Equal Opportunities for Older Women
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Pensionistenverband Österreichs, Landesorganisation Tirol (Austrian Pensioners' Association, Tyrol Regional Branch)
Communicational details
Address:
Salurnerstr. 2/3
6020 Innsbruck
Austria
Contact persons and their known foreign languages:
Frieda Spielmann, Regional Educational Consultant,
Richard Mayr, Regional Secretary, English, French
Telephone: 0043-512-5891-13
Telefax: 0043-512-589113-14
E-Mail: pv-tirol@aon.at
Internet: www.pv-tirol.at
About the initiative
Status of the initiative: The initiative is a representation of interests.
The initiative is independent and has the following legal form: association
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Content and framework conditions of the project work
The initiative was founded in: 1950
The initiative was founded because of the following reasons:

Traditional interest group
Target group(s): No particular women: older women in general
Targets: Counselling on making the transition to retirement, lobbying on advisory committees, organising leisure activities
Details of the work done by the initiative:

The Pensioners' Association represents the interests of older people and offers help to those in difficulties. In order to foster and maintain social integration, we organise leisure time activities such as educational courses, sport, excursions, trips, clubs, etc. The Pensioners' Association of the Tyrol maintains around 200 local groups.
Areas of work of the initiative:
Leisure/sport
Political participation
Social contacts
Education
Information technology
Lobbying
Success that the initiative has achieved:

- Around 20,000 members in the Tyrol in 200 local groups
- In 1999, around 2,700 individual counselling sessions, around 7,000 care cases, around 86,000 people participating in sporting activities and around 126,700 in trips and tours.
Problems that the initiative has been faced during its work:
Participation of the target group concerning the conception, planning and implementation of the initiative's work:

Officials, experts, support from autonomous initiatives
Co-operation:

Since our foundation with all senior citizens' organisations, on an international level member of the ARGE ALP's (Alpine Countries Association's) senior citizens' section
Information:

We are available for people interested in receiving more information on our initiative by phone, post or e-mail.
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Organisational background of the initiative
Staff:

3 salaried employees at the supporting organisation.
Budget:
Sources of funding:
European Union funds
Federal funds
Revenue from the project work
Members dues
Donations and funds from sponsors
Publications or information material available on our initiative:

A magazine: "Unsere Generation" (Our Generation), eleven times per year, plus district and local group media
Recommended literature:
Tips and suggestions for people interested in foundig a similar initiative:
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2001-04-25