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Box 3 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 10
Box 4 The Second Programme of Community Action in the Field of Health (2008-2013) The Second Programme of Community Action in the Field of Health or the Public Health Programme as it is more commonly known, provides funds for actions in three key areas: improving citizens’ health security; promoting health and reducing health inequalities and generating and disseminating health information and knowledge. Under the theme of promoting health, the programme funds actions to promote healthier ways of life and the reduction of health inequalities thus increasing healthy life years and promoting healthy ageing. More information on the Second Programme of Community Action in the Field of Health is available here: http://ec.europa.eu/health/programme/policy/2008-2013/index_en.htm The Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (2007-2013) FP7 (2007-2013) supports research in selected priority areas, in particular for health and ageing. For example, FP7 funds research projects looking such as: optimising the delivery of healthcare to citizens; enhanced health promotion and disease prevention; smarter, more accessible transport systems; demographic change; and ICT for ageing well - social robotics and highly intelligent environments. More information on PF7 is available at: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html PROGRESS Programme (2007-2013) PROGRESS funds European studies, data collection and observatories, provides legal and policy training, supports NGO networks and runs public awareness campaigns on issues related to anti-discrimination, social exclusion, poverty and equality. Progress funds a number of projects looking at healthcare and civic participation for example. More information is available here: http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=327 11
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8. ANNEX I Seven Key Messages from
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The Healthy Ageing project definiti
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PRIORITY TOPICS FOR ACTION Policyma
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