SEN@ER – Silver Economy Network of European Regions Silver Economy Network of European Regions (SEN@ER) Status: November 2009

SEN@ER – Silver Economy Network of European Regions

Silver Economy Network of Silver Economy Network of European Regions (SEN@ER)European Regions (SEN@ER)

Status: November 2009


SEN@ER Network Regions

9 partners from 6 countries


SEN@ER History

• approx. 2000: Starting point: Initiative „Seniorenwirtschaft NRW“

• 2002: NRW creates an independent field of action and an own regional government unit

• December 2003: „Seniorenwirtschaft NRW goes Europe!“

• 2004 – 2005: Establishment of a European SEN@ER Network

• 17. - 18.2.2005: First European Silver Economy Conference in DE

Best-Practice Competition

SEN@ER Network

• 2005: Province Limburg (NL) also creates an independent field of action and an own regional government unit

• June 2005: Establishment of the European SEN@ER Secretariat

• November 2006: Second European Silver Economy Conference in NL


SEN@ER History (II)

• 2007: Establishment of cooperations, consortia; development of proposal outlines for European projects (z.B. BeauHome, Houses that last, Seal of approval for domestic services);

Briefing Workshops;

Third European Silver Economy Conference in Sevilla;

Successful European lobbying

Successful proposals: SOPRANO, AAMME.

• 2008: March 2008: Formalisation of SEN@ER with membership fees and agreed workprogramme and financial plan for 2008 -

2010

Successful proposals: INCREASE, CommonWell;

Successful European lobbying

• 2009: Successful proposals: Culturemap (Start in 2009), eSESH, INDEPENDENT, SeniorSports (Start in 2010);

Submissions to European consultations;

SEN@ER and Senior Enterprise INTERREG proposals.


SEN@ER Secretariat: Tasks

• Lobbying and EU policy development support:– European lobbying support for SEN@ER and preparation of meetings with European stakeholders

– Active participation in consultation processes and attendance at expert meetings organised by the EC for the development of future policies. Coordination of the development of contributions to these policy development processes.

• EU funding programmes and proposals:– Identification of relevant funding programmes and opportunities for projects of partners from SEN@ER regions

– Development of proposal outlines and mailing of these to SEN@ER partners asking for interest in a joint proposal development for submission to EC programmes

– Proposal development and submission (further development, refinement and re-submission of SEN@ER proposal)

– Contract negotiations with the EC concerning successful proposals

• Administrative and organisational support:– Preparation and organisation of SEN@ER meetings in Brussels; minutes and ToDo lists

– Further development of SEN@ER list server for distribution of SEN@ER newsletter and other relevant information

• PR:– Update of SEN@ER newsletter layout, graphics and overall concept

– Further development and updating of SEN@ER website

– Development of and updated SEN@ER flyer/brochure

• Work plan development:– Support of partners in the development of work plans and task descriptions for the agreed policy fields of action

in 2010+

– Active participation in working group / SIG meetings

• European conference support


SEN@ER Lobbying Successes (I)

• Anchoring of the „Silver Economy“ and “Ageing” in European policy programmes and Communicationsof several DGs, like:

- Communication of the European Commission “The demographic future of Europe – from challenge to opportunity”, 12.10.2006

- Communication of the European Commission „i2010 – First Annual Report on the European Information Society“, 2006

- Ministerial Declaration approved on the occasion of the Ministerial Conference “ICT for an inclusive society” of the Austrian Presidency of the European Council and of the European Commission on 11 June 2006 in Riga, Latvia

- Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on Tourism and culture: two forces for growth (2006/C 110/01) 15 March 2006

- Committee on Employment and Social Affairs: Resolution on demographic challenges and solidarity between the generations (2005/2147(INI)) 24 February 2006


SEN@ER Lobbying Successes (II)

• Continued:- Communication of the European Commission “Ageing well in the

Information Society, an i2010 Initiative: Action Plan on Information and Communication Technologies and Ageing“, 14 June 2007

- Staff Working Pape der Europäischen Kommission „Ageing well in the Information Society, 14 June 2007

- European COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT "EUROPE’S DEMOGRAPHIC FUTURE: FACTS AND FIGURES" SEC(2007) 638, Brussels, 11.05.2007 (Volume I + II)

- Council of the European Union: Resolution “Opportunities and challenges of demographic change in Europe” (6226/07) dated 22 February 2007

- COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS, 70th PLENARY SESSION HELD ON 6 AND 7 JUNE 2007: Opinion of the Committee of the Regions on the demographic future of Europe (2007/C 197/01), Brussels, 24.08.2007

– Communication of the European Commission (DG ECFIN): Dealing with the impact of ageing population in the EU (2009 Ageing Report), 29.04.2009


Proposals and Projects (I)

AAMEE – Active Ageing of Migrant Elders across Europe (2007-2009) (NRW)

ongoing (EU-Funding for partners in SEN@ER regions: 360.000 €)

SOPRANO – Service Oriented Programmable Smart Environments for Older Europeans (2007-2010) (NRW, Yorkshire)

ongoing (approx. 1.7 Mio. €)

InCREASE – Intercultural Creativity of Seniors (2008-2010) (NRW, Extremadura, Niedersachsen)

ongoing (51.000 €)

CommonWell – Common Platform Services for Ageing Well in Europe (2008-2010) (NRW, Yorkshire)

ongoing (approx. 1.3 Mio. €)

CULTUREMAP - Study on the mapping and evaluating of existing platforms (websites) within the cultural sector aimed at stimulating debate and cross border exchange of matters concerning European culture (EACEA) (2009-2010) (NRW, SIG Culture & Ageing)

ongoing (approx. 100.000 €)


Proposals and Projects (II)

INDEPENDENT - ICT Enabled Service Integration for Independent Living” project proposal with SEN@ER participation submitted to the CIP programme (CIP) (2010-2012) (NRW, Yorkshire)

Start in 2010 (EU-Funding for partners in SEN@ER regions: approx. 1.1 Million. €)

eSESH - Saving Energy in Social Housing with ICT project proposal with SEN@ER participation submitted to the CIP programme (CIP) (2010-2012) (NRW, Extremadura)

Start in 2010 (approx. 750.000 €)

SeniorSports (2010-2011) (Extremadura)

Start in 2010 (approx. 200.000 €)

o Senior Enterprise (Interreg IV-B NWE) (Mid-East Region, North West England Region, Yorkshire, Gelderland)

o LowCarbon - Low Carbon Knowledge Work: Exploiting the Potential of eWork and eCollaboration to Contribute to Energy Efficiency (IEE) (2010-2012) (NRW, Extremadura)


Open Proposals

• Senior Enterprise (Interreg IV-B NWE) (2010–2012) (Mid-East Region, North West England Region, Yorkshire, Gelderland)

– Re-submitted

• SEN@ER (Interreg IV-C) (2010-2012) (NRW, Mid-East Region, Niedersachsen, NRW, Limousin, Extremadura, Yorkshire, North-West England Region, Heraklion)

– Rejected

– Revision and re-submission in 2010

• LowCarbon - Low Carbon Knowledge Work: Exploiting the Potential of eWork and eCollaboration to Contribute to Energy Efficiency (IEE) (2010-2012) (NRW, Extremadura)

– open

– Decision expected: December 2009


EU-Funding for SEN@ER

Senior Enterprise

SEN@ER CULTUREMAP SOPRANO CommonWell INCREASE AAMEE INDEPENDENT eSESH LOWCARBON

Extremadura221.673 17.000 213.531 170.370

Limousin 142.715 Mid-East Ireland Region

746.630 217.322 Niedersachsen

143.930 17.000 Nordrhein-Westfalen 210.000 575.030 97.100 684.812 523.601 17.000 360.000 409.160 544.270 446.070 North West England Region

1.349.975 149.980 Yorkshire 193.823 135.274 1.073.214 856.390 678.780 Gelderland 206.750 - Limburg - TOTAL 2.707.177 1.585.924 97.100 1.758.026 1.379.991 51.000 360.000 1.087.940 757.801 616.440

Abgelehnte Projektanträge: Erzielte Fördergelder: Fördergelder 2010+: Noch offen:

4.293.101 3.646.117 1.845.741 616.440


Record of Success (I): Partnerships and Funding

• Several successful partnerships and project proposals with funding from European Commission funding programmes for partners from the SEN@ER regions.

• Start and operation of several European projects within different European funding programmes involving partners from SEN@ER regions.

• Budget range from approx. 50.000 to several million Euro per project, with funding rates ranging from 50%, 75% to 100%.

• The total volume of requested EU funding for partners from SEN@ER regions is approx. 10 million Euro.

• In total 3.8 million Euro funding could be achieved from the European Commission for partners from SEN@ER regions.

• Several successful proposals are currently (December 2009) under negotiaton with the European Commission.

• For the next three years these projects will bring another approx. 1.8 million Euro of European funding to the SEN@ER regions.


Record of Success (II):Lobbying

• Successful European lobbying activities led by NRW already since network founding

• Numerous meetings with decision makers at different DGs (DG EMPL, DG INFSO & Media, DG REGIO, DG EAC, Committee of the Regions, European Parliament)

• Result: Successful Anchoring of the Silver Economy at European policy level and in funding programmes

• SEN@ER involvement and contributions to policy consultation processes of the European Commission

• Invitations to expert workshops, aiming at future policy development of the European Commission in different topic areas for the ongoing (2005 – 2010) and future programme period 2010 – 2015

• SEN@ER has been acknowledged as an accepted and reliable partner by and giving innovative impulses to the European Commission


Record of Success (III): European Conferences

• Regular SEN@ER conferences with more than 500

participants each and Good-Practice Competitions.

• Conferences so far:

– 2005: Bonn (Germany),

– 2006: Maastricht (Netherlands)

– 2007: Sevilla (Spain)

– 2010: Limoges (France).


Public Relations

• Regular Newsletter (since 2005) with more than 1.000 distributions each

• Website (with internal ‘Partner Area’)


SEN@ER Workplan 2010+

• Agreed SEN@ER Topics and Policy Areas (reponsible partner in brackets):

1. Ageing well at home (NRW)

2. Active employment opportunities (Mid-East Ireland Region)

3. Skills development and lifelong learning (North West England)

4. Regional strategies to prepare for demographic change (Extremadura)

• Presently:

– development of topic documents by responsible partners

– including task descriptions, responsibilities, objectives, results to be achieved, work plan and time schedule

• Financing of the SEN@ER Secretariat and tasks:

– 2010: Membership fees of SEN@ER partners

– 2011+: Objective: Interreg IV-C (re-submission)


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SEN@ER – Silver Economy Network of European Regions Silver Economy Network of European Regions (SEN@ER) Status: November 2009