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Europe 2020 Strategy—Objective Evaluation of Realization and Subjective Assessment by Seniors as Beneficiaries of Social Assumptions

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The study attempts to evaluate the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy in the area relating to the elderly. Due to the aging of the EU population, a broad analysis of various aspects of the life of seniors is essential. An important element of the Europe 2020 Strategy, highlighted in the Integrated Guidelines for Growth and Employment (Part II/No. 8), is activities for social inclusion, combating poverty and promoting equal opportunities. This guideline also applies to seniors and here it is necessary to implement appropriate actions. In the study, we proposed to use the methods of multidimensional comparative analysis to assess the level of implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy, indicating areas important for the quality of life of seniors and identifying changes in the assessment of the implementation of this Strategy by this generation. In the conducted research, we determined the taxonomic measures: TMGO and TMMI in relation to Europe 2020 indicators. We identified the characteristics of seniors who assessed the Europe 2020 Strategy positively and negatively and the resulting benefits for this generation. The study showed the existence of a very large diversity of seniors in terms of their life quality and their assessment of the Strategy.

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    Klaudia Przybysz & Agnieszka Stanimir

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Przybysz, K., Stanimir, A., Wasiak, M. (2021). Europe 2020 Strategy—Objective Evaluation of Realization and Subjective Assessment by Seniors as Beneficiaries of Social Assumptions. In: Jajuga, K., Najman, K., Walesiak, M. (eds) Data Analysis and Classification. SKAD 2020. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75190-6_15

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