CONVOCATORIA DE PROPUESTAS "JPI MORE YEARS, BETTER LIVES"

En estos momentos se encuentra abierta la cuarta convocatoria de propuestas “Equality and Wellbeing Across Generations (EWG)” en el marco de la Iniciativa de Programación Conjunta “More Years, Better Lives” (JPI-MYBL).

En esta convocatoria los temas que se financian son los siguientes:

·         Income and wealth: extending working life changes the distribution of income and wealth between generations. Income in later life is very unevenly distributed on the basis of previous employment, earnings, and the structure of different pension systems. Patterns of intergenerational inheritance change as people spend longer in retirement, and as the costs of social care impact on savings. Different national patterns of housing tenure also have differing implications for wealth and inheritance.

·         Caring responsibilities: a high proportion of older people (especially, but not only women) undertake caring responsibilities, for parents, children, or partners. Caring can be emotionally rewarding, but when it makes heavy physical or emotional demands, it can have a seriously damaging effect on mental and physical health, and on employment opportunities of the carer, especially where they are caring simultaneously for children and elders. A particular feature of caring is that needs can arise, and end, unexpectedly, giving little time for carers to plan and manage other commitments.

·         Social and political participation: in many countries older people are more likely than young people to participate in formal political processes. However, many are disengaged, especially in later life, and some feel that their interests and concerns are underrepresented in political decision making. Older people are also more vulnerable to social isolation and loneliness, with less support from younger generations than in the past. The problem is exacerbated as friends and partners die, and mobility reduces. Sense of identity and security can also be challenged as neighbourhoods change, becoming younger, or possibly poorer. This is an issue both in urban environments and in rural areas, in declining communities (where the young have moved away), or without access to public or private transport. 

El consorcio debe estar formado por un mínimo de 3 socios de 3 países diferentes que participan en esta convocatoria (Austria, Bélgica, Canadá, Finlandia, Francia, Alemania, Letonia, Noruega, España, Suecia y Reino Unido).

La fecha límite para presentar propuestas es el 14 de septiembre de 2020 y la duración de los proyectos puede ser de hasta 3 años.

Importante: Es necesario comprobar que se cumplen los criterios nacionales establecidos por la Agencia Estatal de Investigación - AEI para poder presentarse a la convocatoria.  

Más información: https://www.ewg-call.org/index.php?index=8