Seniors and volunteering congress in Brussels - Projects

Seniors and a commitment to volunteering: An active social life as a source of health
Elisabeth Dispaux-Cornil
Vice-President of ESCU - European Senior Union
Vice-President of ASE - Aînés-Solidarité-Europe
Opening remarks: "Senior citizens and a commitment to volunteering"
Stefan Knafl
President of the European Senior Citizens Union (ESCU)
Demographic developments in the EU
Wilfried MARTENS
President of the European People's Party, Minister of State
Seniors and voluntary work
Nicole Delpérée
Jurist and gerontologist
The quality of daily life and respect for the dignity of the human person: The contribution of volunteering
Concepció Ferrer
Member of the European Parliament
Volunteers
Léon Lemercier
President of the Association pour le volontariat
President of Télé-Secours (Belgium)
The social situation in the European Union
Gabrielle Clotuche
Director, Employment and Social Affairs DG
Senior citizens for the Third World
J. Reyes Planas
President of "La tercera edat per ai tercer mondo".
The International Year of Volunteers 2001
Diana Pérez-Buck
Team IYV 2001, United Nations Volunteers
Address by Minister Chabert
by S. Dubois, Head of Cabinet
to Mr J. CHABERT
Minister of Public Works, Transport and Health for the Brussels-Capital Region
President of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union
Conclusion:
The European Year of Older Persons
Elisabeth Dispaux-Cornil
A Charter for Volunteers

Abbeyfield International
Monique Verstraeten
Honorary President of the European Voluntary Centre
President of Abbeyfield Belgium
VOLUNTEERS AND HOME CARE
Q.A.J. Swagerman MHA
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Home Care Group in Twente
A "key action" in the European Community Research Programme on the Quality of Life and the Management of Living Resources (QoL) (1998-2002)
Peter KIND
Director, D.G. Research
Volunteering: source of an active life, source of a social life, source of health
Jean-Pierre BULTEZ
Director of the "Petits Frères des Pauvres" (Little Brothers of the Poor), Lille
BELGIAN SENIOR CONSULTANTS
Jean-Louis DELCOURT
What PRIORITY for research on the needs of our AGEING SOCIETIES?
Jef Breda, Professor at UFSIA (Saint Ignatius University, Antwerp)
Department of Political and Social Sciences
Eurolink Age: an example of European lobbying
Christine Marking
Director Eurolink Age
Eurag
Edmée Mangers-Anen
President