a2 Achievements

The A2 Action Group Action Plan 2016-2018 focused on processes to foster good practices for falls prevention. Over the last 3 years, A2 members have worked together to develop models and procedures to support practical work in falls prevention enabling macro, meso and micro level analysis including:

  • Governance and policy-making based screening, prevention, rehabilitation and monitoring;
  • An integration with the Silver Economy and links to the WHO's consultation on Global Strategy and Action Plan on Ageing and Health.

These initiatives support regional and municipal levels to act and become intensively engaged in fall prevention campaigns, thereby enabling and promoting early frailty and fall risk assessment and identifying frail profiles and fall profiles. They also help to raise awareness among professionals and promote behavioural change among citizens in the prevention of falls and fall injuries.


A summary of the results achieved by the Action Group during this period is available for download.

For any questions related to these achievements, please contact we4aha@funka.com.

Number of available ICT technologies for fall prevention and fall detection collected, compared and shared in a common repository

55 devices (40 for falls detection & 15 for falls prevention) uploaded to the e-NO FALLS repository www.e-nofalls.eu/ictrepository. Under the contributions, there are 14 revisions and comments of the devices.

Number of companies & entities targeted and ratio of engagement through collaboration agreements signed for future research and/or deployment of the solutions to the market. Impact on Economic Growth at medium term

Targeted EU companies/R&D entities were reached to engage them in future developments or deployment of the solution to the market: 200 in the frame of WIISEL project (www.wiisel.eu). 

Number of companies or business partnerships created and/or jobs generated

Sense4Care Company is a spin-off created to exploit the commercial rights of FATE Project and put on the market a new product to cover the demand of this kind of devices.

Number of people that have been involved in the testing the effectiveness of technology and interventions with benefits for individuals, including a decrease in falls, increased confidence in performing daily tasks and reduced carer burden.

200 people tested and validated the FATE system developed in 3 countries, Spain, Italy and Ireland.

Number of regions, countries and professionals involved in Cascade Training for Falls prevention.

92 Cascade Trainers on Falls prevention in 55 European cities, from 35 regions in 9 Countries.