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…por supuesto nunca es fácil perder un puesto de trabajo, pero puede ser especialmente difícil para las personas de más de 50 años.

El objetivo principal del Proyecto SILVER WORKERS, en el que FUNDECYT-PCTEX participa como socio y que está financiado por el Programa ERASMUS+, es mejorar los conocimientos, habilidades, actitudes y herramientas de aquellos que tienen más de 50 años y que están fuera del mercado laboral, de modo que sean capaces de crear un nuevo negocio poniendo en práctica su creatividad, sus ideas y/o sus aficiones.

Otros objetivos del proyecto son:

• Promover y potenciar el mercado de trabajo creando puestos y nuevas tareas más adaptadas a las necesidades de la sociedad contemporánea;
• Ofrecer una formación más adecuada y eficaz para adultos, especialmente para aquellos con perfiles formativos más bajos;
• Implicar a los grupos desfavorecidos de la sociedad (más de 50 años que salieron del mercado de trabajo) para su reinserción proactiva.

El proyecto está bien alineado con las directrices de la Unión Europa, en particular con la Estrategia Europea 2020 para el crecimiento y desarrollo de la UE, que pretende convertirse en una economía inteligente, sostenible e integradora.

This programme is aimed at the creation of an ecosystem to support social entrepreneurship in Extremadura. It is an initiative by the Directorate General of Companies and the Entrepreneurial Activity of the Government of Extremadura which is aimed at entrepreneurs and social enterprises. FUNDECYT-PCTEX is running this programme through a collaboration agreement.

FUNDECYT-PCTEX participates in this project providing expert consultancy services for the "NETWORK Project - Connecting Innovation in Regions", whose management on the national level is done by Department of Regional and Administrative Development (SUBDERE) of the Government of Chile and the National Scientific and Technological Research Commission (CONICYT) under the Ministry of Education, and its aim is to contribute to the deepening of the regionalisation and decentralisation process of the country`s innovation system. In this context, FUNDECYT-PCTEX is carrying out the design and set-up process of the Regional Innovation Strategy in the O`Higgins Region through which to enhance and articulate key elements of the Innovation System of the said region, in particular of R&D offering and innovation support services, the supply of skilled human capital, as well as innovative activities of companies.

SmartCare aims to define a common set of standard functional specifications for an open ICT platform enabling the delivery of integrated care to older European citizens. A total of 23 regions and their key stakeholders will define a comprehensive set of integration building blocks around the challenges of data-sharing, coordination and communication. Ten regions will then pilot integrated health & social services to combat a range of threats to independent living commonly faced by older people while the other will prepare for early adoption. In a rigorous evaluation approach, the pilot will produce and document much needed evidence on the impact of integrated care, developing a common framework suitable for other regions in Europe. Guidelines and specifications for procuring, organizing and implementing the service building blocks will be produced. The organizational and legal ramifications of integrated care will be analyzed to support long term sustainability and up-scaling of the services.

The SILVERSUDOE project stems from the fact that companies from the south-west part of Europe, for not knowing consumer behaviours are hardly aware of the economic opportunities that certain markets may offer. In addition, SMES and micro-enterprises of this area lack R&D solutions needed to develop their offering of products or services. Nor do they have internal resources and tools required to adapt their development strategies to new market obstacles.

In this regard, the SILVERSUDOE project aims to increase the competitiveness of the companies in West European, drawing upon the innovation resources of the area and above all by integrating the R&D advances to its offering.

During the implementation of the project, which has begun in September 2013, a number of activities will be carried out with the goal of making it known and to involve companies interested in the actions to be implemented.