EUROPEAN UNION

European Social Fund

Article 6 Innovative Measures

ACTION-L.IN.C

Action for Leather Integrated Cooperation

30^th April 2006

Action for Leather Integrated Cooperation

The main aim of ACTION- L.IN.C., a project under Article 6, is to design and implement an age management strategy that focuses on the application of innovative HR management techniques to SMEs in a traditional sector such as leather production and manufacturing, a sector characterized by an aged workforce that lacks new skills. The project focuses on the importance of the dissemination of the project’s results, at national and international level, as well as the activation of employers and trade unions, which are not still aware of the need, urgency or indeed the benefits of active ageing policies. Transnational co-operation between similar organisations in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain, will foster the sharing and exchange of new ideas and innovative approaches beyond local, national and cultural boundaries, will promote further innovation and produce more effective outcomes and will ensure the best possible dissemination of the project’s results at European level.

The project activities include the following:

§ Field researches.

§ Design of an innovative age management strategy.

§ Design and delivery of specific tailor-made training programmes for older workers.

§ Transnational cooperation with the support of project participants directly involved in the support & development of Small and Medium Enterprises (i.e. EOMMEX, ELKEDE, etc).

§ A public awareness campaign in order to change age discrimination perceptions.

§ Dissemination and mainstreaming.

EUROPEAN UNION

European Social Fund

Article 6 Innovative Measures

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