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Carina Dantas (Caritas Coimbra) in the representation of the SHAFE network and the COST Action NET4Age-Friendly was invited to participate in the online conference ASTAHG (Alpine Space Transnational Governance of Active and Healthy Ageing), which will take place on December 2^nd. The conference will address different perspectives about the support of older people in remote areas in times of COVID- 19.

Caritas Coimbra’s participation will focus on the COST Action – NET4Age-Friendly. The COST Action NET4Age-Friendly – International Interdisciplinary Network on Smart Healthy Age-friendly Environments, was approved in a proposal led by Caritas Coimbra, in joint work with AFEdemy (The Netherlands) and a network of researchers from 47 countries, a result of the organizations’ work in the SHAFE  network. According to the lead researcher, NET4Age-Friendly “ aims to promote social inclusion, independent living and more active and healthy life for all ages, in continuing and expanding the work of the SHAFE network, to overcome the fragmentation and various gaps that still exist, at the conceptual level, and also on innovation pragmatism, to tackle the political and research challenges in Europe. The current COVID-19 pandemic will bring social and economic consequences which can worsen life quality of the most vulnerable, and the action NET4Age-Friendly can bring innovative proposals for its mitigation and it will be essential to keep these areas as priorities in the political agenda”.

The round table will address other initiatives for active and healthy ageing, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Luana Rotari, Oscar Zanutto and Julia Wadoux from the AGE Platform are also part of the panel of discussion, amongst others.

This is an event organised by the Slovenian National Institute of Public Health, as a partner for the project The Alpine Space, a transnational project committed to active and healthy ageing, co-funded by the European Union, through the program Interreg Alpine Space. This conference brings together stakeholders from different areas which will provide information about the design, implementation and evaluation challenges of public policies in remote areas, where older people are experiencing unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference aims to present good practice experiences already promoted in the last few months, to face this health and social crisis.

The full program is available on https://www.alpine-space.eu/projects/astahg/nijz-event/astahg_agenda_dec2020.conference-with-invitation_finv_1.pdf