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ILC-I is privileged to be recognized as the United Nations’ International Institute on Ageing (UN INIA), Malta’s Satellite Centre for the SAARC region.

As the UN INIA Satellite Centre for the SAARC region, ILC-I held the ‘in-situ’ international training programme on “Social Gerontology’ in collaboration with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), from the 11th to the 15th of April 2016 at the TISS campus in Mumbai, India.UN

UN INIA/ILC-I’s International Training Programme on “Social Gerontology” by IntLongevityCentre

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We are getting older and more diverse, and that brings challenges. We cannot solve these challenges through healthcare alone. We also need municipalities, schools, companies, housing associations and older people themselves to achieve an age-friendly society. This requires cross-domain collaboration. But how can we achieve that?

In partnership with ILC-UK, the ILC Europe Network hosted its inaugural conference in Brussels on 6 March 2024 to explore the challenges and opportunities associated with an ageing European society. Other ILC Global Alliance members in attendance included ILC-Czech Republic, ILC-France and ILC-Netherlands.

Much more attention needs to be paid to the positive effects of the use of art in healthcare. Art makes people feel better and helps them to better cope with their illness. Art can also mean a lot in the social domain and prevention, and in shortening hospital admissions.

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