Cáritas Coimbra promotes active and healthy ageing through Citizeen app
On 15 December, users from the day care centres of São Pedro Social Centre and Rainha Santa Isabel Centre tested the Citizeen app in Coimbra’s Green Park. Through this mobile app, tested as part of the European Pharaon project, anyone can share geo-referenced photographs of species and places of interest in the city, map (through spatial technology) places according to their thermal and vegetation index, or even make suggestions for improving the places they visit, so that citizens can make the most of the green and blue spaces near them.
The technology developed concerns a digital application for use on mobile devices that aims to promote citizen involvement in nature conservation in cities, stimulate physical and mental activity in older adults and provide information so that citizens can fully enjoy the green and blue places near them.
Coimbra is the pilot city for implementing this innovative idea. Cáritas Coimbra, MARE-UC and OWL are challenging older people (aged 65+) in the city to join the Pharaon project and test the Citizeen app. As part of an ecosystem, volunteers and carers are also invited to test this idea.
More information about the project can be found at https://www.pharaon.eu/ (English) or https://caritascoimbra.pt/project/pharaon/ (Portuguese). This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme – Pharaon Project ‘Pilots for Healthy and Active Ageing’, under grant agreement no. 857188.
