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The largest EU-funded network of organisations of and for older people in Europe. Join us in combating ageism: support #AgeingEqual and our mission to build a society for all ages!

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🆕Our President, Heidrun Mollenkopf, is representing AGE and BAGSO at the #WorldSocialSummit in Doha.
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁. She will emphasise the importance of building a society for all ages.

🎥 Watch her statement ⬇️

#EuropeforAllAges #AgeingEqual
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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How can policy help societies adapt to demographic change and strengthen bonds across generations?

Our Sec. Gen. Maciej Kucharczyk joins the #FutuRes project debate.

👉 Register: www.age-platform.eu/event/panel-...

Join the debate and help shape EU’s resilient future. 💬
“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁” at the final stakeholder conference of the FutuRes Policy Lab – Towards a Resilient Future of Europe project.
October 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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As part of the 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗨 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗣𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆, AGE is calling for a strategy that tackles root causes, like discrimination and lack of access to rights, and includes the perspectives of older people.

➡️Read our statement here:
www.age-platform.eu/eradicating-...

#EndPoverty
Coalition for an EU Anti-Poverty Strategy Eradicating Poverty by 2050: More Than Words, a Comprehensive EU-Wide Strategy Is Needed Ageism perpetuates discrimination and deepens socio-economic inequalities in old age. The strategy must also reflect the lived experiences of older persons.
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🆕 The EU Parliament Intergenerational Forum has officially been launched!

Led by MEPs @idoiamendia.bsky.social and Michał Szczerba, the event featured Commissioners Glenn Micallef and Dubravka Šuica, and AGE members.

This Forum aims to shape the upcoming EU Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness!
October 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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📢 Our Sec. Gen. @mjkucharczyk.bsky.social will join the panel
on “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁” during the final stakeholder conference of the #FutuRes project.

📅 Tuesday, 4 Nov 2025 | 🕕 18:00 (CEST)
📍 Brussels, Belgium

👉Register: www.age-platform.eu/event/panel-...
The New Intergenerational Contract - final stakeholder conference of the FutuRes – Towards a Resilient Future of Europe project
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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✅ We’ve wrapped up the #AgeingisLiving Workshop!

AGE Members were consulted, and one key takeaway is that a meaningful life should be possible at every stage of life, supported by age-friendly cities that are accessible, affordable, and welcoming to all.

Thanks #WHOEurope

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Photo Group of AGE Members at the WHO Europe in Copenhagen
October 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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🔛 We are in Copenhagen for the workshop Shaping the Future of #HealthyAgeing, co-organised by @whoeurope.bsky.social and AGE.

🤝 Our Members are contributing to the future strategy #AgeingisLiving to ensure realities of older persons of today and tomorrow will be represented.

@geronews.bsky.social
Workshop "Shaping the Future of Healthy Ageing", co-organised by WHO Europe and AGE. Workshop "Shaping the Future of Healthy Ageing", co-organised by WHO Europe and AGE. Workshop "Shaping the Future of Healthy Ageing", co-organised by WHO Europe and AGE. Workshop "Shaping the Future of Healthy Ageing", co-organised by WHO Europe and AGE.
October 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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In celebration of the International Day of Older Persons, EU Commissioner @hadjalahbib.bsky.social shared a special message recognising the potential and contributions of older people as the backbone of our societies and families.

👉 www.age-platform.eu/internationa...

#AgeingEqual #IDOP #IDOP2025
October 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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👵👴 Today is the International Day of Older Persons!

We’re launching our Proposal for an EU Action Plan to Combat #Ageism: 9 key initiatives to embed age equality across EU policy.

👉 www.age-platform.eu/solidarity-b...

#IDOP #IDOP2025 #AgeingEqual #AgeDiscrimination
It's the International Day of Older Persons! Check our Proposal for an EU Action Plan to Combat Ageism
October 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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💬“If you had to choose one word to describe a world where old age is met with respect, not barriers, what would it be?”

With the International Day of Older Persons just around the corner, we’ve invited our Members to share their experiences.👇

ℹ️More info: www.age-platform.eu/internationa...

#IDOP
September 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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🚨 AGE takes part in the Coalition for an EU Anti-Poverty Strategy

We, a coalition of EU civil society organisations, are calling for a Anti-Poverty Strategy that is:
✅ Ambitious
✅ Comprehensive
✅ Rights-based
✅ Intersectional

👉 Find out more here: bit.ly/coalition_anti-poverty
EU Anti-Poverty Strategy Coalition Working across different sectors united by one goal: A strong, ambitious, and coordinated EU Anti-Poverty Strategy We Work to: - Push for a comprehensive EU Anti-Poverty Strategy - Ensure anti-poverty goals are mainstreamed across all EU policies - Connect poverty with issued like migration, climate, digitalisation, and security - Hold the EU accountable through meetings, joint statements, and work with key allies in the Parliament and Commission Poverty affects 95+ Million People in the EU. But it's still addressed in silos, fragmenting responses and delaying solutions. The coalition is building bridges across sectors and pushing for rights-based, intersectional answers to poverty List of Organisations: AGE Platform Europe | ATD Quart Monde | Caritas Europa | COFACE Families Europe | Emmaus Europe | ENAR | ERGO Network | Eurochild | Eurodiaconia | Equinox Initiative for Social Justice | FEANTSA | PICUM | Save The Children | SMEs-Europa | Social Platform
September 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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🧓👴Ageing with Dignity: Alison Bough, representing Active Retirement Ireland and AGE, will take part in Dublin City University’s webinar to mark the International Day of Older Persons.

📅 22 Sep 2025
🕙 10:00–12:00
💻 Online

Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#AgeingEqual #EuropeforAllAges
Poster of the webinar "Global Voices on Ageing: An irish Perspective Ageing with Dignity" International Day of Older Persons
September 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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🌡️ Heatwaves in Europe: this summer, 85% of excess deaths were among people aged 65+.
#Heatwave deaths are not inevitable. There are solutions that take into account the needs of older people.

📑 Read the full report from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
➡️ bit.ly/3VlIyYY

#EuropeforAllAges
Climate change was behind most of the estimated heat deaths in European capital cities this summer
September 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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🤝Sharing Insights on #AgeDiversityManagement

AGE met with participants of the THINK CARE, led by Kairosforma, to exchange on #AgeFriendlyPractices and inspire organisations to build #InclusiveWorkplaces, based on AGE Barometer 2023: bit.ly/age-barometer-2023

🚨 Stay tuned for #AGEBarometer2025
Group Photo with THINK CARE Project Participants and AGE Staff
September 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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📢 New #AccessibleEU Event on accessible education

🗓️ Date: Tuesday, September 9 | Time: 9:30 - 14:00 (EEST)
📍 Format: Hybrid
🗨️ Accessibility: Accessible venue. Captioning in English and International Sign System.

📝 Register and view the agenda here: 👉 bit.ly/3HYZgKq

Don't miss out!
AccessibleEU Event - Enhancing an Accessible Educational Ecosystem AccessibleEU is hosting a workshop ahead of the 18th International Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE) at the European University Cyprus.
September 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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🧓🧒A new intergenerational pact: MEP Group discusses supporting older workers and innovation

Check the key takeaways from the policy breakfast at the European Parliament, organised by the Interest Group "Europe for All Ages", in collaboration with AGE.

🔎bit.ly/4o9g5mu

#EuropeforAllAges
Photo of the co-chairs of the Interest Group "Europe for All Ages", Members of the European Parliament, Idoia Mendía and Michal Szczerba, with Secretary General of AGE Platform Europe, Maciej Kucharczyk
July 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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❗𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗘𝗨 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

📖 Read the article to learn what this means and what’s next: bit.ly/40Bd3gy

#StopDiscrimination #HorizontalEqualTreatmentDirective #Equality #AgeEquality #AgeDiscrimination
Victory for Equality: EU keeps anti-discrimination Directive
July 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄!
We’ve just released the report from our Annual Conference on Intergenerational Solidarity in Europe.

📖 Read the full report here: www.age-platform.eu/age-annual-conference-2025-highlights/#report

#SolidarityBetweenGenerations #IntergenerationalFairnessStrategy
"Solidarity is a precondition for our society, for living together, for cohesion and for mutual support. But we are living in and experiencing a segregated society and communities. We have to create more space for the exchange of our experiences, fears for the future and positive experiences." Dr. Heidrun Mollenkopf - President of AGE Platform Europe
July 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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🆕 Our July'25 newsletter is here: bit.ly/4lDSb0B
𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲!

📖 See more highlights in the full newsletter

#AGEPlataformEurope #CoverAGE
Banner promoting July 2025 Newsletter by AGE Platform Europe.
July 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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📣 Discover why the concepts of fairness and solidarity should not be mixed-up, as highlighted in the Summer Letter 2025 by
Maciej Kucharczyk, AGE Sec Gen.

As the Intergenerational Fairness Strategy consultation continues, endorse our call for an Action Plan on Ageism!

🔎 bit.ly/AGESummerLetter2025
"Solidarity is about embracing everyone (...) By focusing exclusively on fairness, the upcoming EU intergenerational fairness strategy risks reinforcing the assumption that individuals or groups of people are motivated by self-interest (...)" Maciej Kucharczyk, AGE Secretary General
July 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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🧓👶 Stand against #ageism – show your support!
The EU is shaping its #IntergenerationalFairnessStrategy, and we're calling for an EU Action Plan to combat ageism.

The more endorsements we receive, the stronger our message!

✅ Endorse our call now: bit.ly/3GJjQ12

#SolidarityBetweenGenerations
Endorse our call for an EU Action Plan to Combat Ageism "To build a society that values every person and generation and protects human rights from birth to death, AGE Platform Europe calls for an EU Action Plan to Combat Ageism (...)" - AGE Platform Europe
July 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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📣 #Digitalisation: AGE was featured in Headquarters Magazine! Julia Wadoux and Vera Hörmann spoke about the importance of ensuring that people of all ages can choose how they receive info - whether in print or digital form.

📖 Full interview (page 12) bit.ly/4kzbhU5

#OlderPeople #EuropeforAllAges
“Digitalisation must be human-centred, based on trust, communication and shared goals” Julia Wadoux and Vera Hörmann - AGE Platform Europe
July 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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📣 Human Rights Funders, we're calling on you!
Older people are the most rapidly growing population group, yet they are the most likely to be overlooked by funders.

Discover in our article why focus on ageing will enrich your philanthropic work: bit.ly/3T36jnh

#WorldforAllAges #HumanRights #Ageing
"Why human rights philanthropy needs an ageing lens" By Nena Georgantzi and Rhiannon Murgatroyd of AGE Platform Europe"
July 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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📢 Our General Assembly took place in Leuven!
Our members gathered for the Annual Conference and to discuss AGE's activities and what’s ahead:

- EU Intergenerational Fairness Strategy
- UN Convention on the Rights of Older People
- Advocacy for equality at all ages

🔎Full Article: bit.ly/44EIs2Y
AGE Members gathered for the General Assembly held in Leuven
July 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Can AI truly serve everyone regardless of age?🤖
That’s the question EU leaders from policy, industry, academia, and civil society explored at the event “Harnessing #ArtificialIntelligence for All Ages: Addressing #Ageism”.

👉Read the article: www.age-platform.eu/can-ai-truly...

#EuropeforAllAges
"We have a lot of experience with older persons using the technologies, including artificial intelligence in several projects. And from those projects, we know that older persons are not against technologies or any use of artificial intelligence, but it is difficult for them to use it and to understand it and to be sure and certain about its use." Dr. Heidrun Mollenkopf President of AGE Platform Europe Event "Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for All Ages: Addressing Ageism” Event "Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for All Ages: Addressing Ageism”
July 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM