Inscrite dans la démarche française du label “bien vieillir” depuis 2011, la ville du Havre poursuit désormais son action envers les seniors dans le cadre du réseau “villes amies des…
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La Organización Mundial de la Salud define como ciudades Amigables con las Personas Mayores a aquellas en las que “las políticas, servicios y estructuras, así como el entorno físico y…
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In St. Louis County, older adults (ages 45 and older) number nearly a half-million people, or half of the total population. There are 279,256 St. Louis County adults ages 45-64…
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The Lane Cove Local Government Area is located 9 km from the centre of Sydney. It has a population of approximately 32,000 and close to 25% of people are aged…
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In 2009, China began to implement a national age-friendly cities programme on a trial basis in 13 cities within six provinces, in response to WHO’s Age-friendly Cities Programme. In November…
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AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, social welfare organization with a membership of nearly 38 million that helps people turn their goals and dreams into real possibilities, strengthens communities and fights for…
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Andorra la Vella began its journey as Age-friendly City in March 2013. Nevertheless, the needs and improvement in the life quality of the population –and especially our elderly people– has…
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As a first city in Japan where life longevity is a major characteristic of the country, Akita City joined WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities in 2011. In…
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The ‘Tampere Senior – Ageing society as an opportunity’ programme seeks an operational model for a good life and ageing in the City of Tampere and the Tampere Region, working…
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In May 2012 Belfast was the first city in Northern Ireland to join the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities.
In 2014 we produced our first…
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Stoke-on-Trent joined the WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities in April 2014. Our aspiration is for our City to be a great place to grow old in. Consultation…
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Our age-friendly initiative began in 2011. Our goals are to make the city age-friendly for active ageing and develop our elderly’s creative potential.
We celebrate numerous festivals to commemorate our elderly…
More DetailsThe age-friendly project in Uchaly aims to create optimal conditions for maintaining the health of the elderly, their participation in society and social protection, which help to preserve and improve…
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Oktyabrskiy began its age-friendly initiative in 2011. An Advisory Board was elected in Oktyabrskiy municipality in April 2012, comprising of the city administration, NGO representatives and mass media. After consultations…
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The age-friendly project for Kumertau is very relevant, given that the elderly make up one third of the population. Therefore, in drawing up the plan of project activities, we decided…
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The Coordinating Council chaired by the Deputy Head of the municipality on social and personnel policy was established to implement our age-friendly project. Working groups on the eight aspects of…
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Baymak’s age-friendly project aims to identify social problems of older persons, implement new technologies of social work, and create a comfortable environment for the elderly population. The increasing proportion of…
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Tuymazy participated in the WHO Global Age-friendly Cities Project in 2006. In 2011 the President of Bashkortostan approved of our initiative, and other 20 municipalities of the Republic joined the…
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In 2007, the City of Geneva (the administrative council) engaged in the project of “Age-Friendly Cities”. The same year, Geneva published its own report, ‘Geneva-friendly city’, that summarized the results…
More DetailsIn October 2011, the local Steering Committee met with Hearst Council and gave suggestions about seniors’ needs and challenges. The Council agreed to identify strategies to meet these needs and…
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