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VII European Good Practice Day on Friendliness

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 Location: Auditorio Museo Guggenheim. Bilbao

A new event organised by Euskadi Lagunkoia, the network of friendly municipalities in the Basque Country promoted by the Department of Equality, Justice and Social Policies of the Basque Government, which aims to encourage the participation of the elderly and citizens in general to improve neighbourhoods and environments in the municipalities of the Basque Country so that we can continue to live our lives as we get older.

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Plátika" Meeting: AGE Discrimination: Ageism, Ageism and Auto-ageism

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 Location: Palacio de Congresos Europa. Vitoria-Gasteiz

A new edition of the "Plátika" meetings organised periodically by the Bizan Network of the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council.

This meeting, open to all citizens, will reflect on "Age discrimination: ageism, ageism and self-ageism" and we will work on questions such as: how do I feel about my age, is there a problem with my age, am I being judged because of my age?

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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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Webinar: HAPPI Hour - Pioneering Urban Design for Later Living

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 Location: Online

This HAPPI Hour session will present key lessons learned from an Innovate UK funded project involving Housing LIN. Led by Cartwright Pickard architects, the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art will report on innovative new typologies of Later Living mixed-use housing for urban sites in the UK.

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10 years of Euskadi Lagunkoia

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 Location: Donosti

The next 29 June will be the event to celebrate the 10 years of Euskadi Lagunkoia's trajectory. It will review the experiences and milestones achieved during 10 years of journey and friendliness.

The event, which will be held in Tabakalera, will be attended by personalities such as the lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu, Beatriz Artozabal, Gorka Urtaran and the acclaimed actress Loli Astoreka. 

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"Navarra amigable" Seminar

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 Location: Yesa

On 27 October, the "Friendly Navarra" Conference, organised by the Yesa Town Council and the Arangoiti-Esam Association, will be held to present the progress made in terms of friendliness in municipalities such as Yesa, Bidaurreta, Tudela, Pamplona and Baztán, as well as the Active and Healthy Ageing Strategy of Navarra (2017-2022) and the action plan for the years 2018-2019.

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1st Hispanic Conference on Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: "Sustainable environments for all".

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 Location: Madrid

In line with the Sustainable Development Goals, it is critical to help cities and communities around the world address the challenge of ageing demographics by being age-friendly, creating age-friendly environments that are inclusive and equitable for people of all ages. An age-friendly locality is one in which policies, services and structures related to the physical and social environment are designed and reorganised to support and enable older people to live in dignity, enjoy good health and continue to participate fully and actively in society.

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The future of ageing: collaborative housing, children in old people's homes and other formulas for success

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 Location: Málaga

Debate hosted by the cultural centre "La Térmica" within the cycle with science and thought: criticism and fiction in the 21st century with Mayte Sancho, director of Planning at Matia Fundazioa and José Manuel Marín Carmona, geriatrician and editor of the Gaceta de la Sociedad Española de Geriatría since 2012.

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III European Good Practices in Friendliness Day

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 Location: Donostia-San Sebastián

"Euskadi Lagunkoia" is a project of the Department of Employment and Social Policies of the Basque Government in collaboration with Matia Instituto, which aims to promote the participation of citizens and the public, private and social sectors to develop a friendliness movement in the promotion of facilitating living environments for the elderly.

The aim of this 3rd Conference of the Euskadi Lagunkoia network is to give visibility to and share innovative and creative experiences that will serve as inspiration for the development of friendliness in the Basque Country.

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2019 'AGING IN MADRID' Conference

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 Location: Madrid

The Directorate General for the Elderly, of the Government Area of Families, Equality and Social Welfare, is organising the 16th Annual Technical Conference for professionals. In this edition, the chosen slogan 'Aging in Madrid' refers to the benefits for citizens of the Madrid, Friendly City for the Elderly Plan.

 

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