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The Age and
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Dear Colleague,

Thank you for clicking on the link to this survey. We hope you’ll take a few minutes to provide us with information that will enable us to help understand your needs in respect of the 50+ target group and how we might be able to help you.

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1 What is your role in connection with the ESF 2007/13 Programme? Tick all relevant.
 

Government Office

 

Prime contractor

 

Subcontractor

 

Regional Program Monitoring Committee

 

Regional Development Agency

 

Co-financing Organization

 

Other (please enter in box below)

 
   
2 If you are a Co-financing Organisation or project provider:  
 

Are any of the ESF projects you have contracted or are delivering specifically focused at the 50+ group?       


 

If yes, which Priorities do they come under:

 
    Priority 1 (or 4)  
    Priority 2 (or 5)  
  Priority 1, 4 – helping people who are unemployed or have become inactive in the labour market
Priority 2, 5 – focused on people in the workforce who lack basic skills or good qualifications
   
 

If no, are the 50+ group just one of the disadvantaged groups who are expected to participate in your projects?

 
3 Whatever your role in connection with the ESF Programme, would you please take a few more moments to give us some feedback which will help frame the support we will be offering:
 

Would you welcome our support in providing publicity for your projects, e.g. putting information about your projects on our website, signposting individuals who contact us to them etc? 

 

Do we have you permission to contact you again during the course of our technical assistance project?

 
4

We are planning to run a number of seminars and conferences over the next 3 years, which of these would be useful to you and your colleagues?

 

An introduction to demographic change and good practice in age management and extending work lives

 

The labour market and older workers

 

Age and the Law

 

Information, advice and guidance for older client groups

 

Skills assessment and other tools in guiding older workers

 

Maintaining the motivation of older workers and older clients

 

Beyond compliance - best practice in age equality and diversity

 

Benefits to employers of employing older workers

 

Health & work – Work Ability and other approaches to age management

 

The role of volunteering in getting older workers back into work

 

Helping older workers remain in work

 

Self-employment for the 50+

     
 

 

 
 
5 What other seminar topics in relation to the 50+ group would you find useful?
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6 During the 3 years of our programme, we will producing a number of supporting guides and briefings.
  Apart from topics mentioned above are there any other topics you would find useful?
 

If so, what other topics would you like us to cover?
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7 Would a guide for 50+ individuals providing guidance on work related issues pertinent to this age group be useful ?
8 Would guides aimed at employers covering HR policy and practice in relation to best practice in age management be useful?
9 We are developing the TAEN website (www.taen.org.uk) to include a section supporting our ESF 50+ Technical Assistance project and will also be producing a regular e-magazine - featuring national and regional labour market news and trends, updates on public policy, news of ours and other organizations’ activities and events in relation to the 50+ group, case studies of best practice etc.

Would you like to receive the e-magazine?

10 Any other comments (please enter in box below)
 

Thank you very much for taking the time to help us - we look forward to working with you going forward.

With best wishes

Keith Frost and Hana Konopaskova
ESF Project Manager and Project Officer at TAEN - The Age and Employment Network