🆕 The EU Parliament Intergenerational Forum has officially been launched!
Led by MEPs @idoiamendia.bsky.social and Michał Szczerba, the event featured Commissioners Glenn Micallef and Dubravka Šuica, and AGE members.
This Forum aims to shape the upcoming EU Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness!
New launch AGE BAROMETER 2025 Older workers and the future of work: Navigating digitalisation, the green transition, and labour shortages Download
🆕 The #AGEBarometer2025 is out now!
How are #digitalisation, the #GreenTransition and persistent #LabourShortages affecting #OlderWorkers?
Discover inspiring practices gathered by AGE members that promote inclusion and support quality working lives.
📥 Download now: bit.ly/age-barometer-2025
Merci Bonne année 2026 !
Group photo of the AGE Task Force on Employment and Participation
🤝 Thanks to our Members for contributing to the #AGEBarometer2025!
This edition reflects a shared effort by the AGE Employment and Participation Task Force and our wider network. Thanks to our Members, we gathered key insights into the challenges facing #olderworkers.
📥 bit.ly/age-barometer-2025
Photo Group of AGE Members at the WHO Europe in Copenhagen
✅ We’ve wrapped up the #AgeingisLiving Workshop!
AGE Members were consulted, and one key takeaway is that a meaningful life should be possible at every stage of life, supported by age-friendly cities that are accessible, affordable, and welcoming to all.
Thanks #WHOEurope
@geronews.bsky.social
It's the International Day of Older Persons! Check our Proposal for an EU Action Plan to Combat Ageism
👵👴 Today is the International Day of Older Persons!
We’re launching our Proposal for an EU Action Plan to Combat #Ageism: 9 key initiatives to embed age equality across EU policy.
👉 www.age-platform.eu/solidarity-b...
#IDOP #IDOP2025 #AgeingEqual #AgeDiscrimination
"We want to create a society where young & old people can connect & enjoy their fundamental rights,” says FRA Director Sirpa Rautio.
Supporting @ageplatformeu.bsky.social’s International Day of Older People #IDOP2025 campaign, the @fra.europa.eu calls for intergenerational fairness.
🗩By strengthening the connections between young and old, we can build a more resilient, just and inclusive Europe for all generations.
Opening remarks of MEP Idoia Mendia - For a new intergenerational pact: Unlocking the economic potential of the demographic transition
📣Unlocking the economic potential of the demographic transition - Session
🗣️MEP @idoiamendia.bsky.social, @socialistsanddemocrats.eu
"We need to fight age discrimination in the labour market! Promoting lifelong learning, supporting intergenerational practices are key."
#EuropeforAllAges
☀️☕️Comenzamos el día con el evento “Por un nuevo pacto intergeneracional: aprovechando el potencial económico de la transición demográfica” que organizo como copresidenta del grupo de interés Europa para Todas las Edades junto a @ageplatformeu.bsky.social
🗣️MEP Michał Szczerba
"In my work with third-age universities in Poland, I’ve seen how older citizens contribute to our societies through learning, mentoring. They bring strength and wisdom, and they inspire young people. We need to support these intergenerational connections across Europe."
Maciej Kucharczyk | Sec. General of AGE
🗣️Maciej Kucharczyk | Sec. General of AGE
"To achieve #AgeEquality, we need an EU Action Plan to Combat #Ageism. The plan should be part of the Strategy on Intergenerational Fairness. Ageism hurts. We are talking about the young and old. Combatting ageism will have a positive impact to all."
EP policy breakfast organised by the “ #EuropeforAllAges” Interest Group.
EP policy breakfast organised by the “ #EuropeforAllAges” Interest Group.
EP policy breakfast organised by the “ #EuropeforAllAges” Interest Group.
EP policy breakfast organised by the “ #EuropeforAllAges” Interest Group.
📣 Today, AGE joined the EP policy breakfast organised by the #EuropeforAllAges Interest Group.
🤝 Policymakers, researchers and civil society discussed solutions to elevate #IntergenerationalSolidarity as a shared political priority.
Thanks to MEPs @idoiamendia.bsky.social & Michał Szczerba!
@annesinclair.bsky.social Toutes mes condoléances à l'occasion du départ de #PierreNora
It is with great sadness that I learned that His Holiness Pope Francis passed away.
When we met just recently in Rome, I thanked Pope Francis for his strong leadership in protecting the most vulnerable and defending human dignity.
I extend my condolences to all Catholics in the world.
AGE Secretary General stresses how a better legal and political framework against #ageism will enable #olderpeople to fully contribute to and benefit from society. #EuropeforAllAges #AgeingEqual
Angel Yague Criado from CEOMA and @ageplatformeu.bsky.social presents AFC-Toolkit project which proposes the Reference Professional for Inclusive Ageing in Age-Friendly Cities, empowering communities to create more inclusive, age-friendly environments. 🌍👵👴 #InclusiveAging #AgeFriendlyCities
Alison Clyde explains that Global Intergenerational Week is an annual worldwide campaign encouraging everyone to embrace intergenerational practice and relationships. #GIW25 #AgeingEqual
Stop EU's Equality betrayal - defend anti-discrimination now! Sign now
SIGN TO DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS! ⚠️
🚨 The EU has abandoned a crucial draft law on equal treatment, leaving millions without protection against #discrimination.
Today, as EU leaders meet at the General Affairs Council, we demand justice!
✍️ Sign our joint petition NOW: action.allout.org/en/m/298c9b72/
Picture from the EP event "towards an EU Strategy on Ageing"
MEP @idoiamendia.bsky.social hosts a discussion "Towards and EU Strategy on Ageing" with @roxanaminzatu.bsky.social's cabinet, DG EMPL, @ageplatformeu.bsky.social and MEPs and civil society
Council of Europe Adopts Report to Combat Age-Based Discrimination
📣 Council of Europe (@coe.int) Adopts Report to Combat Age-Based Discrimination
AGE is proud to have contributed to this report authored by Andrea Eder-Gitschthaler (Austria, EPP/CD) and adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
📄More info: bit.ly/3CECAfU
#AWorldforAllAges
MEP @idoiamendia.bsky.social urged EU to develop a Strategy for Older Persons, building a #EuropeforAllAges 👴👵
We are all ageing. Today we work, volunteer, and connect with younger generations - tomorrow, we want to keep doing so!
👉 www.age-manifesto.eu/manifesto
Thank you for your support!
Thank you, MEP @marcangel-mep.bsky.social, for your support in championing Europe for All Ages!🤝
💬"Demographic trends can strengthen Europe’s resilience! This can only be achieved if cohesive policies focusing on #genderequality, #intergenerationalfairness (...) are implemented."
#EuropeforAllAges
Essential Services must be accessible, even offline. What can the EU do to guarentee an equal access to essential services for all?
🚨 #Digitalisation: A smooth digital transition for everyone, at all ages!
📍 On 30 January, Lire et Écrire is launching their campaign to ensure off-line access to all essential services and AGE will join this launch!
👉Together, we will deliver our open letter to policymakers: righttooffline.eu
