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Key resources
WHO Policy Framework on Active Ageing (2002)
In order to achieve the ultimate goal of healthy ageing and active ageing, the WHO has developed a policy
framework which focuses on areas such as preventing and reducing the burden of disabilities, chronic
disease and premature mortality; reducing the risk factors associated with non-communicable diseases
and functional decline as individuals age, while increasing factors that protect health; enacting policies
and strategies that provide a continuum of care for people with chronic illness or disabilities; providing
training and education to formal and informal carers; ensuring the protection, safety and dignity of ageing
individuals; and enabling people as they age to maintain their contribution to economic development, to
activity in the formal and informal sectors, and to their communities and families.
More information is available at:
http://www.who.int/ageing/active_ageing/en/index.html
EU’s Committee of the Regions’ guide on
“How to Promote Ageing Well in Europe”
This brochure, which was developed by AGE with support from EU’s Committee
of the Regions in 2009, offers practical tools and instruments for local and regional
actors to promote healthy ageing. The brochure addresses a diverse set of
issues related to ageing, ranging from poverty and social exclusion, employment
and lifelong learning, health services, urban accessibility and adaption, housing,
social participation and volunteering as well as intergenerational solidarity and
exchange. The topics are complemented with best practice examples from
the different areas to inspire cities and regions to address their own ageing
challenges.
The full report is available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/health/mental_health/docs/age-cor.pdf
In follow up to this, AGE and the Committee of the Regions have issued a new publication
“How to promote active ageing: EU support for local and regional actors” (2011) presenting EU
funding possibilities for regional and local initiatives to promote active ageing and solidarity between
generations. The brochure aims to make a particular contribution to the European Year for Active Ageing
and Solidarity between Generations 2012. The brochure presents numerous examples of projects which
have received EU funding.
The full report is available at:
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=7005&langId=en
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