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Get involved with Global Intergenerational Week 2024

Members of the WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities know that making our environments more age-friendly benefits not only older people, but people of all ages and abilities. That's why activities that bring generations together to promote greater understanding and respect are already being done by many Global Network members.

This year's Global Intergenerational Week highlights the links between intergenerational practice and the global age-friendly movement by dedicating Day 4 (27 April) to celebrating intergenerational spaces and communities.

Join the week's activities by:

1. Learning more about the resources, events, and opportunities available on the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism's website and from the week's organisers – including Connecting Generations, a practical 'how-to' guide on intergenerational practice

2. Submitting your Age-friendly Practices with an intergenerational component to the Global Database of Age-friendly Practices, and help the global community learn from your experiences

3. Explore the country leads who are supporting Global Intergenerational Week, and connect with them to share your experience at a local event or collaborate to develop your own intergenerational projects

Marking one year since the release of WHO's guide and toolkit on national programmes for age-friendly cities and communities

• The guide has been accessed over 11,000 times – with over 1,000 people telling us in detail how they plan to use the guide and toolkit
  
  
• The guide kick-started conversations in every WHO region on developing programmes on age-friendly cities and communities or strengthening existing ones. This has led, for example, to the Slovene Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities renewing their affiliation to the Global Network as a national programme, and the Centre for an Age-friendly Norway and the Emirate of Sharjah coming onboard
  
  
• The guide contributed to the accelerating growth of the Global Network – with major achievements, like Kochi's membership marking the first city in India and the South-east Asian region to join

Join us in celebrating these milestones by revisiting the WHO guide and living toolkit (now available in many more languages) and spreading the word about them!

Hear from your fellow Global Network members in a webinar on age-friendly cities and communities

DATE: 16 May 2024
TIME: 9:00 Cardiff | 10:00 Paris | 12:00 Sharjah | 16:00 Cockburn

How can cities foster the full participation of older people in community life and promote healthy and active ageing? What is the added value of international city-to-city cooperation in achieving such a goal?

Join this upcoming webinar to hear from representatives of Cardiff (Wales, United Kingdom), Cockburn (Australia), and Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) on how cities and communities can transform the world to be a better place to grow older.

Age-friendly World is a World Health Organization website dedicated to promoting age-friendliness around the world. The World Health Organization Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities (GNAFCC) is a global coalition of cities and communities committed to becoming more age-friendly. 

Submit your news on Age-friendly World or get in touch with us at gnafcc@who.int.