AGE Platform Europe

We wish you a season filled with joy with your loved ones! 🎄✨ May 2025 bring significant progress in human rights, shaping a Europe for all ages. ➡️AGE’s office will be closed from 24 December and will reopen on Friday, 3 January 2024. #AWorldforAllAges

📢 Have you faced age discrimination or ageism? 🌍 Are you part of a Civil Society Organisation tackling these issues? Your voice matters! 🗣️ Help shape the future of age equality by joining this vital study, supported by AGE and initiated by the European Commission DG Justice & Consumers (DG JUST). 👉 Participate here: www.bit.ly/AgeismStudy Together, we can build a Europe for all ages! Your participation is voluntary, anonymous, and confidential. #AgeEquality #EuropeforAllAges

📣 AGE Members’ Role in Shaping the First White Paper on Frailty Rose Miranda and Lieve Van den Block, on behalf of the EAPC – Reference Group on Aging and Palliative Care, drafted this article highlighting the collaboration of 12 AGE members who contributed to the paper. The White Paper aims to define the necessary approaches to care and support for older people living with frailty and their family caregivers. ➡️ Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/49xuwK1 Photo credits: © Centre for Ageing Better #EuropeforAllAges #AgeingEqual

DANA Floods in Spain: Older People’s Resilience 👵👴 The recent DANA floods in Spain have deeply affected many communities, including older adults. Despite the challenges they face, AGE Spanish members - CEOMA - Confd. Española de Organizaciones de Mayores, FATEC, Fundación Pilares para la autonomía personal, and Plataforma de Mayores y Pensionistas (PMP) - emphasise that older people are not just victims. They play a vital role in preventing crises and leading recovery efforts. ➡️Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/3DnE9Pg Photo credits: ©Ap Picture #DANA #DANAFloods #EuropeforAllAges #AgeingEqual

🗣️“At a recent European conference on pensions, I was asked whether there was a silver lining to ageing population. There’s more than one, obviously! The question should be rather about what impedes us from taking advantage of it.” 📨Check out the letter from our Secretary General, Maciej J. Kucharczyk, reaffirming AGE’s commitment to its mission as we move into 2025 and a new policy cycle: https://bit.ly/3ByjaZy #AgeEquality #AgewithRights #WorldforAllAges

EU Commissioners’ Hearings 2024: Who’s standing up for Age Equality? ➡️Discover the answer in our Special Briefing: www.bit.ly/3OPsP0W 📑 We've summarised key insights from Commissioners Glenn Micallef, Michael McGrath, Dubravka Šuica, Hadja Lahbib, and Roxana Minzatu, to identify which portfolios are best aligned with advancing age equality. ⚖️👵👴 #AgeEquality #AgewithRights #WorldforAllAges

🆕 Our Dec'24 newsletter is now available! Check it out here: www.bit.ly/4fj0Hhs 🎯EU Commissioners’ Hearings: we summarised insights from 5 Commissioners to identify which portfolios are best aligned with leading on age equality issues. Here are some other highlights: ▪️ Autumn Letter’24 from our Secretary General, Maciej J. Kucharczyk ▪️ Medicine Information Leaflets: Paper or Digital? Both! ▪️ “Age with Rights and Dignity” Podcast Series ▪️ Plus much more! 📖 Dive deeper into these topics and more by reading our full newsletter. 📩 Interested in staying updated? Subscribe to our newsletter here: www.bit.ly/42BTEuV #AGEPlataformEurope #CoverAGE

🌍 Today is #HumanRightsDay! 👵👴 We’re sharing the Age with Rights and Dignity Podcast Series🎙️, featuring AGE Human Rights Manager, Nena Georgantzi, and other campaigners for equal rights in old age as they discuss how to strengthen the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People’s call for a UN convention on the rights of older persons! 🔗 Tune in now and learn how you can support the movement to ensure everyone can #AgeWithRights: https://bit.ly/4irbr09 #HumanRights #OlderPeople #UNConvention #AgeWithRights

📣The #MARVOWProject 2.0 Trainers Manual is now online! 📖Check it out: https://lnkd.in/ed9ht_BG The MARVOW 2.0 Trainers Manual focuses on the particularities of violence against older women and helps professionals understand the need for specialised support services (such as crisis hotlines, shelters and safe houses, counselling and therapy, legal assistance) as well as how they can provide a coordinated response. 🔍 Learn more about how MARVOW 2.0, that AGE is partnering with, ensures the safety of older women https://marvow.eu #ViolenceAgainstOlderWomen #16DaysofActivism #16Days #AWorldforAllAges

🌍 Join the Online Seminar Series! “An Engaged Civil Society as an Engine for an Age-Friendly Society: An International Exchange” Organised by AGE's German Member BAGSO – Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Seniorenorganisationen e.V. in collaboration with AGE Platform Europe 🕐 When? 11 December 2024, from 2:30 to 4:30 PM CET. 🌐 More info and register: https://bit.ly/4g8EmUF 💬 What’s the session about? The aim of this session is to reflect together on existing social challenges and develop visions for a society for all ages. 🧓👵 🤝 Why attend? This event series offers civil society organisations a unique opportunity to develop ideas for future policymaking, driving social transformation and contributing to the revision of MIPAA/RIS (the Regional Implementation Strategy for the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing in the UNECE Region). This session is organised by BAGSO – Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Seniorenorganisationen e.V. in collaboration with AGE Platform Europe, the NGO Committee on Ageing Geneva and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), with the support of the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. Don't miss out! #AgeFriendly #IntergenerationalSolidarity #AWorldforAllAges