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Post Conference Workshops

Age friendly Environments Post Conference Workshop on
‘WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities’

Friday 7 May 2010

Facilitated by Dr John Beard (Department of Ageing and Life Course, WHO) and
Dr Jane Barratt, (International Federation on Ageing)

Background

Between 2006 and late 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) undertook a project in collaboration with 33 cities from around the world to identify which characteristics of the urban environment might make a city more "age-friendly".  This culminated in the release of "Global Age-friendly Cities: a Guide" in 2007.  The project stimulated intense global interest from many additional cities also wanting to foster active and healthy ageing among their residents.  To support cities wishing to follow this approach, and to ensure the quality of the tools and interventions they use, WHO has now established the WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities©.

The goals of the network are to:

• Link participating cities to WHO and to each other.
• Facilitate the exchange of information and best practices.
• Foster interventions that are appropriate, sustainable and cost-effective for improving the lives of older people.
• Provide technical support and training.

Goal and objectives of the workshop

The main goals of the workshop are to provide an opportunity for cities who are members of the Network, or who are interested in becoming members, to understand more about the current status of this global movement, to learn about recent related initiatives from around the world and to explore the best ways for developing the network so that it will adequately support their needs.

Workshop objectives

By the end of the workshop you should:

• Understand the current state of Age-friendly Cities initiatives around the world
• Understand the purpose of the Global Network and how to join it
• Have established contacts with cities interested in becoming more age-friendly from both developed and less developed countries
• Understand future directions in this field.

The workshop will also provide the opportunity for you to contribute to:

• The way the Network develops and what it offers
• Identifying future strategies such as international meetings or guidelines.
• Discussion on the development of indicators for monitoring age-friendliness

Registration

Registration fees for the Age Friendly Environments Workshop are as follows:

Delegates: AUD$80.00
Non Delegates: AUD$250.00

Please note that in order to be eligible for the delegate rate, you must already be registered to attend the IFA 2010 Conference. If you have already registered for the Conference and would now like to attend the Workshop, please contact the Conference Managers to add the Workshop to your current registration.

If you are yet to register for the Conference, but would like to register for both the Conference and Workshop, you can now register for both via our online registration form.

If you would like to register for the Workshop only, please click here.