News
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05/07/2012
The 2012 Excellence Awards for SECOT Seniors
On 13 June, the 4th SECOT Awards for Excellence took place in Madrid, to give recognition to the valuable work carried out by SECOT volunteers and members in business counselling to entrepreneurs, small businesses and non-profits with limited economic resources.
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04/07/2012
Family and socialization are key to age well, according to a study among French seniors
At 65 French have the longest life expectancy in Europe: +18.7 years for men and +23.2 years for women.
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02/07/2012
Dalia Teišerskytė participates in a generations@schools event at the SOS Youth Centre in Vilnius
The well-known Lithuanian journalist, poet and politician Dalia Teišerskytė visited the Vilnius SOS Youth Centre on June 27th in the frame of the generations@school project.
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02/07/2012
Senior citizens and children participate in the Cork Production Stories Awards
CORCHACÇAO is a transborder project between Spain and Portugal whose aim is to promote the development of frontier zones between both countries by boosting the competitiveness of cork production companies.
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29/06/2012
Over 6,000 Austrian students participate in projekteuropa with intergenerational creative works
The creative competition projekteuropa for Austrian students celebrated its 2011/12 edition under the motto “Jung und alt – ZUSAMMENhalt!” (Young and old - Solidarity!), as a commitment to the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations.
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28/06/2012
Hundreds of citizens participate in a 3km intergenerational walk in Budapest
On June 23 grandparents and grandchildren celebrated an intergenerational 3km walk in Budapest’s Margaret Island under the title “Mozdulj Mama” (Move Granny!).
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27/06/2012
generations@school event in Rotterdam with athlete Olga Commandeur
As part of the European Year 2012, the Netherlands participated in the generations@school initiative during the first edition of the Generations Games, which took place in Rotterdam on June 23.
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27/06/2012
An active 'silver surfer' from Ireland, finalist of the 2012 eInclusion awards
Angela Gallagher, a 60+ active-ager from Ireland, is one of the runners-up of the 2012 eInclusion awards, handed out by the European Commission on June 22nd at the Digital Agenda Assembly in Brussels.
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27/06/2012
Successful first edition of the Generations Games in Rotterdam
The first edition of the Generation Games took place on Saturday 23 June in the city centre of Rotterdam.
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25/06/2012
Age Alliance Wales presents the report 'Wales: a good place to grow old?'
Age Alliance Wales presented on June 13th in Cardiff the new report “Wales: a good place to grow old?” Written by the Bevan Foundation, the paper highlights the reality of life for Welsh seniors today and demands policy makers, local government and health services to work together to ensure that Wales is a good place to grow old.