From red to gray: The third transition of aging populations in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

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															From red to gray: The third transition of aging populations in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
													

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English

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Information is gathered from other international organizations that promote skills development and the transition from education and training to work. The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was established in 2009 to share research findings, coordinate joint research endeavours, and improve collaboration among organizations working at the international and national levels.

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Older workers

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Access for all to good quality education, vocational training and workplace learning is a fundamental principle of social cohesion and economic growth. Some groups of people may require targeted attention if they are to benefit from education, training and employment opportunities.

This is particularly the case for disadvantaged youth, lower skilled workers, people with disabilities, and people in rural communities. The attractiveness of vocational education and training is enhanced when combined with entrepreneurship training and when public policies encourage utilization of higher skills by business.

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skpOldwor

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older-workers

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Research papers

Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues.

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research-papers

Publication Date:

03 Apr 2013

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wcmstest4_037027.pdf

The report focuses on the challenges that the aging countries of Central, South-Eastern, and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are experiencing as a result of a political, economic and demographic transition.

The report finds that some of the concerns about aging in Eastern European and Former Soviet countries are probably misplaced and growth is unlikely to be significantly lowered by dwindling labor forces—if policies that promote greater labor force participation and, especially, greater labor productivity are adopted. The paper argues that the greatest positive impact can come from a combination of three factors:
• creating a business environment conducive to enterprise restructuring and innovation;
• investing in measures such as lifelong learning and flexible retraining programs to increase the productivity and employment of aging workers;
• bringing hitherto idle youth and adults into the workplace, and allowing migration of workers from the “younger” countries in and around the region.

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