Ageing and Life Course

WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities

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WHO has been overwhelmed by positive responses to the Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Project, with new cities around the world wishing to join this global movement. To support cities wishing to follow this approach, and to ensure the quality of the tools and interventions they use, WHO has now established the WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities.

The network will serve as a mechanism to link cities and communities, and to ensure that the label "Age-friendly city and community" reflects a common global understanding.

Goals of the Network

  • To provide technical support and training;
  • To link cities and communities to WHO and each other;
  • To facilitate the exchange of information and best practices; and,
  • To ensure that interventions taken to improve the lives of older people are appropriate, sustainable and cost-effective.

Membership to the WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities

To become a member of the Network a city or community must commit to undertake a process of continually assessing and improving their age-friendliness. It is essential that older residents are involved in a meaningful way throughout the process.

The city must also complete the online application form below and submit, through that form, a letter from the Mayor and municipal administration indicating a commitment to undertake the WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities process. Please read the form carefully before you begin filling it out.

Advantages of membership

A city or community that becomes a member of the network is able to use the designation "Member of the WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities". Membership also allows:

  • Connection to a global network of ageing experts, including senior officials, programme managers, researchers and older people themselves.
  • Receipt of the latest news and material on Age-friendly City and Community projects, meetings and events.
  • Guidance on approaches for developing and implementing Age-friendly City and Community approaches.
  • Participation in discussions of best practices for implementing and overcoming challenges to building an age-friendly city or community.
  • Facilitation of partnerships or collaborative activities between cities.
  • Dissemination and sharing of project results.

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