. Active Aging Stage 1: Promote interest for business Problem to solve: Small interest of target group for business Why small interest? Little knowledge about possibilities Low self-esteem No business idea Lack of money Too old

6. Active Aging Stage 1: Promote interest for business Interventions, Activities: Advertisement at information centre of PES Individual presentation of the project by employment office workers 12 informational a motivational groups meetings with unemployed, all educational levels (finally only 8 were necessary) One our long personal contact with candidates Indicators: 40 candidates (we got 80) 20 participants (we got 24)

8. Active Aging Stage 2: Start business Problem 1 to solve: missing of good business plan Intervention: help with creation of real business plan (54 hours) Problem 2 to solve: low knowledge of business administration and management Intervention: training of „Business basics“ (66 hours) Problem 3 to solve: lack of money to start business Intervention: subsidy from PES (max. CZK 50 000/person)

9. Active Aging Stage 3: Maintain business Problems to solve: disillusion, problems with administration and management, no idea how improve business Interventions, activities: Personal counselling in the first 9 months after training 4 meetings with participants

10. Active Aging Inovations of the program Targeted to 50+ (in previous year only 1-3 participants) Information and motivation stage BEFORE TRAINING Not to reduce number of candidates to only candidates seriously thinking to start business Assistance at the beginning of business