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This chapter reports the work of Mobilising the Potential of Active Ageing in Europe (MOPACT) orientated towards the identification of policy strategies to promote active ageing. Two sets of evidence were adduced: the synthesis of the evidence generated by other MOPACT work packages and analysis and extension of the Active Ageing Index (AAI). This work has helped identify six key policy challenges and five specific policy goals for Europe as a whole. It also pointed to strategies for individual countries and for their clusters by which their active ageing performance can be raised. A key focus has been on the ‘structural lag’ whereby policies on ageing and institutional change fail to keep pace with demographic developments—closing this gap is essential if the goals of Horizon 2020 and European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP-AHA) are to be achieved.
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Many of the former Soviet occupied countries of this region experienced a systematic attempt to destroy the existing institutional arrangements that underpin social capital (see Applebaum 2012). This will affect present day measures designed to support social participation among the elderly and there will be long lags in between initiating policies and seeing social capital rebuilt in these countries.
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Walker, A., Zaidi, A. (2019). Strategies of Active Ageing in Europe. In: Walker, A. (eds) The Future of Ageing in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1417-9_2
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