The AAL Programme would like to thank you all, who attended  the European Week of Active and Healthy Ageing 2022 in Gdansk, Poland! Previous Next The event, built on more than 10 years of legacy of the AAL Association, aims to be the main European platform for sharing knowledge and showcasing innovation at all levels…

We are Ewa Winnicka and Magdalena Grzebałkowska. We are women, reporters, and authors of non-fiction books. Also mothers and wives.  Suddenly it turned out that we are middle-aged women. The stereotype of a woman around 50 in Poland is not encouraging. She becomes invisible, she should slowly start saying goodbye to professional life, and she…

This session will provide valuable insight into strategies for identifying your audience, selecting appropriate communications tools and channels, creating the most compelling content, delivering that content, monitoring uptake and reacting to your communication results. This involves Insight’s 4S approach, using Strategy, Segmentation, Storytelling and Social Media. We will explain how we use each and the…

The SilverEco and Ageing Well International Festival, the event for Silver Economy stakeholders, returns to the Palais des Festivals de Cannes on September 12th & 13th, 2022 Improving the quality of life of the elderly, guaranteeing their autonomy for as long as possible and even extending their life expectancy, by new economic needs, technological, and…

For centuries, openness, and free movement of people, goods, and ideas have been an invariable constituent of the foundations for the development of Gdansk. A natural consequence of the city’s port nature is also its hospitality and readiness for changes, new challenges, and opportunities.  The metropolis of Gdansk is the largest academic center in northern…

Speakers Fátima Matias Maria Asteriou Digital inclusion has become a major problem among older people. Elderlies are excluded from the digital world, while demographic change shows that their number increased and at the same time everyday life becomes more digitalized (ie. e-banking, public administration, communications). On the other hand, and since the actual generation, which…

Gdańsk as a city is perfect for people with active style of living. There is no doubts that you can find here a lot of places to to sports – gyms, swimming pools, stadium, sport arenas, golf clubs, etc.  But Gdańsk is perfect for those who want to spend time outdoors. For all those who…

With great pleasure we want to introduce you a little teaser of the workshop of the European Week of Active and Healthy Ageing – “Life Is For Living!” by Maria Pahlberg and Patrik Bergström. Maria and Patrik both work for Skellefteå Municipality and strive to prevent involuntary loneliness and inspire seniors to improve their healty…

The European Week of Active & Healthy Ageing aims to be the European networking and exchange platform for providing innovation support and inter-disciplinary cooperation for active and healthy ageing. It brings together collaboration partners from around Europe (from industry and academia to care providers and the older people themselves), who are engaged in promoting and…

Last week, the EWAHA Program Committee members traveled to Warsaw, Poland to evaluate the applications and to organize the workshops of the upcoming event. Our third edition of the European Week of Active and Healthy Ageing 2022 will take place in the city of Gdansk – the capital of solidarity and equality of Poland, on…

We are happy to receive 61 workshop applications! The EWAHA organisers would like to thank all the applicants. Now the Programme Committee will assess the proposals and choose the best of them for the EWAHA 2022 Programme. The event will take place from 18-20 October in Gdańsk, Poland. This year’s European Week of Active &…

Significantly longer lifespan, the progress of civilization, and the improvement of life quality results in a growing percentage of senior citizens. Almost every fifth person (19.4%) in the European Union, i.e. almost 100 million people, is 65 or more years old. * The aging of the society and its challenges, technological solutions, scientific findings, forecast…

Great news for everyone in a hurry to complete the workshop proposal for the EWAHA 2022! The Programme Committee has decided to prolong the deadline until 25th May. The programme of the EWAHA conference is built on the legacy of 10 years of ALL Forum and experienced project participants whose ideas were funded during the…

Four thematic areas were identified by the EWAHA programme committee as the pillars of the 2022 edition. All proposals for interactive sessions and workshops must fall in one of these thematic areas. Get to know them better. Theme 1: The impact of the AAL Programme The AAL programme has been working since 2008 to improve…

Would you like to be a part of the biggest European inter-disciplinary, networking and supporting innovation event for active and healthy ageing? See the European Week of Active & Healthy Ageing themes and submit your idea for the interactive session or workshop. 10 years legacy of the Ageing Well in Digital World Program This year…

On the 30th and 31st of March, the Committee of the European Week of Active & Healthy Ageing has met in Gdańsk. The event is being prepared with the interdisciplinary partnership of ALL Program, the National Centre for Research and Development, and the Gdańsk Foundation.

Welcome to Gdansk, a city over one thousand years old! Proud of its incredibly rich history, opened to the world and the future, it will also impress you with its modernity. The city is situated with the view to the Baltic Sea, Motlawa River, Tricity Landscape Park and with the former Gdansk Shipyard areas, where…

This week, AAL Programme’s Communication and Public Affairs Manager Mr. Nicola Filizola travelled to Gdansk, Poland to meet the team organising our third European Week of Active and Healthy Ageing. The event will take place in the beautiful city of Gdansk, Poland from 18-20 October 2022. The city of Gdansk, known as the city of…

The European Week of Active and Healthy Ageing 2021 gathered many in our community and beyond for the course of this annual 4-day event. We are happy to finally provide you with a summary of the event to catch a glimpse of some of the main sessions and ideas from EWAHA 2021. Take a look…

The second edition of the European Week of Active and Healthy Ageing 2021 took place from 18-21 October gathering more than 700 attendees and a wide range of exhibitors showing their digital innovations and solutions. We are happy that the event promoted a lot of activity and with more than thousand meeting requests sent, new…

The AAL Programme would like to thank you all, who attended the second edition of the European Week of Active and Healthy Ageing 2021 took place between 18 and 21 October 2021 online, gathering more than 700 attendees for a plethora of workshops, exhibitions and discussions organised alongside four different tracks inspired by the WHO…

Did you miss the opportunity to see the workshop on Gastrologic approaches during our EWAHA 2021? The AAL Programme invites you for a special opportunity to join a workshop that will show you the latest technology in food care. Join for a session on 27 October 2021 at 10.00 CET! The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted…

EWAHA2021 closed its doors! Thank you for your participation. It has been a truly wonderful 4-day exchange. We hope you participated in some interesting sessions and used the opportunity to network with members of our community. Do you have any suggestions on how to make our event better? Share your impressions with us at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BSH2BRP…

Today is the day! We are excited to welcome you to the 2nd European Week of Active & Healthy Ageing! #EWAHA2021 We have a fantastic programme with workshops, exhibitors & possibilities to network! You can still register, get your ticket & create your profile!

We are excited to meet all of you already in less than a week to enjoy four days of stimulating discussions in more than twenty workshops, networking and exchanging the knowledge and ideas for ageing well! Are you ready?🤔 See a checklist to prepare you for the best experience at the Ageing Well Week 2021!…

Take a look at our confirmed speakers ! We are proud to present the latest additions: Peter Allebeck, Professor of Social Medicine at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Dr. Georg Ruppe, the Executive Director of the Austrian Interdisciplinary Platform on Ageing (ÖPIA) Santiago Calvo Ramos, health economist in Unit C2 for sustainability of public finances…

In just a little more than 10 days, we will welcome you to our second edition of the European Week of Active and Healthy Ageing 2021! As published before, this year will have a focus on four separate tracks highlighting different opportunities and challenges for an ageing Europe. Each day will be dedicated to each…

Friuli Venezia Giulia region is this year’s official partner of the second edition of the European Week of Active and Healthy Ageing 2021. We talked with on of the region’s foremost experts on health systems, in particular active health ageing and social inclusion, Mr. Gian Matteo Apuzzo. He is an urban sociologist and EU policies…

The European Week of Active & Healthy Ageing opens up for you with exciting plenaries, workshops, networking and matchmaking opportunities like never before! Four days to celebrate and exchange on the best actions that will shape our future. Our online platform has been equipped to host you and facilitate your experience. REGISTER NOW ! How…

Get ready to connect with our community! We are looking forward to our second edition of the European Week of Active and Healthy Ageing 2021. This year’s themes promise multidisciplinary and exciting debates, and we want you to be a part of them. In a short while, you will be able to register on the…

United Nations takes a step forward in its Decade of Healthy Ageing and launches a new exchange platform for all of us working in the ageing well domain, as well a anybody else wanting to provide their voice in building our ageing societies for better. As UN states, this platform will be an online, multilingual…

Harnessing today’s crisis for a better future? Participate at the Trieste Citizen Accelerator AAL 2021 on 16-17th October 2021 (free of charge) to take on this challenge! Let’s find together innovative and technological solutions to address the loneliness and isolation problems that our society faces, and especially the elderly. The initiative includes social participation between…

After a busy summer, the EWAHA 2021 team is happy to welcome you to our brand-new website at ageing-well-week.eu. After a successful first edition in November 2020, EWAHA comes back for an exciting programme for October 18-21, 2021. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the second edition of EWAHA will also take place online and will be…

EWAHA 2021 opens further registration for online exhibition booths for a selected number of participants. We will have a brand-new online platform where you will be enjoying vast visibility and a great opportunity to network and organize meetings with current and new partners all across Europe. The European Week of Active & Healthy Ageing aims…

Stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination make their presence felt toward (old) age while ageing is the most natural way of life. The WHO has now released its Global report on ageism – the Executive Summary – in several languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. The report outlines three strategies to reduce ageism that have been shown…