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Be part of the 2nd International Social Housing Festival in Lyon, 4-8 June 2019

The ISHF 2019 will aim through a series of diverse events on the one hand to highlight the importance of access to decent housing for all, while on the other hand to celebrate the long tradition of public, cooperative and social housing across the globe and recognise the need to adapt our systems to meet current and future housing challenges as the human and economic costs of neglect grows.

More information here.

Event website : http://www.ishf2019.com

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A new approach to AHA standards engaging end-users – 31 Jan. 2019, Brussels

The 2nd STAIR-AHA meeting supported by the PROGRESSIVE project will take place on the 31st of January 2019 in Brussels.

The meeting will provide an opportunity to debate and discuss on:

  • age-friendly communities,
  • age-friendly homes
  • inclusiveness in standardisation, with accessibility and the European Accessibility Act as a use case.

The event also aims at interchanging ideas on how to promote this change of mindsets, i.e. the effective inclusion of end-users (focusing on older people) in the future.

Save the Date – Draft Agenda

Link for registration

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Digital public services for age-friendly cities and communities – 29 Jan. 2019, Brussels

AGE Platform Europe invites you at the European Parliament for a Joint Intergroup meeting, on Tuesday 29 January 2019 in Brussels (10h30-12h30).

The Urban Intergroup and the Intergroup on Active Ageing, Intergenerational Solidarity and Family policies will be discussing about co-creation of digital public services, in the context of the Horizon2020 project Mobile-Age.

Members of the European Parliament, representatives of the European Commission, local politicians and academia will provide some highlights on common challenges and solutions for conceiving urban and rural planning with the lens of age-friendly concepts and practices.

The event is also an occasion to share tools and insights paving the way to European strategies putting citizens’ needs on the agenda of European policies.

Event Agenda

Registration is compulsory, and available via this link: https://goo.gl/forms/M1dbTpEy0QwSya3V2