Monthly Archives: October 2019

On the 5th and 6th November, Cáritas Coimbra will be in Gouda, The Netherlands, for the launch of Hands-on SHAFE, a project approved under the Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission. Carina Dantas and Flávia Rodrigues, from the Innovation Department, will represent Cáritas Coimbra in the Hands-on SHAFE kick-off. On the first day of the […]

Cáritas Coimbra held the 1st Stakeholders Meeting (LAG) of the EU_SHAFE project, on October 23rd, which took place at CCDR Centro. The EU_SHAFE project, co-funded by INTERREG Europe Programme, has the partnership of 10 organisations from 7 EU countries. In Portugal, more specifically within the Central Region, the consortium partner is Cáritas Coimbra, with the […]

Cáritas Coimbra was once again very active in the 2019 edition of the AAL Forum, an event that brought together around 700 participants in Aarhus, Denmark, to discuss the themes of the AAL (Active and Assisted Living) Program. As in 2018, Cáritas Coimbra was a member of the AAL Forum Organizing Committee, participating as a […]

Cáritas Coimbra will be in Kauniainen, Finland, from October 28th to 31st, to participate in the kick-off meeting of the IGCAL project. This new project is funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ programme in the field of adult education. In addition to Cáritas Coimbra, partners of the IGCAL project are AFEdemy (Netherlands), University for Adult […]

Cáritas Coimbra participated as a lecturer at the 7th Valued Conference of the Portuguese Association of Hospital Administrators (APAH) on 19th October, in Braga. Under the theme “Redesign healthcare services focusing on people’s needs”, Carina Dantas, Cáritas Coimbra’s Director of Innovation Department, held the lecture that gave the round table a discussion on the importance […]

Cáritas Coimbra was present on October 11th at the Austria AAL Programme Conference “Active and Assisted Living (AAL) and its practical applications” at the invitation of the Austria AAL Programme. The conference took place at the 1st Annual Congress of the Network for Gerontology, which took place in Graz, Austria, from 10th to 12th October. […]

Cáritas Coimbra attended the second meeting of the Sheld-on project (smart habitat for the elderly) working group, supported by the COST Association, which took place on October 16th and 17th in Ohrid – Macedonia. The conference brought together researchers from various countries to discuss Friendly Environments for older citizens. The Sheld-on project seeks to foster […]

Cáritas Coimbra, also representing the Ageing@Coimbra consortium, participated in the IV Seminar: Ageing + Active and Healthy, which took place on October 16th, in Abiul (Pombal, Portugal). The event promoted by the Dr. José Lourenço Júnior Foundation, in conjunction with the Abiul Parish Council, for the fourth consecutive year, was based on good practices in […]

Cáritas Coimbra, also through the SHAFE (Smart Healthy Age-Friendly Environments) European Network, supported the organization of a workshop dedicated to Healthy Ageing, which took place on October 9th, during the European Week of Regions and Cities, in the Square – Brussels Convention Centre (Belgium). Under the theme “Healthy ageing in cities and regions: inspiring examples […]

On October 3rd and 4th, the CRISH Course – Co-Creating Innovative Solutions for Health – took place at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra. Cáritas Coimbra participated as a speaker/motivator, on the first day of the event, to share some of the work developed and to present some projects. Carina Dantas, Innovation […]