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1 Lenka Bockova Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Social Inclusion Policy Unit

2 Backround and objectives Joint capacity building event of Ministry in CR, UNECE Population Unit and INIA (Malta) Main objectives: Strengthen the capacity of participants Adopt holistic approach Implement evidence based and participatory approach Develop effective policies

3 Target Areas Social policy, current challenges for social and health system, sharing good practices in ageing policies Long term care services, public health, disability, frailty and healthy ageing Demographic process of population ageing Older persons and development Visits to services: Community Centre of Life 90 Gerontocentrum

4 Who were the participants and Participants lectors? Representatives of civic societies, policy makers and students Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Estonia, Albania, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Czech Republic One participant was provided with a scholarship Lectors Experts from UNECE, INIA, Charles University in Prague, Masaryk University in Brno.

5 Core Focus Ageing is a privilege and a societal achievement a challenge, which requires joint approaches and strategies Modifying welfare programmes to promote social inclusion instead of exclusion The youthful population of today will become the elderly population of tomorrow

6 Core Focus Elements of national capacity There has to be alignment of all these elements Institutional framework Human resources Policy process, including mainstreaming Research data, collection and analysis Mobilization of financial resources Approaches for national policy actions on ageing Awareness raising Mainstreaming ageing Empowering older persons Strengthening national capacity on ageing

7 Core Focus Main trends in health condition of elderly Health and functional condition of new generations of elderly steadily improving Disability shift from total disability to partial disability Universal design and new technologies can minimalize mild disability Tackling the dementia epidemic causing disability in the elderly will require special services

8 Core Focus Main determinants of health: Life style (40%), Environment (35%), Health Care (15%), Biology (Genetics) (10%) What is needed in the field of senior health: New approaches to frail elderly people New understanding of their frailty New description and evaluation of their health and functional condition New efficient intervention prevention of dependency New statistical data

9 Evaluation Participants were satisfied with the Programme All participants expressed better knowledge and access to information on ageing related topics following the program Suggestions and comments: More space for discussion and exchange of experience Establishing network among participants for sharing comprehensive information and exchanging experiences

10 Conclusion Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in the CR disseminated the presentations to relevant faculties of Universities in Czech Republic and Slovakia Republic Ministry will consider outputs from the Training Programme for creation of new National Programme of Preparation for Ageing for

11 Thank you for your attention

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