Homes4Life partners EUROCARERS (Nadia KAMEL) and ECTP (Alexis DAVID) will attend the Open Workshop: Mandate M/420 and prEN 17210, on 5^th June 2019 at the FEB, Brussels, Belgium.

This workshop will offer the opportunity of knowing the European developments under the second Phase of Mandate M/420 of the European Commission, and specifically  prEN 17210 ,  Accessibility and usability of the built environment – Functional requirements. prEN 17210 will be the first European Standard on accessibility of the built environment.

These standardisation works are being developed by the CEN-CENELEC JTC 11  Accessibility in the built environment. At this meeting, relevant experts will present the content of the document, and selected stakeholders will provide their views on the future standard.

This Open Workshop is specially aimed to the procurement community and legislators, as final users of the deliverables, to representatives of people with disabilities and of older people, and to all the relevant stakeholders involved in the building process and in the assurance of the accessibility chain, i.e. architects, engineers, facility managers, ergonomists, etc.

A detailed agenda for the Open Workshop will be distributed in the first weeks of May 2019.

Registration to the workshop  here

Contact for further information : fmachicado@une.org

The programme of the upcoming Homes4Life workshop in Brussels, 11th June 2019 has been unveiled. Registration is free on EventBrite.

AGE Platform Europe is involved in the ATHLOS EU-funded project.

The aim of the project is to achieve a better understanding of ageing by identifying patterns of healthy ageing trajectories, the determinants of those patterns, the critical points in time when changes in trajectories are produced, and to propose timely public health interventions to optimise healthy ageing.

The project has launched a survey to gather opinions regarding which factors are most important for healthy ageing.

The survey can be completed in less than 5 minutes through the following link: ATHLOS Survey on Healthy Ageing Factors 5 

Homes4Life was presented as part of the R2M Solution booth at MIPIM in Cannes, the world’s leading property market.  Learn further about MIPIM at https://www.mipim.com/

Homes4Life will be present this week at MIPIM World in Cannes (France), the world biggest real estate fair with over 26.000 participants.

• Grab an Homes4Life project postcard,
• discuss the future of age-friendly living environments,
• and get ready to invest into certified housing for ageing in place !

Meet us at the R2M Solution booth P-1 B69  and/or send an email to regis.decorme@r2msolution.com to set an appointment over the 4 days of the event.

About MIPIM Word

Established in 1990, MIPIM is A 4-day real estate event to meet the most influential players from all sectors of the international real estate industry.

It brings the entire value chain together and gives unrivalled access to the greatest number of development projects and sources of capital worldwide.

https://www.mipim.com

Tuesday 11th June | 13:30-17:00 Renewable Energy House | Brussels

Better Homes for Older Adults: Improving Construction, Health, Care, Design, Technology & Finance

The Agile Ageing Alliance (AAA) and Tata Steel launched Neighbourhoods of the Future 2019.

The convergence of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), potentially game-changing assistive technologies and big data analytics constitutes a golden opportunity to rethink the outlook for ageing populations, especially in terms of housing.

AAA asked expert stakeholders what, in an ideal world, our homes and neighbourhoods could look like in 10 to 20 years, and what steps must be taken now to disrupt the status quo and make their vision a reality?

Neighbourhoods of the Future 2019 captures the thoughts and predictions of a veritable `who’s who’ of distinguished experts and emerging thought leaders. In these pages, you will discover novel concepts for disrupting construction, finance, social and business models.

Read the report here

Further info at : https://www.agileageing.org/page/neighbourhoods-future/ 

ETSI – the European Telecommunications Standards Institute – has opened a survey which aims at gathering requirements of all stakeholders in the Smart Cities community, with the intention to ensure a participation of citizens as well as representatives of cities, service operators, solution providers, etc.

Link to the survey here and website at the following address https://standards4citizens.etsi.org/ 

The IFA and WHO Department of Ageing and Life Course are organising a new webinar on connecting knowledge, new ideas and innovation around age-friendly environments (AFE).

The webinar Age-friendly housing: Promoting healthy spaces for all ages will be presented by:

• Dr Ramona Ludolph – Technical Officer, Department of Public Health, Environmental & Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
• Ms Sybil Boutilier – Chair, Age Friendly Sausalito & Commissioner, Marin County Commission on Aging, California, United States
• Ms Gemma Parera Álvarez – Technical Advisor, Diputació de Barcelona (Social Welfare Department), Barcelona, Spain
• Ms Raquel Castelo Branco – Director, Social Cohesion Department, Porto City Council, Porto, Portugal

The webinar will focus on the public health impact of housing on health and showcase good practices in age-friendly housing from winners of the WHO / Grantmakers in Aging Innovation@Home contest.

Take this opportunity to connect with colleagues interested in AFE on Friday, 8 February 2019 at 11am EST.

Register here