The project has been developed and implemented in response to the challenges related to the increase of  the average age of European postal operators’ staff.

Project Goals:

Main Goal: Dealing with age management issues in the postal sector by creating an innovative training prototype valorizing intergenerational teams.

In particular, the following objectives are expected to be achieved:

• To develop employability of all employees (the senior but also the junior) of the companies.
• To valorize intergenerational teams and make them more efficient to promote innovation in the companies.
• To facilitate and stimulate innovation within the partner's company on the age management topic.

Project activities are organized in three intellectual outputs:

• Research on and mapping age management training needs in the postal sector to valorize and improve performance of intergenerational team.
• Training curricula, toolkit and process for age management.
• Conceptual design and test of a training prototype.

International Project Meetings:

• 5 transnational meetings: a kick-off meeting (Brussels 5-7.12.2016), a coordination meeting within each of the three intellectual outputs –Athens (6-9.11.2017), Rome (6-9.11.2018) and Sofia (4-6.06., 2019), a final meeting (Strasbourg, 4-5.07.2019).
• 2 multiplier events: in Athens and Rome.

Results:

• Training needs analysis.
• Glossary.
• Elaboration of the career path matrix within the postal organisation.
• Survey to identify the most adequate management context model.
• Elaboration of a training toolkit.
• Design of a training prototype.