Die Österreichische Gesellschaft für Soziologie ladet alle Sektionen der ÖGS, ihre Mitglieder und alle interessierten Kolleginnen und Kollegen ein, Vorschläge für Sessions im Rahmen des kommenden ÖGS-Kongresses „Alles im Wandel? Dynamiken und Kontinuitäten gegenwärtiger Gesellschaften“ zu machen. Die Sessions sollten einen Bezug zum Rahmenthema aufweisen und müssen offen für Einreichungen von Vortragsvorschlägen im Rahmen eines Calls for Papers sein.

The CARESS Erasmus+ project is a unique endeavour to improve vocational education and training in the field of home care. For three years, educational institutions and other partners from Finland, Spain and Italy have sketched out the main needs in the sector in order to create specific and common learning modules and launch a Virtual Community of Practice to help professionals sharing their practices.

The EU-funded MobileAge project, in which AGE is actively involved, is getting close to an end. During its final conference on 10 October, the project partners presented a first list of outcomes, including a series of policy briefings addressing key issues for inclusive digital services: co-creation tools, digital divide, accessibility, loneliness and social isolation, the GDPR and the access to free services.