Workshops on Active Ageing Policy-in the framework of the VI European Patients’ Rights Day-

1°: Ageing empowerment on policies (facilitator Mr de Graaf)The public policies for the active involvement of ageing citizens in health policy and in the health care structures.

2°: Ageing empowerment on communities (facilitator Mr Chircop)The involvement of ageing citizens in the community and civic organizations dealing with health.

3°: Individual empowerment (facilitator Ms Coulson)The initiatives aimed at empowering ageing patients and involving them in managing their diseases.

Workshops’ aims

1. Facilitate a discussion on “Active Ageing policies”

2. Share ideas on “Active Ageing policies”

3. Create recommendations

• to involve ageing citizens in health policies,

• to contribute to the empowerment and active

participation of ageing citizens,

• to encourage a favourable civic environment for the

development of active ageing citizens’ participation.

Structure of the recommendation

• first part : Who is to take action? (e.g. The EU should…, national governments should…, local

authorities should…, Civic organizations should…)• second part: What are the objectives?(e.g. stabilize the European economy…, ensure universality

of older people rights…, increase dialogue between institutions and ageing citizens…, acknowledge of the elderly population…)

• third part: What should be done in order to achieve the objectives?

(e.g. giving more financial support…, identifying policies guidelines and resources, organizing dedicated public debates or round tables…)

e.g. National governments should ensure universality of older people rights by identifying policies, guidelines and resources to reduce social exclusion.

The recommendations should be concrete and should not be longer than 50 words.

Workshops’ methodology15.30 18.00

Coordinator introduction

Development of concerns

Development of ideas

Creation of summarising headlines of a group of idead

Drafting of recommendations

Adoption of Recommendations

• Each participant will be asked to take a concrete commitment to implement 1 or 2 recommendations or to identify a better subject to do that.

• Participants are free: • to find the more suitable way to implement the recommendation chosen (ordinary activities, symbolic actions, monitoring, training, round tables, lobbying etc.)• to develop the recommendation by involving other subjects (associations, university, local institutions etc.)

• The impact of the action related to your commitment should be mesurable

Follow up

Each 3 months we will send a brief questionnaire to follow your achievements on the recommendations’ implementation(September 2012, December 2012, March 2013):

• How many recommendations have you adopted?• Which one?• Who is committed in this activity (only your organizations, you delegate another organization, your organization in collaboration with anotherone…)?• Which actions have been taken to implement the recommendation?• What kind of impact have been produced?• Did you achieve any visibility?• Did any obstacles occurred in the adoption of the recommendation?• Did any obstacles occurred during the implementation of the recommendation?

Workshops’ organization

15th of MayFrom 15.30 to 18.00• workshops• collection of Recommendations

16th of MayFrom 9.30 to 10.30 • Recommendations’ presentation • Participants’ commitment

Workshops’ participants divided per groups

Group for workshop 1Roberta SavliPaolo GiordanoGiovanni MoroNikolina ČenićThemistoklis KossidasHenriette Van BellenKristi Rekand Thalheim ChristophGiovanna MarsicoAna ŠerdonerNenad VertovsekStefano GiustoJoseph BonettRoberta RomanoGiulia SavareseIlaria PassaraniPetra Vargová ČakovskáPauline BastidonJohannes Van GriensvenMaria MarfisaLars JoenssonAlexandre JacobsMarijona MieliauskiensLubos MichalovIlze AbelnieceDaniel VargaMaria Carmela ChircopRoediger AlexanderClay Vincent

Group for workshop 2Dubravka FinkaStefania KapronczayEffrosyni PapantoniouAnn AsserLaura LambertiDace LikanseVesna VertovsekManuel Serrano GilTatiana Nunes GomesIrina Vasileva IlievaAdrian Charles BawtreeLudmila MinchevaPavlickova AndreaAlessio TerziVida AugustinieneAmanda WorpoleSusan Ruth WarrPenka Georgieva-BabachevaCaroline VranckenSøren BrenøeEnrico CevalesFederico BoccalettiFrancisco Gonzalez-Riancho FernandezAleksandar ManchevskiMariella UrsiniElisabeth DispauxGrainne Crowley

Group for workshop 3Hendrik Van DaeleCatherine CeriseyAnne VeskimeisterMary BolgerEvgenia VasilopoulouLiene SulceEls MeerbergenRodrigo Gutiérrez FernandezZuzana KusynovaErica PootBattistini LucaTeresa PetrangoliniAntonio GaudiosoFrancisco J. MartínezFilip GerovskiMichael PrunbauerKolia BÉNIÉClaire MartinElena BertozziAlfonsas SodonisMady CharionNynke Wilbrink Kiril SoleskiRichard PriceCranz HubertusDaphne Emanuelle van Doorn