Let´s test your knowledge first

These two quizzes will help you to understand where you are now and what your knowledge is. The quizzes are prepared both for companies (managers) and mature and experienced workers (employees).

State-of-the-Art Report

The analysis of needs includes interviews with relevant stakeholders and companies to identify the main challenges, problems and/or areas of lack of knowledge that companies in the different countries face specifically due to an ageing workforce. There were experts in the field of age management, advisors, consultants and representatives of SMEs, leaders and HR managers involved. The results have been combined into National Reports. Based on those, there was a summary of needs, comparing the results of each partner country and creating a final collection of identified needs (Comparative Report) developed. It was necessary to know perfectly the current state-of-the-art of age management in SMEs in order to prepare educational materials for the exact needs of the target users.

Examples of Best Practices

In this case, collections of best practice (BP) examples from all partner countries were gathered among companies, their methods and measures towards employees over 55 years of age that address the differences of this age group and use age management methods to create a better working environment for this group. They are presenting the examples to others to motivate and inspire them to act in a similar way.

Adaptation Guidelines for Companies

The guidelines were prepared for the usage of SMEs owners, company leaders, managers, HR managers, leading figures etc., in order to know how to adapt to changing age structure of their employees and how to create a better environment in the workplace for people of higher age. The aim of the guidelines is to offer step by step guide for companies on how to implement new age-management measures (for example time management and flexibility, buddy programme with younger colleagues, non-age discriminating job offers, motivating bonus systems, communication, etc.), and what is necessary to consider before doing so.

Micro learning videos

We have developed learning materials in the form of short instructional videos, especially for the target group of workers 55+. These educational videos aim is to impart knowledge to older workers in the area of digital technologies in everyday life. They cover topics such as online communication, cloud-based teamwork, project management, task management, and to-do lists. The project partners exchanged information on the requirements of different industries with different focuses in order to cover as broad spectrum of the teaching material as possible.

Learning materials (Textual Content)

To complement the instructional videos, we also developed illustrative textual learning material. The learning material had been prepared in a how-to-use form explaining, for example, why and in which situations or areas it can be more efficient and helpful to use a particular digital tool.

Digital Educational Platform

We created a platform that contains all previously created results. It is adapted to a web-based format and made available to users in an easy-to-use form. All materials are available for free download or printing. The platform can be used on smartphones and by wide audience of all target groups, such as entrepreneurs, managers, team leaders, HR managers, workers 55+ and training providers.