AGE FRIENDLY PRAGUEAn Initiative led by SeniorsAn Initiative led by Seniors

Supported by the European ComissionEACEA: Programa - Europa for Citizens

JEFF BEESON

BIENVENIDA BIENVENIDA (Spanish to be replaced by Czech(Spanish to be replaced by Czech

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WELCOMEWELCOME

JEFF BEESON

Supported by the European ComissionEACEA: Programa - Europa for Citizens

Deepening a renewed sense of community

in all sectors of European society

Our vision is a Europe

where citizens actively

engage to find concrete

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engage to find concrete

solutions for the key issues

of their time

European Voices for Active Ageing

A project with an eye on Europe‘s future

Ageing is one of the greatest

worldwide challenges of our time.

By 2025 there will be 1.3 billion people

on our planet people aged 60 and over.

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on our planet people aged 60 and over.

Thanks to the rising life expectancy

in the last 50 years, Europeans can

expect to live longer and more active

lives well up into their 80’s.

Supported by the European ComissionEACEA: Programa - Europa for Citizens

Prague - Zivot 90

Bonn -BaSCivic Engagement

London - Age UKCelebrationof Ageing

apoyado por la Comisión Europea EACEA: Programa - Europa para Ciudadanos

Prague - Zivot 90Age Friendly Cities

ItalyWork + Life Planning

Bilbao - InnobasqueSocial Innovation

Strasbourg - 2Y2RWellness + Movement

Klara

BIENVENIDABIENVENIDAWELCOMEWELCOME

Klara

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AGE FRIENDLY CITIES

Supported by the European ComissionEACEA: Programa - Europa for Citizens

• An WHO initiative launched in June 2005

• 1500 older people in 33 cities and 22 countries

were asked to describe advantages and barriers

Age Friendly Cities

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were asked to describe advantages and barriers

they experience in the cities they live in

• Features of an Age-Friendly City identified

Features of an Age-Friendly City

BuiltEnvironment

SocialParticipation

Transport

CommunitySupport

Employment /Civic Participation

Respect /Social Inclusion

Communication

Housing

Age Friendly Cities in Europe

– some examples

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Denostio

SPAIN

Dublin

IRELAND

Lille

FRANCE

Manchester

ENGLAND

What is a World Café?

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The wisdom of large groups

The knowledge and

wisdom which we

require is already

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require is already

present and can be

made accessible

The wisdom of large groups

When the system

connects with itself in

creative ways,

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collective

intelligence emerges

Café-Etiquette

CONTRIBUTE your thinkingLISTEN to understand and to learnCONNECT ideas

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CONNECT ideasLISTEN TOGETHER for insights, patterns and deeper questionsHAVE FUN!SCRIBBLE AND DRAW!

Age-Friendly Prague ?

Table tops

Age - FriendlyNOT

Age - Friendly

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1st Round

<Question in Czech>

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What specific aspects of Prague could be MORE age-friendly? (Write down your ideas on the NOT AGE FRIENDLY

side of the table cloth)

2nd Round

<Question in Czech>

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What examples of an age-friendly city already exist in Prague? (Write down your ideas on the AGE FRIENDLY side of

the table cloth)

Table Change

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3ra Round

<Question in Czech)

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What simple steps could we seniors take to make Prague EVEN MORE age-friendly? (Write down your ideas on the

Post-it notes.

ONE IDEA per Post-It Note.

Harvesting

<Instructions in Czech)

Write down your ideas on the Post-it notes.

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Write down your ideas on the Post-it notes.

ONE IDEA per Post-It Note.

Place your Post-It Notes on the Age-Friendly Prague Wall

After the Coffee Break sit with people you don’t know

COFFEE BREAK

4th Round

<Question in Czech>

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What could be your role to help realize the ideas that you have heard so far?

Table Change

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5th Round

<Question in Czech>

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What can Seniors do to foster the creation of an Age-Friendly Prague? (Write down your ideas on the

Post-it notes.

ONE IDEA per Post-It Note.

Harvesting

<Instructions in Czech)

Write down your ideas on the Post-it notes.

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Write down your ideas on the Post-it notes.

ONE IDEA per Post-It Note.

Place your Post-It Notes on the Age-Friendly Prague Wall

After the Coffee Break sit with people you don’t know

Table Change

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Table Reflection

<Question in Czech>

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Discuss at your table what ONE item from today’s discussion would be most useful to create an

Age-Friendly Prague.

Write down this idea on a Post-it. Be prepared to share this item with the rest of the group.

Active Aging Network

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Those people who would like to be part of a collaboration network for active ageing – please write name + e-mail address (legibly) on a EVAA post-it and put it on the Network Wall.

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If you want to change

the future,

you have to change

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you have to change

the conversation.

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