The purpose of knowledge is action, not knowledge. Aristotle

💡 Want to combat #fakenews using an #intergenerational approach? 🎯 AGE Platform Europe provides 4 free online #interactive workshops for whoever interested in the topics 📅 First workshop: 29 Sept (10-12 CET) 👉 Registrations lnkd.in/eUTQq3Ww

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EU and national rulings still reflect biased & outdated views of older people, leaving older workers behind.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

🚨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

🚨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…