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Healthy Ageing & Prevention Index: how do countries perform worldwide?
The International Longevity Centre – ILC is seizing the momentum of the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris to remind that sports and fitness play an...
Civil society organisations outline the shape of a social EU ahead of the elections
At the conference ‘Building Together the EU We Want’, civil society organisations discussed the EU they want and proposed priorities for the new mandate. We...
Four days that will shape the next five years
Read our May newsletter With less than one month to go to the European elections, the EU institutions are bracing themselves for the next institutional...
Inclusive-by-design retail payments can boost innovation in the EU
AGE was invited to join a panel on Financial Inclusion at a conference organised on 24 April by the European Central Bank on “An innovative...
‘Are you ageist?’ – Older people’s perceptions of ageism in Northern Ireland
This recent report by the Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland (COPNI) details findings on ageism from extensive consultations carried out with older people...
Social housing and beyond – Operational toolkit on the use of EU funds
This toolkit provides an overview of the types of funding available at EU level to promote social and affordable housing and accompanying services in the...
EU-VAALIT: AGE MANIFESTI VAATII TOIMENPITEITÄ IKÄTASA-ARVOISEMMAN EUROOPAN
In the run up to the EU elections, Mr Filip Hamro-Drotz, member of the Finnish pensioners’ organisation Svenska Pensionärsförbunde (SPF) and board member of AGE...
Equal rights for all ages: AGE contribution to UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing
In the run-up to the 14th session of the United Nations’ Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing on 20-24 May in New-York, we actively prepared the...
AGE discusses long-term care along the life course at International Conference on Integrated Care
AGE participated in the 24th International Conference on Integrated Care (ICIC24) in April, co-leading an engaging workshop on the present and future of long-term care...
NORC Innovation Centre designs the future of ageing in place in Canada
The NORC Innovation Centre (NIC) is an innovation hub launched at the University Health Network (UHN) in Ontario, Canada, with the mission to design the...
‘HealthStart’: a co-designed volunteer-led health coaching programme for older adults
The ‘HealthStart project is a partnership between the Singapore General hospital and the local NGO TRIGEN. It is a community-based programme aimed to improve the...
A walk unites generations in Greece
On the occasion of the European Day of Solidarity between generations, AGE Greek member, ANTAMA organised a walk the unites generations on 28 April in the...
Vieillissement et territoires littoraux : 10 enjeux à l’ère du changement climatique
Les territoires littoraux ont comme point commun de faire face à une augmentation de la population âgée de plus de 60 ans et à une...
Health for All Policies : The Co-Benefits of Intersectoral Action
Factors outside of healthcare services determine our health and this involves many different sectors. Health for All Policies changes the argument about inter-sectoral action, from...
Art in the fight against ageism
photo credit: Red Cross of Serbia Our member the Red Cross of Serbia is running a new EU-funded project against ageism: ‘Age Against The Machine’....
E-care service for safe living at home shows amazing results in Slovenia
AGE Slovene member ZDUS is partner in a nation-wide project aimed to promote e-care at home. Two years after the launch of the project, its...
EU Day of Solidarity between Generations launches the ‘United Across Generations’ Declaration
On 29 April 2024, the European Day of Solidarity between Generations, initiated by AGE Platform Europe, will mark its 15th edition with the public launch...
On Older People’s Day, BAGSO asks not to exclude people who are not online
On the German Day of Older People on 3rd April, BAGSO, AGE member organisation in Germany, is calling for older people not to be excluded...
European elections 2024
The 2024 European elections offer the opportunity to shape the future of a European Union for all ages. Let’s seize it together!
EU-valet angeläget för äldre medborgare – SeniorDraken Magazine
EU elections are important for older citizens – Interview of Mr Bengt Magnusson from SPF Seniors for the magazine SeniorDraken about the European elections in...
AGE calls for ensuring that people everywhere can live in peace
“We, the members of AGE Council of Administration – which met on 12 April 2024 in Rome – are concerned about the ongoing and continuing...
Solidarity between generations – Building bridges to celebrate what unites us
Read our April newsletter On 29 April, the European Day of Solidarity between Generations will celebrate its 15th edition. Initiated by AGE, the day shines...
Joint call for an ambitious European Long-Term Care Platform
AGE has joined 16 EU organisations in calling for the creation of a European Long-Term Care Platform to enhance the formal dialogue with civil society...
AGE joins call for an inclusive ‘Union of equality’
Together with representatives of equality networks, we discussed a common equality agenda for the next EU legislative term and sent a joint call for a...
