Category:
Other
Net4Age Ontology Terms:
aging
, citizen
, community
, education
, housing
, inclusion
, neighbor
, participation
, policy
, wellbeing
Description:
Age-friendly environments is a global emerging trend attracting the interest of all levels of governments, industry, NGOs and academia. As this trend continues to grow, knowledge translation remains just as important as knowledge creation. For this reason, the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) is pleased to host a series of webinars on trends and themes relating to age-friendly environments.
Overview:
Vision: A world of healthy older people whose rights and choices are both protected and respected.Mission: To drive the agenda of the world's ageing populations.
Objectives:
Goal: To be the global point of connection and networks of experts and expertise to influence and shape age-related policy.
Initiatives:
Long term initiative since 1973 and it has got a broad approach to the AFE's dimensions
Shortcomings:
-
Relevance:
5
Relevance Description:
High relevance
Quality:
5
Opinion:
Useful comprehensive approach to AFE that could foster the policy makers about ageing domain
Recommended:
Yes
Overlap:
Yes
Overlap Detail:
AGE Platform initiatives, AFE Manchester (UK), Boston AFE
Sources:
https://ifa.ngo/projects-age-friendly-environments-educational-webinars/
Keywords:
webinars, best practices, theory, age-friendly environments, knowledge translation, education, @International Federation on Ageing (IFA), @World Health Organization (WHO)
Submitted By:
Andrzej Klimczuk
Email:
oscarzanutto@gmail.com