{"id":11212,"date":"2016-09-30T06:40:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T04:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/news\/international-day-of-the-older-persons\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T10:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:56:18","slug":"international-day-of-the-older-persons","status":"publish","type":"edc_news","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/international-day-of-the-older-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day of the older persons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) by 2050, the world\u2019s population aged 60 years and older is expected to total 2 billion, up from 900 million in 2015. What is the same it will nearly double from 12% to 22%.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local governments have an important role when facing the challenge of an ageing society. Here attached you will find good practices deal with the theme through approaches as participation, lifelong learning, intergenerational dialogue, health and wellbeing, inclusion or empowerment.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=39045&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">RADARS<\/span><\/a>, community action project for the elderly<br>\nMontevideo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=29085&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sensors<\/span><\/a>: Multipliers Curbing Violence against the Elderly<br>\nPaju &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=30005&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Woojeong Village Happy Learning Centre <\/span><\/a><br>\nTorres Vedras &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=31925&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Healthy and Active Seniors<\/span><\/a><br>\nToulouse &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubExperienciesAc.do?idexp=29965&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Seniors Council<\/span><\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can consult more good practices <a href=\"http:\/\/w10.bcn.es\/APPS\/edubidce\/pubTemesAc.do?idtem=1161&amp;accio=veure&amp;idioma=3&amp;pubididi=3\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Other resources:<\/b><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/olderpersonsday\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Day of older persons<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Health Organisation<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.who.int\/features\/factfiles\/ageing\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facts on ageing and health<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unfpa.org\/ageing\" target=\"_blank\">United Nations Population Fund<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/health\/ageing\/policy\/index_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\">European Policy on Ageing<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":11213,"template":"","edc_news_cat":[800],"edc_news_tag":[],"edc_minisite":[],"class_list":["post-11212","edc_news","type-edc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edc_news_cat-international-day"],"acf":{"edcities_scope":["global"],"edcities_related_city":[],"edcities_related_network":[],"edcities_related_minisite":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>International Day of the older persons - Edcities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/international-day-of-the-older-persons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"International Day of the older persons - Edcities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) by 2050, the world\u2019s population aged 60 years and older is expected to total 2 billion, up from 900 million in 2015. 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