Homesocial participation

social participation

3rd World Congress on Age-Friendly Cities and Communities

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 Location: Kursaal (Donostia / San Sebastián)

The first international age-friendly conference co-sponsored by the WHO in over 12 years will bring together cities, communities and global leaders in Donostia/San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa, Basque Country) from 16 to 18 June 2026 under the theme ‘Transforming Together! An Age-Friendly World – Connected, Equitable and Sustainable for All Generations’.

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Presentation of the study ‘The link between ageism and loneliness: analysing, raising awareness of and preventing discrimination against older people’

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 Location: Madrid

Can age-based prejudice, stereotypes or discrimination lead to older people becoming less socially active and increase the risk of unwanted loneliness?

To address this challenge, the Grandes Amigos Foundation is promoting the project ‘The Link Between Ageism and Loneliness: Analysing, Raising Awareness and Preventing Discrimination Against Older People’, funded through national income tax by the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and the 2030 Agenda. As part of this project, Matia Institute has carried out this study of the same name.

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III. PAAR-net International Knowledge-Sharing Event

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 Location: Cork (Irlanda)

A hybrid event bringing together researchers, older co-creators, professionals and stakeholders from across Europe to exchange knowledge and experiences on participatory approaches with older adults in health, care and support settings.

The programme includes keynote speeches, round-table discussions, presentations of exploratory reviews, World Café sessions and interactive debates focusing on inclusion, new technologies, health and care systems, dementia care, participatory research practices and co-creation with older adults.

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Bizkaia: a place for all ages

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Bizkaia is facing a demographic transformation characterised by an ageing population. This change challenges us as a society: creating age-friendly environments is now essential to ensuring quality of life throughout the entire life cycle, for both older and younger people.

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Event: ‘Speaking to Bring People Together’

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 Location: Izaskun Arrue Kulturgunea (Vitoria-Gasteiz)

This event is designed as a forum for intergenerational dialogue, providing an opportunity to reflect on and share experiences relating to wellbeing, community and the building of a shared future. It is of particular interest to those interested in intergenerational relations, community building or reflections on wellbeing.

Joining us from our headquarters is the Chair of the Board of Trustees, Maria Carmen Garmendia Lasa, who will share her perspective on ageing, society and wellbeing. 

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Workshop: Innovative solutions to combat loneliness and social isolation in the world’s major cities

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The second international workshop organised as part of the ‘Senior Solitude’ research project will take place on Tuesday 13 January in Paris. This event provides an opportunity to foster collective reflection on public policies aimed at combating isolation among older people, drawing on international perspectives and the initial findings of the survey conducted in Paris in 2025.

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Meeting: ‘A caring environment? Reflections on public spaces and local services’

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 Location: Madrid

Care for older people has traditionally taken a welfare-based approach, leaving the people themselves out of the design of the resources and services that serve them, placing them in a position of subordination and invisibility. In recent years, however, this model of care has been changing, encouraging people to participate in policies and strategies that directly affect them, especially those at risk of poverty and/or social exclusion, in the generation of knowledge and in the fight for their rights.

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1st International Seminar on Age-Friendly Cities in the Metropolitan Region of Vale do Paraíba and the North Coast

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 Location: Online

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Active aging talk

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 Location: Hernani

Within the framework of the activities organized by the Department of Elderly People of the Hernani City Council, a talk on Active Aging is given by our colleague Andrea Pozo, researcher at Matia Institute.

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Accessible urban planning

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 Type: Webinar
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 Location: Online

What would our cities be like if they were designed with accessibility criteria, so that anyone could move around them without obstacles of any kind? We have so normalized barriers that perhaps it is a little difficult to imagine it.

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