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Dear all, the Department of Political and Social Sciences of the Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona, Spain) is glad to invite you to the followin event: Seminar on "Challenges and opportunities for a Global Index on Active Aging: Lessons from the EU’s Active Ageing Index" Speaker: Asghar Zaidi, University of Southampton and London School of Economics Date: April 20th 2017, 15h - 17h Place: Room 40.008 - Roger de Llúria Building - Ciutadella Campus, Pompeu fabra University (Barcelona) Abstract: This seminar will present key findings of the Active Ageing Index (AAI) and make the case how it can be developed further to become a global measure of older people’s active and healthy aging, and wellbeing. The AAI was born out of the need for a high-quality and independent evidence base to show how experiences of aging at the individual level can be enriched with higher levels of public policy to improve labor market engagement and health, and to reduce dependency. A project of European Commission/UNECE (2012-2015), the AAI is the first major effort to operationalize multidimensional aspects of active and healthy aging of older adults, in the diverse policy, institutional and economic contexts of EU countries. By using 22 indicators, the AAI measures active and healthy aging to assess untapped potential of older people, to capture the baseline position as well as monitor progress and identify where challenges remain. The Global AAI will put forth comparative and substantive evidence that can motivate countries that lag behind and prevent the loss of valuable expertise of older people while strengthening society’s economic and human resilience. The event is free of charge and reservation is not needed. Best regards, Bruno Arpino Pompeu Fabra University --------------- This message was sent through the ESA Research Network on Ageing in Europe (RN1) mailing list. For the Ageing in Europe website please visit: http://www.ageing-in-europe.net/ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please visit: http://ageing-in-europe.net/mailinglist.html ---------------