AGE Platform Europe

Marvow 2.0 Project Conference - Unseen No More: Protecting Older Women from Violence

🔜𝗨𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲

Join us on 3 Feb 2026 in Brussels for the #MARVOWProject 2.0 conference, a project AGE is partnering in.

Be part of shaping safer futures for older women!

🔗 More info: marvow.eu/unseen-no-mo...

#16DaysofActivism #ViolenceAgainstOlderWomen

"Older persons with disabilities are disproportionately affected by poverty, exclusion, and discrimination. (...) A robust action plan to combat ageism would fill this gap, building on the Disability Strategy while ensuring that ageing policies work for older persons with disabilities too." Nena Georgantzi, Human Rights Manager of AGE Platform Europe

Today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities!

How can an EU Action Plan to combat ageism help safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities?
👉Find out more here: www.edf-feph.org/blog/closing...

@myedf.bsky.social

#IDPD #IDPD2025 #ageism #disabilityrights #DisabilityVoice

Giving Tuesday - Donate - Support our mission to create a society for all ages

🤝Join us this #GivingTuesday to support age equality.
Your support helps us push for a UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons and fight all forms of ageism.

👉Every contribution makes a difference: bit.ly/DonateAgeEquality

#AGEPlatformEurope #AWorldforAllAges #AgeingEqual #Ageing

Group photo of the AGE Task Force on Employment and Participation

🤝 Thanks to our Members for contributing to the #AGEBarometer2025!
This edition reflects a shared effort by the AGE Employment and Participation Task Force and our wider network. Thanks to our Members, we gathered key insights into the challenges facing #olderworkers.

📥 bit.ly/age-barometer-2025

New launch AGE BAROMETER 2025 Older workers and the future of work: Navigating digitalisation, the green transition, and labour shortages Download

🆕 The #AGEBarometer2025 is out now!
How are #digitalisation, the #GreenTransition and persistent #LabourShortages affecting #OlderWorkers?

Discover inspiring practices gathered by AGE members that promote inclusion and support quality working lives.

📥 Download now: bit.ly/age-barometer-2025

Beyond Ageing: A European Hearing Health Agenda for Inclusion and Economic Participation - Webinar

🔜 Join the upcoming EU Health Policy Platform webinar, co-organised with Hearing Health Forum EU, to explore how a life-course-informed, rights-based approach to hearing care can promote active and healthy ageing.

🔗 Register here: www.age-platform.eu/event/beyond...

Don’t miss out!

🆕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

“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁” at the final stakeholder conference of the FutuRes Policy Lab – Towards a Resilient Future of Europe project.

⏳ 5 days left to register!
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. 💬

Care alliance logos

To mark the UN International Day of Care and Support on 29th of October, the European Care Alliance urges the EU to earmark dedicated funding for care and support services in the next EU long-term budget.

Read more 👉 coface-eu.org/european-car...

#CareAndSupport #EUCareStrategy #SocialEurope

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.

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

🆕 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!

MEP @idoiamendia.bsky.social, co-chair of the
𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺, in which AGE takes part, called for the upcoming EU Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness to:

✅ Combat #ageism
✅ Build an intergenerational pact where people of all ages can thrive together 🤝

Thank you!

The New Intergenerational Contract - final stakeholder conference of the FutuRes – Towards a Resilient Future of Europe project

📢 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-...

Photo Group of AGE Members at the WHO Europe in Copenhagen

✅ 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

@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.

🔛 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

At @whoeurope.bsky.social today w/ @ageplatformeu.bsky.social working to ensure our new Strategy on Ageing is grounded in the lived realities of older persons. Together we turn vision into action — because #AgeingIsLiving

@natasha_azzmus

YouTube video by AGE Platform Europe Sirpa Rautio (Director of FRA) - International day of Older Persons 2025

"Every stage of life deserves equal respect, opportunity and access."

For the International Day of Older Persons, we share a special message from Sirpa Rautio, Director of the @fra.europa.eu
👵👦

👉 www.age-platform.eu/internationa...

#IDOP #AgeDiscrimination

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_GF...

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

"We want to create a society where young & old people can connect & enjoy their fundamental rights,” says FRA Director Sirpa Rautio.

Supporting @ageplatformeu.bsky.social’s International Day of Older People #IDOP2025 campaign, the @fra.europa.eu calls for intergenerational fairness.

🗩By strengthening the connections between young and old, we can build a more resilient, just and inclusive Europe for all generations.

It's the International Day of Older Persons! Check our Proposal for an EU Action Plan to Combat Ageism

👵👴 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

💬“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

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

🚨 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

Poster of the webinar "Global Voices on Ageing: An irish Perspective Ageing with Dignity" International Day of Older Persons

🧓👴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

Climate change was behind most of the estimated heat deaths in European capital cities this summer

🌡️ 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

Group Photo with THINK CARE Project Participants and AGE Staff

🤝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

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.

📢 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!

📢 Call for Applications: UN Independent Expert on the Human Rights of Older Persons 🧓👴

Candidates are encouraged to apply by 28 August 2025, 12 noon (Geneva time). 🕛

Find out more ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.age-platform.eu/call-for-app...

✅𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗨: 𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆

The first week of July has been a week of celebration: after almost 25 years of hard work, the 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.

👉Find out more: www.age-platform.eu/accessible-e...

#Accessibility #AccessibleEU #EuropeanAccessibilityAct

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

🧓🧒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

Victory for Equality: EU keeps anti-discrimination Directive

❗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