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Health care: UN survey on national & regional support to receivers of care & caregivers
Care work includes taking care of children, older persons, the sick, and the disabled, as well as domestic work such as cleaning and cooking. Caregivers...
EU survey: Help improve healthcare for persons with disabilities!
Are you a person with disabilities in the EU, Norway, or Iceland? Have you received mammograms, Pap or HPV tests, colonoscopies or other cancer screening...
AGE discussed how to promote intergenerational solidarity in the EU
AGE was invited to a high-level conference at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) to discuss challenges and opportunities in promoting solidarity between young...
How to protect the right to legal capacity in older age ? – Human-Rights Council side event
As part of the 57th Session of the Human Rights Council, AGE German member, BAGSO, organised a side event to discuss challenges related to the...
EU-wide citizen workshop discusses solutions against ageism
Age Friendly Image Librar Following the elections of the European Parliament last June, and ahead of the setting up of the new European Commission, over...
International Day of Older Persons: Let’s rewrite the story on ageing!
photo (cropped) : Centre for Ageing Better Read our October newsletter On 1st October, the International Day of Older Persons, we invited everyone to join...
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...
Advocating for age equality in Europe: Support our call for an Intergroup!
On 2 October, to mark the International Day of Older Persons 2024, MEP Idoia Mendía, Marina Kaljurand and Marcos Ros Sempere invited Members of the...
Business of ageing – New Zealand research
The Business of Ageing Project highlights the potential economic contribution older people will make to New Zealand over coming decades. The Business of Ageing reports...
ValueCare closing event looks at future of care
credit: David Linnane At the final conference of the five-year EU-funded ValueCare project, AGE contributed to debates on how best to shape the future of...
Why is there no standalone Commissioner on Equality?
AGE is deeply worried by the lack of a dedicated portfolio on equality, which runs against EU’s commitments and founding values. We call on Members...
Fighting suicide among older persons: we need more than awareness-raising !
credit: GAMIAN-Europe Read our September newsletter 10 September was the World Day for the Prevention of Suicide. On that occasion, AGE worked with the network...
AGE endorses joint statement on the revision of the EU Victims’ Rights Directive
More than 50 organisations have signed a joint statement on the Council’s Position Regarding the Revision of the Victims’ Rights Directive to urge all EU Member States...
Help us in gathering information for World Suicide Prevention Day – Survey deadline September 3rd
10 September will mark World Suicide Prevention Day. AGE has partnered with GAMIAN-Europe, an EU network working on mental health and marking this day every...
Open letter: Beyond tokens, the ageing population deserves an EU strategy on age equality
PRESS RELEASE 25 July 2024 Dear President von der Leyen, On behalf of AGE Platform Europe, the EU’s largest network of organisations of and for...
Civil society organisations pave the way for a new EU Equality agenda
On 11 July, together with more than 140 civil society organisations, AGE sent a joint statement to newly established EU officials, political parties and some...
Pension Adequacy: Halt the increase of old-age poverty!
Poverty and social exclusion among older persons, and especially among older women has been rising slowly since 2015. This is one of the results of...
Age Equality in the EU: what happens after the EU elections?
Read our July newsletter As the European Union renews its institutional architecture, it needs to step up action to ensure equal treatment in old age....
Share your initiatives for quality integrated long-term care in Europe
As part of the Laurel project, AGE is looking for integrated long-term care initiatives on the national, regional or local level. Laurel is a Horizon...
Digitalisation and older people: our call to EU Policy Makers
Together with our members, we have published our contribution to the EU debate on the issues of digitalisation and ageing, including recommendations to achieve a...
Ensuring a digital future for healthy ageing – Pharaon final conference
With more the 200 participants, the final conference of Pharaon presented the work of the EU-funded project to make smart and active living for Europe’s...
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: EU States must reinforce Victim’s Rights!
On World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, 15 June, we call for BINDING standards to ensure better protection for victims of elder abuse across EU countries....
Job Opportunity | Fundraiser – Part-time – Remote
Join us at AGE Platform Europe! We are looking for a proactive and self-driven Fundraiser to amplify our fundraising activities to support age equality. This role entails...
Historic development: UN States recommend a UN convention to better protect rights in old age
Read our June newsletter The 14th session of the United Nations (UN) Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWG), held from May 20-24, 2024, marked an...