ACTIVE AGEING CONCEPT AND DEMARGINALIZATION OF OLDER POPULATION

During the last decades, the share of people older than 60 years in world population increased because of lower fertility rates and longer life expectancy of newborns. It became obvious that the sustainability of the social security system in most countries will encounter difficulties in the future due to this issue. Many developed European countries started the retirement reforms and introduced the initiatives for the reactivation of older population. Having in mind that Serbia is one of the oldest nations in the world with already questionable retirement scheme sustainability, it must analyze the worldwide implemented measures for battling this problem and assess the possibilities for their implementation in the domestic legal system. In addition to the above-mentioned, the study emphasizes the importance of implementing and promoting the concept of active aging and reducing the marginalization of the elderly population of Serbia.