Category Archives: Notícias CDC
Cáritas Coimbra continues its effort to contribute to the healthy and active ageing of the European population in the 21st Century. Currently, the organisation is taking part in the Pharaon project which builds on existing tools provided by project partners (platforms and advanced technologies). These will be customized and connected (in a user-centred approach), to facilitate […]
Cáritas Coimbra participated as a speaker in the International Workshop “End-Users Open service platforms active and healthy ageing”.The workshop focussed on the needs of end-users from open service platforms that promote active and healthy ageing. The online event took place on March 10. The main objectives of this workshop were to inform potential end-users (older adults, […]
The project’s Ethics Committee, led by Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra, met on the 5th of March within the scope of the European SmartWork project (financed by the European Horizon 2020 Program) and following the pre-pilot implemented at the Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra between 1 October 2020 and 15 January 2021. The main objectives of the meeting were […]
The online International Workshop dedicated to end-users of open service platforms promoting active and healthy ageing will happen on March 10, 2021, at 2:30 pm CET. Caritas Coimbra will take part in this workshop as a speaker, and its Innovation Department will share the experiences as an end-user organisation on the organisation’s behalf: what are […]
The European Covenant on Demographic Change, of which the Cáritas Coimbra is part, has been placing demographics high on the EU policy agenda. In June 2020, the Covenant presented a report on the impact of the demographic change, setting out its key facts and likely impacts. As a result of this report, a Green Paper […]
On the 25th of February 2021, the Workshop “Open Web Platforms that support active and healthy ageing” took place, promoted by Cáritas Diocesana de Coimbra. This event was attended by more than 50 stakeholders, from various positions in the value chain, from all over the country, who discussed mainly how to promote the use and exploitation of these […]
On February 12th, Cáritas Coimbra, represented by its Innovation Department, participated in the Webinar of Introduction of the Guidelines for Compliance with Ethical Standards, developed by the European funding program AAL. The invitation came in the context of one of the projects in which the entity is involved: DIANA. DIANA project (financed by the European AAL program, […]
Cáritas Coimbra participated in the virtual meeting and workshop of the Improving Guidance and Counselling in Adult Learning project (IGCAL), on February 9th and 11th, 2021. The consortium meeting, the first in 2021, aimed to discuss the results of the testing phase of the 1st version of the project’s pedagogical tool and working on the development of […]
Active, autonomous and healthy ageing is one of the main challenges arising from Europe’s demographic change, so Cáritas Coimbra is currently participating in the European project VALUECARE – “Value-Based Methodology for Integrated Care supported by ICT” (2019-2023). The project is funded by the European Union research and innovation programme Horizon 2020, under the grant agreement nº […]
Pharaon – Pilots for Healthy and Active Ageing aims to develop integrated platforms that will provide personalized and optimized health and social care, maintaining the dignity of older people and increasing their independence, security, capacities and stimulating their interest in urban natural areas nearby, as well as active participation in preserving the environment. To this […]