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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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Inspira Bizitzak: Arts and humanities

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 Location: Donostia - San Sebastián

Kutxa Fundazioa is organising a new Scientific Lives meeting, now "Inspira Bizitzak", to be held on 16 and 23 October at the Eureka! Zientzia Museoa.

In keeping with its aim of helping young people to identify their talents and hobbies and guide them in favour of society, this edition opens the doors to students with an interest in other fields beyond the sciences, such as the humanities, literature and the arts.

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Forum: "Older people and essential services: the case of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities".

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On Wednesday 12 July 2023, EAPN-ES is organising the forum "Older people and essential services: the case of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities", from 11:00 to 12:30.

Access to essential services and participation of the elderly are two elements that, despite being recognised as rights and included in the regulatory and legal framework at national, European and international levels, do not always have all the guarantees in their enjoyment and access.

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Lecture: "Virgencita, virgencita, que me quede como estoy"

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 Location: Casa de Cultura de Loiola

Talk organised by Plus55 with our colleague and researcher at Matia Institute, Sara Marsillas, talking about what aspects people over 70 consider when they say they are ageing well and how they think about their desired future.

In addition, some of the main barriers and facilitators that people believe may appear and affect the process of desired ageing will be mentioned.

The event will take place on 14 June at 6 p.m. at the Casa de la Cultura in Loiola. Contact telephone number: 943 45 46 46 05.

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Older people's participation as a right: experiences of good practice

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 Location: Online

Participation is a right and a tool that people have not only to promote and influence the democratic health of the country and its institutions, but also to take part in those elements that affect people's lives and improve certain elements of their own well-being.

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II Xornadas de saúde mental: benestar emocional na terceira idade envellecemento activo

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 Location: Casa de Cultura de Bertamiráns

Conference organised by the Concello de Ames, which is aimed at people and professionals from all sectors interested in psychological wellbeing in the elderly and active ageing. It will include a round table, two conferences and two practical workshops.

Among the participants, our colleague and researcher at Matia Institute, Sara Marsillas, PhD in psychology from the USC and expert in healthy ageing, will give the conference "Caring for caregivers".

Participation is free of charge, subject to prior registration via the following e-mail address jornadas.ames@gmail.com

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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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Conference: "The importance of caring for the elderly"

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On Wednesdays 1, 8 and 15 February, the conference 'The importance of caring for the elderly' will be held in Azpeitia. Among the topics to be discussed are the evolution of the ageing society, the unwanted loneliness of the elderly, the public policies of the Azpeitia Town Council to face this challenge and the presentation of the infrastructures to be implemented in the short term.

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The cooperative way for the right to housing. Cooperative housing forum in cession of use.

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 Location: Barcelona

This Forum is an initiative of the XES, Habicoop and REAS cooperative housing sector. Three full days to network between communities, share technical knowledge on policies and regulatory changes, demonstrations, anti-repressive dinners and much more. 

From Matia we participated in the round table on Saturday 26th November: "Dependence, care and architecture in projects for the elderly Present and future of the management of dependence in the elderly. Collaborative proposals and challenges of cooperative housing" with:

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Older women's rights: breaking myths and stereotypes

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 Type: Webinar
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 Location: Online

Our colleague and co-director of Matia Instituto, Elena del Barrio, will participate in this webinar organised by the Gregorio Peces-Barba Human Rights Institute in collaboration with the UC3M Equality Unit, the Access to Justice and Vulnerability project of the Ministry of Science and Innovation in its 2019 programme and HelpAge Spain.

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10:00 Inauguration and Framework Conference. Isabel Martínez Lozano. HelpAge

10:30 a 11:00. Social participation: Breaking stereotypes.

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