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At the initiative of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and in the framework of the German EU Presidency, a European expert conference took place in Brühl on 2 May 2007 to discuss European countries' experience with demographic change and its impact on the public sector. The conference was attended by experts from Germany and other European administrations. They addressed the key issue of how the ageing public sector can work efficiently and effectively with only limited resources. First, two government strategies dealing with this topic were presented. In this respect, the Northern European countries show the way ahead. Next, the focus moved to two further aspects: human resources management and service infrastructure. Following introductory speeches, two parallel workshops were held. The presentation of good practice examples is intended to demonstrate possible actions and encourage active policy planning. On this page you will find examples from individual countries and other relevant reports.

Introduction

· Germany: General overview of the situation in Europe

Government strategies to cope with demographic change

· Finland
· Sweden

Important aspects for the public sector

· Germany
· Norway

Workshops

Human resources management:

At this workshop participants discussed possible impacts of demographic change and an ageing workforce on human resources management. They identified important instruments such as efficient IT use, knowledge management, lifelong learning, awareness-raising among executive staff, health promotion, etc.

·        Germany
·        Portugal
·        France
·        Cyprus
·        The Netherlands

Infrastructure and services:

The issue of public sector infrastructure and services in an ageing society was discussed in three presentations. They gave examples of possible solutions at regional and local level and informed about collections of good practices.

·        Germany
·        Germany
·        Poland

Contact person: Prof. Dr. Marga Pröhl, Head of Division O 5 "International cooperation in administrative matters, demographic change and active citizenship", Federal Ministry of the Interior (marga.proehl@bmi.bund.de).

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Area of Interest

Events

Demographic Change - European Expert Conference - Brühl

Start Date : Wednesday 02 May, 2007
End Date: Wednesday 02 May, 2007
Country: Germany

The Spanish Presidency

Survey

Civil Services in the Europe of 27 – Reform and Innovation in Public Service Systems: Towards new public service models in Europe?

Official documents

51th Meeting of Directors General of Public Administration - Resolution on the Future of EUPAN

50th Meeting of Directors General of Public Administration - Conclusions on the Future of EUPAN

49th Meeting of Directors General of Public Administration - Resolution

48th Meeting of Directors General of Public Administration - Resolution

47th Meeting of Directors General of Public Administration - Resolution

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