EUROPEAN OLDER PEOPLE'S PLATFORM (AGE)

AGE (Europoean Older People' s Platform)

AGE is a European network of more than 150 organisations of people aged 50+ from around the EU-25. AGE aims to voice and promote the interests of senior citizens -150 million inhabitants aged 50+ in the European Union- and to raise awareness of the issues that concern them most . AGE's main objective is to serve as a bridge between our member organisations and the EU Institutions to ensure that older people’s issues are on the EU agenda. Our regular activities involve the dissemination of relevant information to our network, the retrieval of feedback from our network and drafting of common positions, regular contacts with EU institutions to voice the concerns of our members, monitoring of EU policy development, drafting position papers in response to key documents in close liaison with our members, developing our network and providing support to our members to help them in their lobby activities at national level, helping them coordinate their actions at national level with other NGOs pursuing similar aims. Our main channel for information dissemination are: our monthly Bulletin, newsflashes, our website, brochures, the participation in national seminars on EU issues, running working groups on EU developments in the field of health, information and communication technologies, social protection, employment and age discrimination. The promotion of independent living for the elderly is a key priority for AGE members.

Main function / role in OASIS:

End user’s perspective and involvement in the project and responsible for the management of end users’ involvement in OASIS.
Responsible for the establishment of the project’s user forum and contribution to the establishment of the SAB.
Leader of A5.1.4, A5.1.6, A5.2.3, A5.3.3.

Acronym:

AGE

Country:

Belgium - Italy

Website:

www.age-platform.org

Contact:

Isabel Mota Borges ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ). She is the Information and Policy Officer at AGE. She provides support for AGE's information and policy work, in particular having full responsibility for information and intelligence gathering from the institutions and other relevant sources, and acting as the AGE contact for the press. Isabel is responsible for the project management and involvement of AGE in various research projects and coordinates research in the area of Ageing. She also provides support to AGE’s health and information and communication technology expert groups. Isabel is a fully qualified EU lawyer has worked for the European Commission, several NGO’s, consultancies and has practiced law for some years.

Mrs. Anne-Sophie Parent She is Director of AGE – the European Older People’s Platform since September 2002. Prior to that she was Director of Autism-Europe for six years and played an important role in the establishment of the European Disability Forum. In March 2003, Ms Parent was elected President of the Platform of European Social NGOs (Social Platform) and was re-elected in April 2005 for a second mandate. Anne-Sophie was elected Chair of the Civil Society Contact Group (CSCG) in November 2005.

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