'LinkAge'
Labour Market Integration of Vulnerable Age Groups through Social Dialogue
LinkAge is an action research project developed to examine age in terms of enabling and constraining activities advanced by trade unions and employers’ representatives in Europe.
Adopting a ‘rights-based’ rather than ‘needs-based’ approach, LinkAge provides research to identify actions aimed at representation, engagement and active inclusion in relation to ‘active ageing’ and youth employment, specifically framed within the context of recent economic changes, developments in industrial relations and social dialogue.
Assuming a qualitative methodology and a multidimensional approach, the project promotes social dialogue in terms of discourse and exchange of practice for investigating the current reality in tandem with the breadth of alternative strategies. This facilitates the creation of informed policy recommendations for improvement of working conditions for vulnerable age collectives based on common features of integration and equality.
LinkAge highlights good practice examples on labour market integration of vulnerable age groups from the study’s six countries and at the European comparative level. In addition to the knowledge gained from the LinkAge research, a key added value of the project is contributed by the participation of trade unions working alongside selected research institutions from Austria, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the UK.
Preliminary project results:
Jubany (coord.) (2013): LinkAge. Labour market integration of vulnerable age groups through social dialogue. Barcelona: University of Barcelona. (also available as e-book)
Team:
- Dipl.Ing. Jana Machacova (project leader)
- Magª. Caroline Manahl
- Magª. Berenike Ecker, M.E.S. MSc
- Mag. Wolfgang Michalek
Section: Work and Equal Opportunities
Partners:
- Solidarnosc Malopolski
- Université Libre de Bruxelles
- Aston University
- Istituto ricerche economiche e sociali
- Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
- Universitat de Barcelona
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Tags: ageing society, integration, labour market, participation
Type: Research
Program: European Programme Progress: Sub-programme II Improving expertise in the field of industrial relations
Project Status: Finished
Submission Date: 08/2012
Start/End: 12/2012 - 12/2013
Project Duration: 13 months
Website: http://www.ub.edu/LINKAGE