Age management is a new competence for managers and supervisors in all companies and work organizations, where the demographic change is influencing. Also in private and public sector organizations are forced to adjust their functions for all generations. The most urgent need of age management is in companies where heavy physical and/or mental load is present.
OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
The main objective of the project is to help the process of adaptation to the rising requirements of the labor market by providing the quality guidance tool for companies (age management advisors or in-company trainers) and VET providers (teachers and trainers).
The main project objective will be fulfilled by the following partial objectives:
- – to create a professional network in the problem area and contribute to it;
- – to create and provide a high quality age management guidance tool (in a form of a web-page) – as described further in the two distinct intellectual outputs sections;
- – to involve age management trainers (teachers/trainers from VET providers) into the training activities;
- – to spread the results of the project within the professional networks of the partners.
NEEDS AND TARGET GROUPS ADDRESSED BY THE PROJECT
Age management is a commitment to ensure that the human resources (whom the employers work with) would be capable of work not only today, but also in some 40 years from now.