Challenges:

• Economic crisis leading to the reduction of jobs.
• High unemployment, especially of young first-job seekers and older than 50 years.
• Searching for job opportunities across the border.
• Inadequate education, too high and/or lack of it, causing structural imbalance in the labour market.
• Many immigrants and members of vulnerable target groups.
• How to maintain/develop values of lifelong learning in the population?
• What are the different ideas and new approaches that will yield good results in the future?
• Establishing quality partnerships that will have positive long-term impact on the community!
• How the European and national strategies and actions to be implemented in the local community to achieve maximum impact?

Opportunities:

• Food self-sufficiency with quality, locally produced food.
• Security.
• Intergenerational cooperation.
• Active role of older people in society.
• Volunteering.
• Establishing partnerships, local, regional, national...
• Quality and accessible social sectors (education, health care, culture).