Presentation by Cristina Martinez, Senior Policy Analyst, OECD LEED Programme OECD LEED report on "Demographic change in the Netherlands: Strategies for resilient labour markets", presented in Utrecht on 20th June 2013. For more info http://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/demographicchange.htm

1. Demographic change
and local labour markets
Strategies for resilient labour markets in the Netherlands
Dr Cristina Martinez
Senior Policy Analyst
OECD LEED Programme

2. Country participation

3. Population shrinkage and stagnation

4. Active Ageing Index
27.3
27.7
28.2
29.3
30.0
30.2
30.6
30.9
31.0
31.6
32.5
33.1
33.3
33.5
34.2
34.2
34.3
34.9
35.0
35.1
36.3
38.8
38.9
39.2
39.4
40.2
44.0
0 20 40 60 80 100
Poland
Slovakia
Hungary
Greece
Bulgaria
Latvia
Slovenia
Romania
Malta
Lithuania
Spain
Estonia
Italy
Belgium
France
Portugal
Czech Republic
Austria
Germany
Luxembourg
Cyprus
Finland
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Ireland
Denmark
Sweden
Distance to achieving the theoretical
full active ageing potential

5. NL Demographic Change Dashboard
LOCAL
DATA

6. OLWOF and ELFRI Indexes
Older Workers Friendly Places to Work - OLWOF Index
OLWOF Importance Index
Elderly Friendly Places to Live - ELFRI Index

7. Strategic co-ordinated policy response

8. Policy
Focus
Key policy challenges for demographic change
Inter-generational responses
to labour market challenges
Co-operative frameworks
towards a dynamic and
responsive labour market
Place-based development for
resilient and dynamic
communities
National a. Continue the efforts towards encouraging work and activation of older workers and
extension of working life.
b. Invest in healthy lifestyles and active communities.
c. Provide an overall co-ordinated policy response.
d. Design programmes and initiatives that have ‘territoriality’ as a key aspect for
implementation.
Regional e. Foster life-long learning as an education and private sector approach connecting
education and skills development and regional labour markets.
f. Promote entrepreneurship and workplace flexibility.
g. Integrate social and employment programs.
h. Define a regional innovation strategy that provides provincial facilitation and regional
networking.
Local i. Develop new opportunities and innovation in local labour markets.
j. Invest in community-based agencies for health and social support.
k. Facilitate non-profit/voluntary efforts to build vital and resilient places.
l. Foster local resource sharing among schools, local government and other local
stakeholders.
Key strategies for achieving growth that is inter-
generational, co-operative, and place-based
• Tax and benefit
schemes;
• Job carving;
• Continuous Vocational
Education & Training
(CVET).
•Senior Entrepreneurs;
• Employment pacts for
older workers;
• Generations at the
workplace.
• Age Action groups;
• Attracting and retaining
older workers.
• Senior
Entrepreneurship:
Promotion, skills,
networks, support and
no disincentives;
• Dual Systems.
• Plans to support
education and training.
• Collaboration –
schooling and education.
• Local Employment
pacts.
• New Sources of Growth -
Cross-border cooperation,
Reshaping care
• Clusters;
• Silver economy.
• Pragmatic downsizing;
• Strengthening future
socio-economic structure;
• Revitalisation.

9. Project resource websites
https://community.oecd.org/commu
nity/demographicchange
http://www.oecd.org/fr/cfe/leed/de
mographicchange.htm
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