The contribution explores the challenges and opportunities related to the transition from work to retirement within the context of demographic ageing and the extension of working life. Adopting a pedagogical and educational perspective, the study examines the role that social enterprises – particularly social cooperatives in Tuscany – can play in supporting active and conscious transitions into retirement. Grounded in the concepts of active ageing and educational care, the work highlights how the post-working phase can be enhanced through lifelong learning processes, the recognition of acquired competencies and the creation of generative relational environments. Using a mixed-methods approach (narrative interviews, questionnaires, and document analysis), the research underscores the need to overcome the current fragmentation of organizational practices and to build a new educational pact among individuals, organizations, and local communities. Within this framework, longevity is understood as a social and cultural resource and ageing as a phase of life to be inhabited with intentionality, care, and participation.
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-6502-2484
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Chapter Title
Competenze per l’ageing nei luoghi di lavoro: il caso di studio dei responsabili delle cooperative sociali nel territorio toscano
Authors
Vanna Boffo, Debora Daddi, Christel Schachter
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0744-7.69
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2025
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Book Title
Accompagnare la longevità
Book Subtitle
Buone pratiche educative e formative per l’invecchiamento attivo
Editors
Vanna Boffo, Michele Bertani, Donatella Bramanti, Rabih Chattat, Laura Formenti
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
628
Publication Year
2025
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© 2025 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0744-7
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0743-0
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0744-7
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0745-4
Series Title
Studies on Adult Learning and Education
Series ISSN
2704-596X
Series E-ISSN
2704-5781