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Summary

We continue to collaborate with associations to develop Age-Friendly Cities practices. In this context, we organized workshops with key staff in different departments of the municipality. What are age-friendly apps? How should age-friendly apps be? 13 staff participated in the training program, which included topics such as age-friendly cities. In the program, we compared houses and streets in cities. We argued about home architecture for older people. The training program, which will continue for about 5 months, will continue with technical visits in September.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ozgur Arun at Akdeniz University provided training for staff from different directorates for the production of rights-based and inclusive public services. At the workshop, the experiences of Muratpaşa Municipality staff and their expectations and suggestions for the future were also discussed.

Website: https://muratpasa-bld.gov.tr/

Key facts

Main target group: Both younger and older people (i.e. intergenerational)

Sector(s): Education, Information and communication

Desired outcome for older people:
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Other issues the Age-friendly practice aims to address:
  • Accessibility
  • Ageing in place
  • Inequities
  • Inclusion
  • Participation
  • Technologies

Contact details

Name: Vural Korkmaz

Email address: vuralkorkmaz@muratpasa-bld.gov.tr

Age-friendly practice in detail (click to expand):

Engaging the wider community

Project lead: Local authorities

Others involved in the project:
  • Civil Society Organisation

How collaboration worked: Muratpaşa Municipality signed a cooperation protocol with Senex Aging Studies Association in June.

Older people’s involvement: Older people were not directly involved

Details on older people’s involvement: Elders are the target group in this practice. They participate in the study indirectly, not directly. Our main goal is to make the staff aware of this topic. In addition, the service is to include an age-friendly cities approach to the production process.

Moving forward

Has the impact of this age-friendly practice been analysed: Yes

Was the impact positive or negative:
Positive

Please share with us what you found in detail:
This practice will continue in 2022. We don’t have any clear conclusions, as it’s still not over. But awareness has been raised in officials.

Feedback:
Positive

Expansion plans:
By increasing collaborations.

Looking back

Challenges:
The most important challenge was to change the perspective of senior management.