Deadline: 31 May 2024

The Healthy Aging Prize for Asian Innovation (HAPI) seeks to recognize and amplify innovative policies, programs, services, and products that address the challenges facing aging societies, help extend healthy and meaningful lives, and improve the provision of care to older adults. In the next 30 years, the number of people 65 and up in East and Southeast Asia is expected to double. Rapid population aging requires creative approaches from both the public and private sectors to meet the challenges and to create vibrant, healthy, and resilient societies where people can enjoy long, productive lives. Grand Prize winners will receive a trophy and will be invited to participate in a study tour in Japan. All winners will receive a commemorative certificate and their innovations will be featured prominently on the AHWIN website. We want to share your solution with the world!

Objectives

Prizes are awarded to innovative policies, programs, services, or products that fall into one of three categories: 1) TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION: New technologies and techniques that encourage healthy and productive aging, that improve the way that older persons receive care, or that provide greater efficiency, safety, and/or convenience for older persons and caregivers; 2) COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVES: Community-based approaches—including inter-generational approaches—to keeping older adults healthy, active, engaged, and/or safe; 3) SUPPORTING SELF-RELIANCE: New ways to help older adults maintain, improve, or restore their ability to carry out activities of daily living and to age in place.

Scope

Applicants must be an organization; individuals are not eligible. Applicants may not be central government ministries/departments or international organizations. Applicants must be based in an ASEAN member country or in China (including Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and Taiwan), Japan, or South Korea. Applicants must be willing to share their experience with others and must be willing to respond to inquiries from those in other countries to the best of their ability. Applicants must be in good legal standing and have no record of criminal or ethical violations. The applicant’s innovation must have already reached the implementation stage. The award is not intended to evaluate proposals that have not yet been put into practice. Applications should be submitted by the organization(s) directly responsible for creating or developing the innovation. Those implementing a program model or marketing a product developed by others are not eligible.