Monthly Archives: March 2018

Caritas Coimbra, with AFEdemy Lda, will coordinate one of the three Thematic Networks of the European Commission for 2018, with the theme Smart Healthy Age-Friendly Environments. This proposal was presented as a strategic initiative for a joint declaration in 2018. Ten proposals were voted until December 7th in the European Union Health Policy Platform, Cáritas’ one was […]

On the eve of the Partner Conference of the European Innovation Partnership for Active and Healthy Aging (EIP-AHA), working group D4 – friendly environments for all ages – held a working meeting to promote synergies with other networks such as the European Partnership for the Promotion of Intelligent Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC). Ana Jegundo, of the […]

The Innovation Department of Caritas Coimbra participated in two parallel sessions of the Conference of Partners in Brussels on 28 February. This session was held between two working groups of the European Partnership – C2 “Development of interoperable solutions for independent living” and D4 “Friendly environments of all ages” – with Cáritas presenting two proposals […]

Caritas Diocesana de Coimbra was at the European Commission on the 26-27th February, in order to present and discuss its perspectives on the societal challenges that cannot be forgotten in the use of technologies and the collection of big data in health and eHealth, connected to frail and older adults. During the Conference of Partners […]

Cáritas Coimbra is in Brussels today, 25th of January, to participate actively in a creative experimental workshop organized by the Agile Aging Alliance, together with Enterprise Europe Network and Innovate UK. Carina Dantas, from the Innovation Department of Cáritas Coimbra, presented the methodology of the institution in creating new approaches to support ageing, based on […]