Older people are mobilised for social change and the fight against ageism. Together, we can build societies for all ages! Today, we say to policy makers: 🙌 Lead with us 🙌 #AWorld4AllAges #AgeWithRights #EULeadsTheRally #LeadWithUs #UNIDOP2021

MEP Jordi Cañas submitted a written question to Josep Borrell Fontelles, Commission Vice-President and High-Representative for External Affairs. He asks the EU to ‘drive the initiative of a UN Convention on the rights of older persons’. towardsanagefriendlyep.com/2021/10/05/the… #EULeadsTheRally

👵🏾👴🏻🧔 Integrating the lived realities of older people in innovation projects is a must. That involves addressing a great diversity of backgrounds and preferences. ⏰ Join our workshop next 26 October and have your say! ✏️ Agenda and registration 👉 shapes2020.eu/workshops/work…

Nothing less than this. Going to the essence, promoting a #lifecourse approach and #intergenerational work against #ageism #Rights4AllAges #ageisjustanumber Hopefully of interest Digitol Eu, The World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB), European Union of the Deaf, Smart Silver Economy The Sir Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity Rights 4 Seniors, Senioropolis

EU and national rulings still reflect biased & outdated views of older people, leaving older workers behind. Yet, mixed-age teams in the workplace are associated with better performance & creativity, states our colleague Nena Georgantzi in Financial Times ft.com/content/b09a19…

The European Union is committed to improving the digital environment for all Europeans. 🧑‍📲 Our digital life needs to be: ✔️ safe ✔️ easy ✔️ and respect basic freedoms Discover what this actually means for you 👇 europa.eu/!FNNMXR via @EUcouncil

Getting older people's voices heard helpage.org/what-we-do/soc… Particularly relevant for SHAPES EU project work on #empowerment and #decision-making

Congratulations to Milan Brglez, Sirpa Pietikäinen🇫🇮🇪🇺, Kira M. Peter-Hansen, Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir 🇪🇺🇫🇷💙💛, José Gusmão, S. Kympouropoulos Susana Solís M. Eugenia R. Palop Sara Matthieu 🇪🇺 for the great result in the committee vote and thank you for your hard work on the report ! #EUCareStrategy

1/2 Published today: A Digital Cage is Still a Cage by Prof Lorna McGregor Neil Crowther argues that Digital technology used to improve care & the lives of #olderpeople could be risking their basic #humarights Human Rights Centre essex.ac.uk/news/2022/06/2…

💖Providing visibility to the #invisible forces, exchanges and connections that make everyone's life more #meaningful Join the online event: age-platform.eu/event/dreamlik… Oct 5th (9:30 - 12:30 CET) #neighborhood #ageing #community Credit: Centre for Better Ageing

#reverse #ageing #digitalliteracy Want to reverse this trend and keep the pace of basic internet and app technologies? 💶💰🪙💳🪪Join the free tutorial webinar on safe online transactions by the EU-project FAITH 🕰️See you on November 10th! Info: lnkd.in/etbZFgRG

❓ What is important for empowerment at the individual level? 🗣️ Share your thoughts at the #SHAPESdialogue on #empowerment in health & care through #digitalsolutions ⏰ 2 November, 10-13:15CET English🇬🇧 Portuguese🇵🇹 Spanish🇪🇸 and International Sign ℹ️ bit.ly/shapes-dw6

Is a technological solution appropriate + more appropriate than a human one? 🗣️ Share your thoughts at the #SHAPESdialogue on #empowerment through #digitalsolutions ⏰ 2 November, 10-13:15 CET English🇬🇧 Portuguese🇵🇹 Spanish🇪🇸 and International Sign ℹ️ bit.ly/shapes-dw6

📹🎊NOW: The conference is live-streamed on YouTube. You can share the link for others to join here: youtu.be/t8bwZ040_Uc

#Digitalisation / Safe online transaction in older age. Don't miss the final (hybrid) event of the FAITh Project that will present the success stories, online resources and outcome of the EU project. 🗓️ Wednesday 7 December 2022 (09:45-14:00 CET) 👉info: age-platform.eu/event/safe-onl…

💫Take a look to the tested #peer-to-peer #trainings, chat with our #mentees and #mentors, access to the wealth of #resources of the Faith project 🗓 7 December 2022, 09:30-14:00 CET 📝 Register for the event here: bit.ly/3VnnoHI #lifelonglearning #older #consumers

Instead of “How long can we work”, what if we asked “How can we work better?” 🗓️Policy Lab, June 27 Register here: tinyurl.com/44m7hy95 With 🇪🇺MEP Beatrice COVASSI, Jutta Allmendinger, WZB; Ulrich Becker,MPI for Social Law and Social Policy; MassiMascherini, Eurofound; Arnstein Aassve, Università Bocconi

🚨New free e-book 🚨 Loneliness and social exclusion among older Europeans before and during the COVID-19 Published by IUSSP This is the main output of a knowledge sharing process organized by the Joint Programming Initiative “More Years Better Lives" JPI More Years, Better Lives

hard to reconcile the rush of rescue efforts to find billionaires who've paid £250,000 to see the Titanic and the stunning lack of rush to save refugees fleeing war and famine

🚨We have joined a coalition of 13 organizations in a letter to Commissioner Mairead McGuinness and Commissioner Nicolas SCHMIT, calling to extend the current EU Taxonomy framework to include a social and human rights dimension. 📖Read the letter➡️bit.ly/SocialTaxonomy…