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Senior Future Forum. Senior Talent

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 Location: Madrid

As part of its intergenerational cultural programme, the Círculo de Bellas Artes and Padula & Partners are organising the ‘Senior Future’ Forums, a Merck initiative in collaboration with the Banco Sabadell Foundation.

This first forum, entitled ‘The new majority of a future that is already here’, will focus on aspects such as halting the problem of ageism or age discrimination, which requires effective solutions in a society with an increasing number of senior citizens and workers.

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Let's talk about ageism

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 Location: Donostia - San Sebastián

In recent years we have heard a lot about the term "ageism", a concept that, as the word itself indicates, refers to a type of discrimination based on age. Currently considered one of the most widespread forms of discrimination, along with racism and sexism, it is still largely unknown to society in general. Given the topicality and growing interest that seems to generate this issue, from the Lugaritz housing construction team we have decided to organize a talk in which we will have Elena del Barrio, co-director of Matia Institute and expert on the subject.

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Presentation of the "Convive" Model of the centres of Fundación Caja Navarra

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 Location: Pamplona

Fundación Caja Navarra has been working on a change of model for its centres for the elderly. This new model, which we at Matia Instituto have supported, is the result of collaborative work between the elderly and the professional teams at the centres, as well as the Foundation itself.

In order to make the knowledge gathered during this time available to society, a guide has been drawn up, which will be presented publicly at this meeting, together with some of the good practices worked on in the centres, which are sure to be inspiring.

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Proposals for the new care needs of people in the ageing process

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 Location: Casa de Cultura de Okendo (Donostia-San Sebastián)

On Wednesday 17 January, our colleagues Iraide Robles, Social Worker - Case Manager at Lugaritz housing, and Maria Karmen Garmendia Lasa, President of the Matia Board of Trustees, gave a talk organised by Helduen Hitza, in which they shared a series of ideas related to care and the current profiles of elderly people. A new longevity with very different lifestyles and needs, to which the care system must adapt, with a new, more community-based, flexible approach, centred on the person and their decision-making. 

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Conference Challenges of Social and Health Coordination: towards a preventive, personalised and community approach

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 Location: Los Llanos de Aridane (La Palma)

The Cabildo de La Palma and Plena Inclusión Canarias are organising this meeting which aims to make other realities visible in order to respond to the challenges detected and whose main objectives are to go deeper into the models of care and social and health care coordination, highlighting the quantitative data of La Palma; to show the alternatives and innovative solutions in this aspect for people with dependency; to generate alternatives for social and health care coordination between the different agents and administrations, and to make visible the De-institutionalisation Strategy at na

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3rd Conference on Inclusion in the Basque Country

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 Location: Palacio de Congresos Europa. Vitoria-Gasteiz

Throughout this legislature, the Basque Government's Department of Labour and Employment has made decisive progress in the articulation of policies for inclusion in the Basque Country. In addition to the recent approval of Law 14/2022, of 22 December, on the Basque Income Guarantee and Inclusion System, the 5th Basque Inclusion Plan has been drawn up and approved, which articulates all the policies developed by the different institutions in this area.

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32nd edition of the Summer School: Innovating for Social Transformation

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 Location: Online

The Department of Equality and Social Sustainability of Barcelona Provincial Council has organised this year's 32nd edition of the Summer School, a space for reflection, exchange and knowledge about local social policies for professionals from municipalities and local authorities in the province of Barcelona.

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Helduak Zabaltzen - II. Inter-municipal technical meeting for the transformation of the Social Centres for the Elderly in the Basque Country

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 Location: Donosti

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Presentation of the Basque Strategy for the Elderly

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 Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz

Meeting organised by the Basque Government on Friday 20 January at the Palacio de Europa (Vitoria-Gasteiz) from 11:00 to 14:00, in a day of presentation of the "Basque Strategy with the elderly" in which, in addition, the driving projects promoted by the same will be presented, among them: Helduak Zabaltzen, Euskadi Lagunkoia and the Longitudinal Study on ageing and care, all three with the participation of Matia Instituto.

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11:00-11:45h Presentation of the Basque Strategy with the elderly.

11:45-12:10h Lunch break

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Txirikorda Conference. Intergenerational community housing

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 Location: Usurbil - Casa de la Cultura

Friday 23rd September

From 18:00 to 20:00. Round table: intergenerational experiences.

Our colleague Ainhoa Arrillaga presents #MatiaZaleak, a network that aims to bring together people and organisations that identify and collaborate with the purpose of Matia Fundazioa, promoting the autonomy, dignity and personality of the elderly and people with disabilities. 

Saturday 24th September

From 10:00 to 13:00. Conferences: experiences of community and cooperative housing and presentation of the Txirikorda project.

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