The European Commission releases new reports on eHealth and mobile Health

In April, the European Commission released a Green paper on mobile health, shortly after the publication of four reports of the eHealth Stakeholder group presenting suggestions for action on key challenges related to healthcare.

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€700 million to meet European ageing population’s needs

The Council of the European Union today adopted on 6 May a €22 billion Innovation Investment Package. It includes the renewed Active and Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP2) for the period 2014-2020.

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Launch of Scotland's 'Active and Healthy Ageing Action Plan' 2014-2016

NHS Health Scotland and the Joint Improvement Team have issued a call to action for national organisations, community planning partnerships and other groups to improve and support the health and wellbeing of Scotland’s population as they move into and through later life.

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The Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, was awarded the European Mobility Week Award for 2013. This Award aims to reward the local authority that has done the most in raising public awareness about and implement measures to achieve a shift towards sustainable urban transport.

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Why we joined

TNO is well aware that all over Europe, regions face the same challenge of having to deal with an ageing population and that one of the most effective approaches for responding to demographic change is to promote age-friendly environments. Rather than handling this individually and in an isolated manner, we can benefit from European exchange and integration – something AFE INNOVNET facilitates. Read more here.

Featured projects

MOPACT is a four year project funded by the European Commission (FP7) to provide the research and practical evidence upon which Europe can begin to make longevity an asset for social and economic development. It has recently published its first report on ICT, housing and mobility

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This publication ‘ICT for Ageing Well- Listen to what older persons think!’ - written from the perspective of older persons - presents in a nutshell the outcomes of a qualitative study that took place in the frame of the EU-funded Home Sweet Home project and sheds a light to barriers and enablers for the acceptance of new technologies by older persons.

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