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Key resources
Pilot European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing
(EIP AHA)
It is envisaged that the pilot European Innovation
Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing will pursue a
triple win for Europe by:
1. Enabling EU citizens to lead healthy, active and independent lives while ageing;
2. Improving the sustainability and efficiency of social and health care systems;
3. Boosting and improving the competitiveness of the markets for innovative products and services,
responding to the ageing challenge at both EU and global level, thus creating new opportunities for
businesses.
The pilot partnership brings together the range of demand and supply stakeholders to identify and overcome
potential barriers to innovation around: prevention and health promotion; integrated care; and independent
living of elderly people. It hopes to improve the framework conditions for uptake of innovation as well as the
discovery of new solutions that deliver active and healthy ageing.
More information on the EIP on Active and Healthy Ageing is available here:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm?section=active-healthy-ageing&pg=home
The Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Joint programme
AAL is a specific joint programme (2008-2013) led by Member States. AAL uses
intelligent products and the provision of remote services including care services to
improve the lives of older people at home, in the workplace and in society in general.
The programme aims to overcome technical and regulatory barriers to AAL, foster
and demonstrate innovative smart homes and independent living applications, exchange best AAL practice
and raise awareness on the possibilities of AAL for Europe’s ageing population. It thus hopes to: extend the
time older people can live in their home environment; improve the quality of life and social participation of
older people; create new business opportunities; provide more efficient and more personalised health and
social services for older people.
More information on the AAL programme is available here:
http://www.aal-europe.eu/
“More Years, Better Lives” Joint Programming Initiative
The Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) More Years, Better Lives - The Potential and Challenges of
Demographic Change seeks to enhance coordination and collaboration between European and national
research programmes related to demographic change. The JPI follows a transnational, multi-disciplinary
approach bringing together different research programmes and researchers from various disciplines in
order to provide solutions for the upcoming challenges and make use of the potential of societal change in
Europe. Currently 15 European countries are participating in the JPI.
More information on the “More Years, Better Lives” JPI is available here:
http://www.jp-demographic.eu/front-page?set_language=en
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