Australia

Canberra – an Age Friendly city now and into the future

In 1950, Canberra – Australia’s capital city – was home to fewer than 20,000 people.

According to the 2021 census…

Portugal

It is intended that the project Odivelas, Concelho Amigo das Pessoas Idosas represents a concerted effort to respond and take advantage of the ongoing demographic changes. This project is structured…

United States of America

Brooklin is one of the 9 Maine towns in the regional age-friendly initiative called Age-Friendly Coastal Communities (AFCC).  AFCC is a collaboration among the 9 towns of the Blue Hill…

United Kingdom

Brighton & Hove joined the WHO Age Friendly Cities and Communities Network in 2013 in order to encourage active ageing and optimise opportunities for health, wellbeing and participation of older…

Spain

In 2009, Barcelona City Council, at the proposal of the Elderly Advisory Council, began the Barcelona, age-friendly city project, an initiative that is part of the Age-friendly Cities programme promoted…

United States of America

Augusta Age Friendly Designation Celebration and press conference was held on March 27 at the Boathouse Community Center in Augusta. Neighborhood Walkability Surveys will take place following the press conference. This…

United States of America

Two years ago the City of Auburn Hills began to take an active interest and commitment to becoming a community that is not only age friendly, but a community for…

Spain

Nuestra ciudad se unió a la Red de Ciudades y Comunidades Amigables con las personas mayores en el año 2013, actualmente se está trabajando en la realización de un nuevo…

Portugal

In April 2012 the Municipality of Alfândega da Fé joined the WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities. The purpose of this membership is fighting the social and personal…

United States of America

The Age-Friendly Bowling Green initiative seeks to make Bowling Green, KY a better place to grow old by promoting an “age-in-everything” lens across all aspects of city life. This hands-on…

Canada

Established in 2008, the Pan-Canadian Age-Friendly Communities Reference Group has played a lead role in the development and promotion of the age-friendly communities (AFC) model in Canada.

Co-chaired by the Public Health…

France

Created in 2012, the Francophone Network of Age-friendly cities (FNAFC) is an independent and general interest association, affiliated to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and…

Slovenia

The coordinator of the program is the Anton Trstenjak Institute of Gerontology and Intergenerational Relations, which is the main research, development, counselling and end-user organization in this field…

Spain

Imserso is the Affiliated to the GNAFCC in Spain

Institute for Older Persons and Social Services (Imserso) is a public body under the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and…