SOLARIS – Solutions to age related issues in education sector

The ageing of the workforce is an issue of vital importance to everyone in the European Union (EU). Future economic growth, competitiveness and efficiency will increasingly depend on how effectively employers can utilise their ageing workforces. SOLARIS is aimed primarily at the organisational level in the education sector; it is intended to be a practical tool to assist those with responsibility for employment, such as school managers, policy makers and social partners, as well as teachers and trainers, (CPD trainers in particular) in ensuring that the school workforce ageing is managed successfully and that age does not become a barrier to employment.

SOLARIS main project objective will be fulfilled by the following partial: – create a professional network in the problem area and contribute to it; – involve age management trainers (teachers/trainers from VET providers) into the training activities; – spread the results of the project within the professional networks of the partners.

We aim at close cooperation between all kinds of educators (as a target group) and VET schools (as professional training providers) participating in the project (as the main or silent partners) as well as the survey respondents that would result in a set of strong incentives for the design of the CPD program.

Stay tuned for updates in the next forthcoming months!