Supporting innovation for age-friendly environments

Supporting innovation for age-friendly environments

The example of AFE-INNOVNET

Why Age-Friendly Environments?

According to WHO, the physical and social environments are key determinants of whether people can remain healthy, independent and autonomous long into their old age.

Promoting age-friendly environments is one of the most effective approaches for responding to demographic change and increasing the Healthy Life Years indicator.

Innovation for active and healthy ageing

Innovation can strongly contribute to active and healthy ageing

Innovations need to respond to end-users’ needs and expectations

Facilitating the uptake of ICT solutions is essential

Favouring mutual-learning can be a major driver of the development of innovation for age-friendly environments

AFE-INNOVNET is a project funded under the ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP), grant agreement n° 620978

Connecting new ICT solutions to the design of age-friendly environments

Overarching principles

• Support the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy ageing through setting up a large EU wide community of local and regional authorities and other relevant stakeholders who want to work together to find smart and innovative evidence based solutions to support active and healthy ageing and develop age-friendly environments.

Concretely… some examples

Sources: NY age-friendly city, UMCG, Ville de Bruxelles, iStock, De Hogeweyk, Langgadehus

A large and diverse consortium• 29 stakeholders• 16 Member States (BE, DK, EE, ES, FR, IE, IT, LU, LV, NL,

PL, PT, SE, SF, SI, UK)• 13 cities (Brussels, Celje, Fredericia, Groningen, Krakow,

Kuldiga, Ljubljana, Manchester, Porto, Stockholm, Tallinn, Tampere, Warsaw)

• 6 regions (Flanders, Franche-Comte, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Louth County, Puglia, Wales)

• 5 EU networks (AGE, Alzheimer Europe, CEMR, ESN, Eurohealthnet)

• 4 research centers/consultancy (DKIT/Netwell Centre, Inova+,TNO, UVEG)

• 1 Communication Agency (PAU)• WHO Europe and EUROFOUND, in advisory capacity

ObjectivesSupport and enhance the operational implementation of the EIP AHA D4 Action Group’s work plan through:

•Mobilising a wide range of stakeholders •Developing methodologies to help LRAs assess the socioeconomic impact of Age-Friendly Environments •Supporting a participatory approach and the benefits of involving older people •Developing a repository of notable and replicable practices •Facilitating pilot projects clustering•Ensuring convergence and strong coordination with WHO Age-Friendly Cities and Healthy Cities initiatives•Launching an EU Covenant on Demographic Change

Approach

How can you participate?Get informed: •- Visit our website•- Register to our newsletter•- Follow us on Twitter and LinkedInGet Involved and Join Us:•- Join the 143 AFE-INNOVNET TN members•- Participate in AFE-INNOVNET webinars •- Comment on the project deliverables•- Submit notable practices•- Help us recruit new members for the TN•- Help us frame and launch the EU Covenant on Demographic Change

Contact person: Julia Wadoux, Coordinator

E-mail: [email protected]

tel. : +32.2.280.14.70

www.afeinnovnet.eu