Participatory urban development

6 November 2024, Mannheim (Germany)

Many municipalities are committed to creating an age-friendly, community-promoting and future-orientated living environment. A central aspect of this is the involvement of those who know best what is needed in their environment to promote ageing well, i.e. older people and their representative organisations.

In Germany, Section 71 of the Social Security Code XII provides the legal framework for the organisation of support structures for older people in order to ensure basic services for counselling, encounters and active participation. From an international perspective, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations and the World Health Organisation's (WHO) ‘Age-friendly Cities’ project offer guidance and solutions for sustainable, age-friendly and future-oriented development of municipalities.

During this conference examples of municipal development from Germany and abroad that place particular emphasis on participatory approaches were presented. In addition, guidelines, concepts and methods for age-friendly municipal development have been presented and discussed.

The conference was aimed at senior citizens‘ representatives, senior citizens’ organisations and initiatives as well as municipal administrations. It intended to provide impetus for age-friendly urban and neighbourhood development as well as for further discussions at municipal, state and federal level.

The documentation of the event will be posted on this page shortly.

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