ASPIRE Reports

Welcome to the Active Ageing through Social Partnership and Industrial Relations Expertise (ASPIRE) Report page. The project explores how employers and unions collaborate There are four sets of report:

  1. National reports from the four countries (UK, Italy, Poland, Spain) based on literature reviews, and evidence searches of relevant employment laws, social welfare policies, labour activation policies and collective agreements
  2. Workshop reports of discussions with union representatives and employers in the four countries as well as interviews with national level stakeholders
  3. An evidence report of the qualitative data from the workshop discussions
  4. Consolidated reports from the four countries

Don’t forget to check our online training module which can be found HERE.

Details of the project can be found HERE.

The ASPIRE project is funded with the financial support of the European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, budget heading VP/2016/004 (Grant agreement VS/2016/0379), Industrial Relations and Social Dialogue.

Consolidated reports

ASPIRE Consolidation Summary of National Reports in Four Countries

Matt Flynn, Newcastle University

ASPIRE Workshop Summary

Matt Flynn, Newcastle University

ASPIRE Resumen de los talleres [Español]

Matt Flynn, Newcastle University

ASPIRE Workshop Findings

Chris Ball and Matt Flynn, Newcastle University

ASPIRE Evidence Report

Chris Ball, Newcastle University

ASPIRE Project Summary

Chris Ball, Newcastle University

ASPIRE Resumen de proyectos [Español]

Chris Ball, Newcastle University

ASPIRE Evaluation Report

Professor Stephen McNair

Italian reports

ASPIRE National Report Summary: Italy

Paolo Tomassetti, ADAPT

ASPIRE National Report: Italy

Paolo Tomassetti, ADAPT

ASPIRE Workshop Report: Italy

Paolo Tomassetti, ADAPT

Polish reports

ASPIRE National Report Summary: Poland

Izabela Warwas, Justyna Wiktorowicz and Piotr Szukalski

ASPIRE National Report: Poland

Izabela Warwas, Justyna Wiktorowicz and Piotr Szukalski

ASPIRE Workshop Report: Poland

Izabela Warwas

Spanish reports

ASPIRE National Report Summary: Spain [English + Español]

Mariano Sánchez & Pilar Díaz

ASPIRE National Report: Spain

Mariano Sánchez & Pilar Díaz

ASPIRE Workshop Report: Spain

Mariano Sánchez & Pilar Díaz

ASPIRE. Informe de los talleres realizados en España [Español]

Mariano Sánchez & Pilar Díaz

United Kingdom reports

ASPIRE National Report Summary: United Kingdom

Chris Ball and Matt Flynn

ASPIRE National Report: United Kingdom

Chris Ball and Matt Flynn

ASPIRE Workshop Report: United Kingdom

Matt Flynn and Chris Ball