National programmes for age-friendly cities and communities: a guide
Member in Focus: Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Working with our partners we have set up the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub to coordinate a strategic response to the opportunities and challenges of an ageing population.
The Ageing Hub is co-ordinating activity around economy and work; age-friendly places; healthy ageing; housing and planning; transport; and age-friendly culture. We want to establish the age-friendly model as a framework for ensuring social inclusion in later life across Greater Manchester, with an emphasis on co-design with older people and improving the quality of later life in GM.
We will create and deliver a GM strategy to increase levels of physical activity amongst people in mid and later life, as well as an age-friendly GM transport plan and producing an age-friendly GM Spatial Framework which…
Read moreAge-friendly Practice in Focus: Recognition for the longest-living people in Dota, Costa Rica
As part of the celebration of Older People’s Month, the Municipality of Dota recognised the three oldest people in the three districts of the canton of Dota, valuing the wisdom and the work of older people and the importance of their life journeys:
In an emotional meeting held the Municipal Administration of Dota visited Mrs Zeneida Montoya who recently celebrated her 100th birthday. Mrs Montoya, a resident of the District of Copey, has become a true symbol of longevity and wisdom for the region.
The Municipality of Dota paid a visit to the home of Mrs Judith Badilla, in the district of…
Read moreAge-friendly Environments ECHO Learning Programme (AFE-ECHO)
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Are you a new or emerging leader of age-friendly cities and communities? Do you want to join a community of age-friendly champions and develop the skills required to create better places to grow, live, work, play, and age?
Participate in the Age-friendly Environments ECHO Programme (AFE-ECHO): a multi-session learning cycle part of the MENTOR-AFE programme aligned with the latest approaches and guidance on age-friendly environments from WHO. Participants will be taken through the main components of the WHO age-friendly framework by global experts. Each session will also create a space for participants to apply what they learn through collaborative problem-solving.
The third round of AFE-ECHO in English ran from 15 October to 10 December 2024. Stay tuned for future rounds by registering for updates.
Welcome to the Government of Portugal – our newest national Affiliate
The Directorate-General of Health of the Government of Portugal, abbreviated as DGS, is a central service of the Ministry of Health, integrated in the direct administration of the State, endowed with administrative autonomy. The DGS’s mission is to regulate, guide and coordinate health promotion and disease prevention activities, define the technical conditions for the adequate provision of health care, plan and program the national policy for quality in the health system, as well as ensure the preparation and execution of the National Health Plan.
The Directorate-General of Health (DGS) has, within the scope of Active and Healthy Ageing, a remarkable track record in the development of programmes. The first National Programme for the Health of the Elderly was launched in…
Read moreThe Government of the State of Nuevo León, México – our newest sub-national Affiliate
The State Institute for Older Adults of Nuevo León (IEPAM) is a decentralised public body in charge of implementing public policies aimed at ensuring the comprehensive development of older adults in the State of Nuevo León. IEPAM coordinates with different public and private institutions in the state through municipal and state liaisons that allow us to coordinate programmes and projects in favour of a more active and healthy ageing with a human rights perspective. IEPAM is currently working together with 5 municipalities in the metropolitan area of Monterrey (San Pedro Garza García, Monterrey, Santa Catarina, San Nicolás de los Garza and Apodaca) in the Project: Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities.
In November 2021, work began to establish the foundations…
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Umit Uysal
