{"id":1168,"date":"2014-05-22T14:36:58","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T14:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agefriendlyworld.local.org\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2014-06-30T09:18:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T09:18:15","slug":"australia-canberra-report-on-implementation-of-strategic-plan-for-positive-ageing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/australia-canberra-report-on-implementation-of-strategic-plan-for-positive-ageing\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia: Canberra Report on Implementation of Strategic Plan For Positive Ageing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Executive Summary<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“In 2009 the then-Minister for Ageing initiated the requirement for a whole\u2010of government\u00a0Strategic Plan for Positive Ageing. The ACT Ministerial Advisory Council\u00a0on Ageing (MACA) was tasked to assist in the development of the plan through\u00a0community consultation and the wide involvement of ACT Government agencies.<\/p>\n

Following three community consultation sessions, a draft plan was developed for\u00a0public comment. This was subject to a further community consultation meeting, leading to the ACT Strategic Plan for Positive Ageing 2010\u20102014: Towards an Age\u2010Friendly City being tabled in the Legislative Assembly in December 2009.<\/p>\n

The Plan is based on seven Strategic Priorities: Information and Communication;\u00a0Health and Wellbeing; Respect, Valuing and Safety; Housing and Accommodation;\u00a0Support Services; Transport and Mobility; and Work and Retirement.<\/p>\n

Each Strategic Priority has a number of Actions for the first reporting period to June\u00a02011 and performance indicators associated with these Actions.<\/p>\n

In 2010, Canberra joined\u00a0the World Heath Organization’s Global Network of\u00a0Age Friendly Cities. The Strategic Plan is closely compatible with the check\u2010list for\u00a0age\u2010friendly cities. Monitoring implementation of the Plan has been carried out through a cross\u2010agency committee with MACA representation, by the Office for Ageing and though meetingsof Council members with agencies.<\/p>\n

Reports have been provided by agencies on the level of achievement of performance\u00a0indicators. These have been assessed by MACA as either Achieved, Partially Achieved\u00a0or Not Achieved, or have been Noted.\u00a0A number of the agency reports on the achievement of performance indicators indicate\u00a0that a very useful basis has been established for the continuation of actions in the next\u00a0reporting period and for setting a baseline for measuring future progress. Some suggestions are provided of possible matters to include in the next Action Plan.<\/p>\n

Meeting Strategic Priorities was assessed as \u2018Very Good\u2019 for one category and \u2018Good\u2019\u00a0for six categories. There has been credible achievement in meeting the Strategic\u00a0Priorities \u2013 a tribute to the many ACT Government officers involved in the implementation of the Plan. Notwithstanding the challenges in developing and implementing the first ACT Government Strategic Plan for Positive Ageing, MACA considers that implementation\u00a0of the Plan for the first reporting period has been successful, delivering a firm foundation for future progress.”<\/p>\n

Read the full report online [here<\/a>]<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Executive Summary<\/p>\n

“In 2009 the then-Minister for Ageing initiated the requirement for a whole\u2010of government\u00a0Strategic Plan for Positive Ageing. The ACT Ministerial Advisory Council\u00a0on Ageing (MACA) was tasked to assist in the development of the plan through\u00a0community consultation and the wide involvement of ACT Government agencies.<\/p>\n

Following three community consultation sessions, a draft plan was developed for\u00a0public comment. This was subject to a further community consultation meeting, leading to the ACT Strategic Plan for Positive Ageing 2010\u20102014: Towards an Age\u2010Friendly City being tabled in the Legislative Assembly in December 2009.<\/p>\n

The Plan is based on seven Strategic Priorities: Information and Communication;\u00a0Health and Wellbeing; Respect, Valuing and Safety; Housing and Accommodation;\u00a0Support Services; Transport and Mobility; and Work and Retirement.<\/p>\n

Each Strategic Priority has a number of Actions for the first reporting period to June\u00a02011 and performance indicators associated with these Actions.<\/p>\n

In 2010, Canberra joined\u00a0the World Heath Organization’s Global Network of\u00a0Age Friendly Cities. The Strategic Plan is closely compatible with the check\u2010list for\u00a0age\u2010friendly cities. Monitoring implementation of the Plan has been carried out through a cross\u2010agency committee with MACA representation, by the Office for Ageing and though meetingsof Council members with agencies.<\/p>\n

Reports have been provided by agencies on the level of achievement of performance\u00a0indicators. These have been assessed by MACA as either Achieved, Partially Achieved\u00a0or Not Achieved, or have been Noted.\u00a0A number of the agency reports on the achievement of performance indicators indicate\u00a0that a very useful basis has been established for the continuation of actions in the next\u00a0reporting period and for setting a baseline for measuring future progress. Some suggestions are provided of possible matters to include in the next Action Plan.<\/p>\n

Meeting Strategic Priorities was assessed as \u2018Very Good\u2019 for one category and \u2018Good\u2019\u00a0for six categories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":1170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[551],"tags":[267,115,274,276,275,277],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2108,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168\/revisions\/2108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}