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Caritas Coimbra is a supporter of the European Commission Breast Cancer Initiative (ECIBC) ECIBC: Quality and Equality in Breast Cancer Care What is ECIBC? The European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC) is a person-centred initiative to improve and harmonise breast cancer care in Europe. ECIBC is developing the most up-to-date evidence-based recommendations on breast […]

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 […]

Cáritas Coimbra, with the support of AFEdemy Ltd., presented the Smart Healthy-Friendly Environments proposal as a strategic initiative for a joint declaration in 2018… Continue reading    

EUROCITIES members are stepping up their work on urban ageing, learning from one another how to best address the demographic challenge their cities is facing… Continue reading  

Cáritas Coimbra will be disseminating project GrowMeUp as a speaker in at least 4 different sessions of the Conference of Partners of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing, that will be held in Brussels between the 26th and the 28th of February. This Conference, organised by the European Comission, will allow Caritas […]

Cáritas Coimbra will participate as speaker in the AgeingFit2018 Conference, next 6th and 7th February in Nice, France. This is the first European business convention dedicated to innovation in the healthy ageing sector, gathering all actors in the innovation cycle from research to market, along with the key players in regulation and evaluation with the […]