Activities

Dissemination and Communication Activities

Conferences

• 5-7 November 2024. Poster presentation "Shaping age-friendly cities: A spatial analysis for policymakers" by Malgorzata Swiader at the Urban Transitions Conference 2024 in Sitges, Spain

• 7-9 October 2024. Presentation ''Engaging Older Adults in Urban Planning: Fostering Inclusive and Sustainable Cities'' by Jan Kazak at the Green Urbanism Conference 2024 in Rome, Italy [link]

• 18-21 September. Presentation "Older People's Views On The City Life: The Results from Age Friendly Cities And Communities Questionnaire in Italy and Romania" by Loredana Ivan & Michele Bertani at the Aging & Social Change: Fourteenth Interdisciplinary Conference, Galway. Ireland [link]

• 27-30 August 2024. Presentation entitled "The role of co-creation sessions with older adults to catch what matters in the age-friendliness of cities" by Milena May at the ESA Conference 2024 in Porto, Portugal

• 23-24 August 2024. Presentation entitled “Co-creation approch in making cities age-friendly across Europe” by Jan Kazak at the International Conference Reimagining Local Governance: Just, Sustainable and Diverse at Maynooth University in Ireland [link]

• 15 May 2024. Plenary presentation by Joost van Hoof and workshop by Jeroen Dikken at the Symposium Age-friendly cities in The Hague

• 30 November 2023. Presentation entitled “Co-creation sessions as an example of a participatory approach for identifying views of older citizens about the quality of life in their cities” by Milena Maj of UJ at the Life Science Open Space 2023 Conference in Klaster LifeScience Krakow Foundation in Krakow, Poland

• 2 November 2023. Plenary presentations by Joost van Hoof of THUAS and Nina van Haren of the Municipality of The Hague about the age-friendly city of The Hague and the City&Co project, presentations entitled “Age-friendly cities in Europe: the first results of the City&Co project”, and participation at the Conference 'Dritte Orte – Räume für gutes Altwerden in der Kommune' hosted by the Körber Stiftung in Hamburg.

• 17 October 2023. Invited presentation entitled “Age-friendly and dementia-friendly communities: The importance of the social environment for people living with dementia” by Joost van Hoof of THUAS at the 33rd Alzheimer Europe conference in Helsinki, Finland [link]

• 29 September 2023. Presentation on how the City&Co project is inclusive with and for older persons thanks to the co-creation sessions by UJ at the Forum 'Towards Future for older persons’ organizations in Łódź, Poland

• 20 - 22 September 2023, Conference Age and Care 2023: Aging in a Caring Society? Theories in Conversation, Graz, Austria. Presentation ‘Age-Friendly Communities: National Initiatives and Older People’s Views in Italy and Romania’ by Ivan L and Bertani M

• 21-22 September 2023. Presentation entitled “Characteristics of a AFCCQ scale – validation in a group of elderly people in Poland” by Prof. Jolanta Perek-Białas and Paulina Skórska of UJ at the Conference Methodological Inspirations 2023: Quantitative Research in Social Sciences – Challenges and Problems, in The House of Congresses and Conferences of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Jabłonna, Poland.

• 17 September 2023. Presentation of the results of the AFCCQ completed in Kraków and Wrocław by Prof. J. Perek-Białas of UJ at the Polish Congress of the Gerontology in Poznań, Poland

• 14 - 15 September 2023, International conference Creative Future Insights 2023, Zagreb, Croatia. Two presentations: 1) ‘Older people's views on public transportation in Bucharest: results from walking interviews’ by Ivan L and Crucian N; 2) ‘Urban futures in the vision of older adults: insights from three co-creation sessions conducted in Bucharest’ by Ivan L and Tudorie G

• 16 August 2023. Presentation entitled “Age-friendly cities in Europe: The first results of the City&Co project” by Joost van Hoof of THUAS for Age-Friendly New Zealand’s Meeting with councils in Wellington, New Zealand

• 15 August 2023. Presentation entitled “Age-friendly cities in Europe: The first results of the City&Co project” by Joost van Hoof of THUAS at the Ministry of Social Development in Wellington, New Zealand

• 18 July 2023. Presentation entitled “Age-friendly cities in Europe: The first results of the City&Co project” by Joost van Hoof of THUAS at the University of Adelaide in Adelaide, SA, Australia

• July 2023, Districts Council Congress in Kraków, Poland. Presentation of main results of the AFCCQ from Poland to illustrate older citizens’ perspectives on living in the city by Ms. A Okońska- Walkowicz of the Municipality of Krakow and member of WHO’s Healthy Ageing 50

• 25 June - 1 July 2023, XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne Australia. Online presentation by J Perek-Bialas, UJ. [Conference website and photos]

• 30 - 31 May 2023, Congress of the Polish Social Policy in Warsaw, Poland. Presentation by J Perek-Bialas, UJ. [Conference website] [Photos]

• 8-9 December 2022, Smart Cities International Conference (SCIC) ‘Accelerating innovation’ 10th Edition, Bucharest, SNSPA. Presentation by L Ivan and C Rădulescu, SNSPA

• 17 November 2022, SIA-conference, Leiden, The Netherlands, organized by the Dutch funding agency SIA. Presentation by J van Hoof, THUAS

• 22-23 September 2022, Conference on Ageing and Social Change 2022, organized by Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Organisation of conference by J Perek-Bialas, UJ and participation by J Kazak, UPWr

• 13 July 2022, Webinar ‘Age-friendly Urban Spaces, Wellington, New Zealand (presentation J van Hoof of THUAS)

Workshops

• 6 December 2024. Workshop/ colocvium by Loredana Ivan: "Studying Older People’s views of the Age-Friendliness of their Urban Communities: The Role of Standardized Tools and the Importance of the Co-creation Approach", at Paris & London University of Salzburg, Austria [link]

• 25 November 2024. Webinar on the co-creation approach with policy makers and older adults to research on age-friendly city agenda, by Loredana Ivan [link]

• 1 August 2024. As well at 1st of August, 2024 there was a special dedicated session focused on presenting the submissions made by older adults through the website application, discussing residents' contributions, and formulating the five most important issues for further work with city authorities. Jolanta Perek-Białas, Joanna Kwinta-Odrzywołek

• 8 September 2023, visit of the Hamburg-based Koerber Stiftung and a large delegation of German cities, with their director of the domain Older Age and Demographics Eva Nemela, to The Municipality of The Hague as part of their expedition. Presentation by Municipality of The Hague and J van Hoof

• 24 May 2023. Presentation entitled “Researching the age-friendliness of cities: How to measure the progress” by Joost van Hoof of THUAS for the Management Committee Meeting of COST Action NET4AGEFRIENDLY at The Hague University of Applied Sciences in The Hague, The Netherlands

• 20 April 2023. Presentation entitled “Het gebouw en zijn omgeving. Prettig ouder worden in de grote stad” by Joost van Hoof of THUAS at the Meeting VOL2 'Wat betekent ouder worden en hoe bereid je je daarop voor?' in Hoenderloo, The Netherlands

• 6 April 2023, Workshop ‘Towards Senior-friendly Municipalities’ at the Municipality of Soest, The Netherlands, organized by the Network Utrecht Care Older adults (NUZO) and the Dutch Association of Municipalities (VNG). Presentation and Workshop on age-friendly cities by J van Hoof and J Dikken

• 20-21 March 2023, WHO's Stakeholder Consultation Meeting for its Guidance for National Programmes for Age-friendly Cities and Communities in Emergency Contexts, held at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. Presentation of the preliminary results of the AFCCQ from two Polish cities by J Perek-Bialas.

• 22 February 2023. Presentation of the City&Co project by Willeke van Staalduinen of AFEdemy to 40 students of the MSc Vitality and Ageing at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) in Leiden, The Netherlands.

Other events

• Regular and every month meetings with Cities and Communities of Age-friendly Network of WHO in Poland. Participants include all cities and communities from Poland which belongs to GNAFCC of WHO

• 21 January 2025. Online presentation of results of the City&Co project with a representative from the WHO Office Poland and past Vice-Rector of Collegium Medicum. About 20 persons from various cities participated

• 4 December 2024. Joost van Hoof presented City&Co at a meeting organized by the Municipality of Krakow, with 2000 senior citizens of Krakow, Poland [link]

• 21 November 2024. Presention of project results by Jolanta Perek-Białas at an online meeting with representatives of cities in Poland that are part of the WHO AFCC network

• 6 November 2024. Presentation City&Co at a multiplier event in Leiden with municipal workers of regio Leiden, The Netherlands [link]

• 4 November 2024. Joost van Hoof presented City&Co to a group of 15 senior men of Probus in Reeuwijk-Gouda, The Netherlands

• 21 October 2024. Project presentation by Milena Maj at the Cracow University of Economics during a workshop with students on designing a city that is resident-friendly

• 25 September 2024. Presentation about the design of the co-creation process of City&Co by Loredana Ivan at the Capacity Building Webinar: Designing and Co-Creating Policies with Older Adults for Age-Friendly Urban Communities, organized by the SIRENE project [link]

• 5 September 2024, Willeke van Staalduinen presented City&Co at the COST Action PAAR NET meeting in Frankfurt, with 80 participants, including researchers, municipalities and older people [link]

• 5 September 2024. Presentation of the City&Co project about its objectives, scope, the survey results and insights from residents shared via the application at a study visit of German policy makers from various cities in Kraków, Poland

• 30 May 2024. The City&Co project was introduced in the 4th Capacity Builiding Workshop & 5th Science Café of the SIRENE project, presented by Joost van Hoof [link]

• 19 May 2024. Working visit Joost van Hoof, Hannah Marston and Loredana Ivan, in Bucharest, Romania

• 9 November 2023. Pitch and Poster presentation of City&Co by Joost van Hoof and Liesbeth de Wit of THUAS at the JPI ENUTC Mid-term event in Delft, The Netherlands

• 11 October 2023. Work session by Joost van Hoof of THUAS at UPWr containing further development work concerning the GeoPortal

• July 2023, Ms. Okońska- Walkowicz of the Municipality of Krakow shared the project’s valuable results during a closed meeting with the city’s policy makers of Krakow, emphasizing the importance of monitoring the well-being of older residents in Kraków. This was done to underscore the necessity of effective adjustments to the city’s programs.

• 10 - 12 July 2023, presentation of City&Co at the training school “Ageing in the City - independent living and social participation in age-friendly smart places and spaces” of COST Action 19136, in Tirana, Albania, with 30 participants.

• July 2023, event organized by NGO “Lepszy Kraków” (Better Kraków). Presentation and discussion on older citizens’ perceives on the age-friendliness of Kraków by J Perek-Białas and A Okońska-Walkowicz. [More about event]

• 15 - 16 June 2023, Jagiellonian University’s Social Innovation Demo Day. Presentation of activities and experiences of City & Co by the team of UJ. [Link to the activity website]

• April 2023, following The Hague and Wroclaw, the city of Krakow became an official member of the Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities of the World Health Organisation: Congratulations Krakow!

• 29 - 30 March 2023, study visit of the INTEGER project in Kraków. Discussion on City&Co as an example of social innovation for ageing policy by UJ and AFE.

• 14 March 2023, EN-UTC Project coordinators informal exchange meeting. Presentation of City&Co by L de Wit

• 20-24 February 2023: Working visit THUAS to Professor D Pavlovski of (partner) Mother Teresa University in Skopje, North-Macedonia. This collaboration involves the cross-cultural validation of the AFCCQ in Macedonian and Albanian and conducting a survey among 400 older people in the city of Skopje. J van Hoof and J Dikken of THUAS also contributed to a round table session and presented their work from the municipality of The Hague and the City&Co project.

• 21 October 2022, EN-UTC #20 Urban Lunch Talk: “Envisioning a sustainable future: Public infrastructures – what will they be and look like?” Participation of M Maj

• 17-18 October 2022: Working visit THUAS – UJ/UPWr at UJ in Krakow, Poland (Z Tavy and L de Wit visited UJ to collectively prepare for the co-creation sessions with older people in WP2. They also met with Ms A Okońska from the Municipality of Krakow, and shared experiences with ongoing activities for older citizens in The Hague and Krakow)

• 5-6 April 2022, EN-UTC Projects’ Kick-off meeting and AGORA dialogue, presentation of City&Co by L de Wit

Press releases

• December 2024. Newspaper article "How to create a senior-friendly city". Published in the Polish newspaper Senior

• 25 November 2024. Youtube materials on co-creation approach: policy makers and older adults in cross-cultural environment, by Loredana Ivan [link]

• 25 November 2024. Online presentation on design policy planing using co-creation approach with policy makers and older adults, by Loredana Ivan [link]

• 29 October 2024. Article summarizing the City&Co project at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences website [link]

• 9 October 2024. Reference to the project results in the article "Kraków Supports Older Adults," written by Anna Okońska-Walkowicz, the Mayor of Kraków's Plenipotentiary for Older Adults' Policy, and published on the Kraków.pl portal. [link]

• 18 September 2024, Wroclaw. News item 'Don’t fear the boomers! How Poland is celebrating its old people – and making life better for every age', by Jan Kazak, Jolanta Perek-Bialas and Joost van Hoof, published in the Guardian [link]

• 18 July 2024. Newspaper article "Photo-production by senior citizens in the City&Co project". Published in the Polish newspaper Senior

• 22 May 2024. Article "Official start of photo-production study in Skopje, North Macedonia. Published in North-Macedonian magazine

• 20 April 2024. Polish TV show about age-friendly cities with Jan Kazak nd Healthy Living – Age-friendly Environments.

• October 2023. WP1 report for The Hague, The Netherlands has been submitted to and approved by the Municipality of The Hague [.pdf]

• October 2023. Published article "Age-friendly cities research identifies four personas of older people" and the "Monitoring report Age-friendly city The Hague 2022" on the Extranet of the World Health Organization [link]

• 29 September 2023. Published article "Validation of the Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire (AFCCQ): full speed ahead" by Joost van Hoof on the website of EU/DG Connect – Futurium. Active and Healthy Living – Age-friendly Environments. [link]

• May 2023, ‘Poolse stad is vriendelijk voor senioren: Krakau ziet vergrijzing niet als een probleem’, published in Dutch newspaper Het Parool

• May 2023, Update City&Co: de weg naar seniorvriendelijkheid van steden, by Jeroen Dikken. Published at Medewerkersnet, THUAS

• February 2023, ‘Wrocław Seniors take part in the international City&CO project’, published on the website of Senior Centre Wroclaw.

• May 2022, THUAS and partners launch City&Co: “International research into age-friendly cities with a unique measuring tool”, Published on Website of THUAS

• May 2022, “The Hague is partner in the newly launched ERA-NET project: City&Co“, published on Extranet of WHO, page The Hague - Age-Friendly World (who.int)

Social media and other media

• Continuously updated: Web page on THUAS website of Centre of Expertise Governance of Urban Transitions describing the cross cultural validation and application of the AFCCQ in multiple languages and countries [link]

• Dr Hannah R. Marston et al – Written evidence (TGB0036) [link]

• 1 January 2025. Continous posting about the AFCCQ on the good practices page of the WHO Age-friendly world [link]

• December 2024. Post on LinkedIn about the newspaper article "How to create a senior-friendly city" published in the Polish newspaper Senior

• December 2024. Message on linkedin sharing the presentation of the results of the City&Co project by Joost van Hoof of THUAS together with professor dr hab. Jolanta Perek-Białas of the Jagiellonian University before an audience of over 2000 older citizens of the city of Kraków in Poland [link]

• 6 November 2024. Message by Yongjie Yon of WHO Europe Healthy Ageing Task Force "launch of the Croatian translation of our age-friendly community tool for the UN International Day of Older Persons in Zagreb". Posted on X

• 17 July 2024. Message about City&Co in the Senior Newspaper in Poland. Posted on X

• 11 July 2024. Message "Cocreating age-friendly policy workshops conducted with older citizens in The Hague, by Zsuzsu Tavy and Liesbeth de Wit". Posted on X

• 24 June 2024. Podcast "Ageing with purpose - designing inclusive, age-friendly cities" by Jan Kazak and Joost van Hoof. Published on YouTube and Spotify [link1] [link2]

• 22 May 2024. Message "joint WHO and UNFPA round table discussion in North Macedonia on Healthy ageing". Posted on X

• 1 may 2024. Post about the Japanese AFCCQ. Posted on LinkedIn [link]

• January 2024. News item published about the City&Co project on the website of project partner SNSPA, Bucharest [link]

• 28 November 2023. Tweet on X ‘’Today one of two sessions within project City&Co with seniors took place! The new technology was not problematic at all for our testing group", @wroclaw_info @UPWr_edu; @JagiellonskiUni @JolaPerekBialas; @urbanageing @jan_kazak @SCR_research [link]

• October 2023. LinkedIn message announcing the publication of the city report of The Hague posted by Willeke van Staalduinen, AFEdemy [link]

• 26-27 June 2023. Video ‘’City&Co MLV Wroclaw June 2023’’ was produced by UPWr at the 2nd Mutual Learning Visit in Wroclaw, Poland, and premiered on 14 December 2023 at the YouTube Channel of Gospodarka Przestrzenna UPWr [link]

• March 2023. News item "Poland is getting Age-friendly" on Age Platform Europe [link]

• 2023, post at the Jagiellonian University (UJ) Facebook about the first co-creation sessions conducted in Poland. [link]

• 17 March 2022. News item about the City&Co project with Prof. Jan Kazak of UPWr in the Polisch Magazine 'Elubin' [link]

• 16 February 2022. News item about the City&Co project on the Televion channel TVP3 Wrocław [link]

• Continuous dissemination of project news on X