Welcome to the 2027 open application for the Leadership Course on Ageing is Living: Unlocking the Potential of Population Ageing
The Division of Health Systems of the WHO European Region and the Nagusi Intelligence Centre of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia are pleased to invite you to submit your application for the Leadership Course on Ageing is Living: Unlocking the Potential of Population Ageing, taking place in Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain, from 28 to 30 April 2027.
The course aims to equip national, regional and local government officials, politicians, change-makers in decision-making and coordination roles, senior managers, and media and communication specialists with the strategic vision, leadership skills and systems-thinking perspective needed to build and strengthen effective intersectoral partnerships, including civil society, the private sector and older people, foster shared accountability, and drive transformative, coordinated action in the four action areas of the Ageing is Living: A Strategy for Promoting a Lifetime of Health and Well-being in the WHO European Region (2026–2030), including strengthening prevention and health promotion, transforming health and care systems, creating enabling and age-friendly environments and challenging ageism.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- apply systems thinking to understand and act on complex healthy ageing and long-term care issues;
- exercise leadership in complex environments where authority and responsibility are distributed across different actors;
- strengthen strategic thinking, negotiation, collaborative decision-making and policy influence;
- build coalitions and partnerships across sectors, institutions and levels of government;
- mobilize stakeholders around shared priorities and strengthen collective ownership and accountability;
- lead action across prevention and health promotion, care transformation, age-friendly environments and ageism;
- communicate effectively, shape narratives, build support for change, challenge ageism and support more balanced and inclusive narratives about age and ageing; and
- translate evidence, policy commitments and the Ageing is Living Strategy into action within their own context.
The training will take place from 28 to 30 April 2027 in Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain. The teaching language will be English. The application process will open on 1 October 2026 and close on 16 November 2026.
Are you ready to start your application?
Please read all questions carefully and submit all items requested.
There are 14 questions in this survey.
