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05/06/2012
Diaconia Neuendettelsau organises an intergenerational human chain in its annual festival
An intergenerational human chain was the highlight of the annual festival of the Diaconia Neuendettelsau, Germany, which took place on May 2 under the motto “Connecting generations”.
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05/06/2012
Successful third edition of the SeniorSTAR contest in the Czech Republic
For third consecutive year, the Diaconia ECCB Center in Vsetin, the Czech Republic, has organised an unusual SeniorSTAR song contest, focused on people more than 60 years old.
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04/06/2012
European Year 2012 website launched in Portugal
The Portuguese European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity Between Generations website was officially launched on June 1st at the Auditorium of the Urban Information Centre of Lisbonne (CIUL).
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04/06/2012
EUCIS-LLL Annual Conference and General Assembly: a leap forward for active inclusion
The University of Leuven (Belgium) hosted last 14th of May The European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning (EUCIS-LLL) Annual Conference 2012 on "Social Innovation for Active Inclusion: Lifelong Learning Contribution for a Better Tomorrow" that gathered around 100 participants and experts coming from the various sectors and levels of education and training from all over Europe.
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04/06/2012
Facts, myths and action plans on active ageing are discussed at a Population Europe conference in Warsaw
Politicians, scientists and NGO representatives discussed facts, myths and action plans on active ageing at the conference “Riding the Population Wave: Policy Options for the ageing Baby-Boomer Generation in Europe”, organised in Warsaw on May 17th by the Warsaw School of Economics and Population Europe.
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01/06/2012
Great success of the Way of Life literary contest for seniors in Hungary
With more than 2,500 participants, the literary contest “Way of Life” organised by the Ministry of Social Affairs of Hungary in the frame of the European Year 2012 has proved to be an outstanding success.
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01/06/2012
Eurofound collaborates with The Irish Times to put the focus on active ageing
Eurofound recently contributed to a special supplement in The Irish Times dedicated to the European Year 2012 entitled "Living longer and better", as a way of sharing its new research findings and analysis on the issues relating to ageing and solidarity between generations.
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01/06/2012
Successful European Year event with dancer Aira Samulin in Helsinki
The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health organised a prominent school event on May 31st at Töölö Yhteiskoulu in Helsinki.
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31/05/2012
Eurovision Song Contest 2012, a tribute to active ageing
A group of Russian grannies, all in their seventies, finished runners-up, beating 24 other contenders, in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on May 26th in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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31/05/2012
Vodafone Foundation launches in Brussels the second edition of the Smart Accessible Awards
The Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards is a contest to promote the development of IT applications designed to improve the lives of those with disabilities and people that are older, to help them get more actively involved in society.