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CEOMA Celebrates 25 Years and Honors AGE with Special Award
CEOMA recognised individuals for their significant contributions, and AGE was presented with a special award. Maria Petkova, our Vice-President, accepted the award during the ceremony.
Five awarded AGE members worked for a European Parliament for All Ages
Discover the outcomes of five AGE Members awarded in 2024 under the ‘Financial Support to AGE Members’ program for designing and implementing post-election projects.
Tribute to Elizabeth Sclater
A heartfelt tribute to Elizabeth Sclater, honoring her invaluable contributions to gender and age equality, written by Maciej Kucharczyk, Secretary General, on behalf of AGE...
Insights from DANA Floods: Older People as Key Actors in fostering resilience against Climate Disasters
The recent floods caused by the DANA in Spain have tragically impacted numerous communities, including many older people. Spanish AGE members remind us that older...
AGE Member APRe! met with Portuguese MEPs to seek support for the ‘A Europe for All Ages’ Intergroup
Portuguese AGE Member APRe! met with Portuguese MEPs to introduce and seek support for the proposal to establish the ‘A Europe for All Ages’ Intergroup.
Active Retirement Ireland at the EIOPA Conference 2024
Alison Bough, representing Active Retirement Ireland and AGE Platform Europe, spoke about the vital link between pensions, the pension gender gap, and poverty in old...
FATEC co-organised Cycle of Debates on Longevity in Barcelona
The cycle aimed to explore whether we can move towards a more Platonic vision of longevity.
Cyprus Third Age Observatory’s Memorandum calls on government to combat ageism and bridge generations
The Cyprus Third Age Observatory met with the Cyprus Minister of Education, Sports and Youth to discuss actions to bridge the generation gap and combat...
Entr’âges calls for intergenerational commitment at local level
Ahead of Belgian local elections in October, Entr’âges published a memorandum calling on local authorities and actors to take concrete steps to build communities where...
AGE members celebrated ageing on older people’s international day
As every year, on the occasion of the United Nations’ International Day of Older Persons (IDOP), AGE member organisations across the EU have been actively...
Curopoli explores how to support mental health of carers at WHO Europe event
AGE Italian member Curopoli participated at an expert meeting organized by the EU office of the World Health Organization with a view of furthering the...
Artificial Intelligence: BAGSO stresses need to protect older people’s fundamental rights
As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) is spreading in all areas of life, the German National Association of Senior Citizens’ Organisations, BAGSO, calls for...
AGE supports its members’ mobilization for a European Parliament for all ages
As part of its campaign for a European Parliament attentive to the issue of age equality, AGE has launched a call for proposals to support...
OKRA denounces exclusion of many older people from social energy premium by new law
In Belgium, a new law on social rate premium excludes residents of residential care centres and assisted living homes. Adopted by the previous Belgian government...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Meets with BAGSO Board
Credit: Federal Government/Marvin_Ibo_Guengoer German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with the board of BAGSO, AGE member organisation in Germany, on 17 July 2024. The session included...
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2024: AGE members take action
Abuse and neglect in older age is a largely underreported reality in the EU and worldwide. It takes place in many forms and areas and...
CEOMA accredits age-friendly companies in Spain
AGE Spanish member CEOMA has developed an accreditation scheme for age-friendly companies that commit to combating discrimination and exclusion in older age, for instance by...
Essential services must be accessible – even offline!
Together with 9 of our member organisations, we have co-signed a joint letter calling on the European Union to guarantee off-line access to all essential...
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...
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...
Art in the fight against ageism
Our member the Red Cross of Serbia is running a new EU-funded project against ageism: ‘Age Against The Machine’. Through an interactive and intergenerational approach,...
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...
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...
Healthy ageing and longevity in Europe: How do we prepare for the 100-year life?
Prior to the European Parliament elections taking place in June 2024, we joined the discussion organized by the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC UK), one...