Status Active

Year started 2022

Age-Friendly Environments (AFE) ECHO is a multi-session learning cycle in English, aligned with the latest approaches and guidance from the World Health Organization on age-friendly cities and communities. AFE-ECHO is part of the Age-friendly Environments Mentoring Programme (MENTOR-AFE), and is an innovative opportunity for capacity building of representatives from Member States that are interested to develop age-friendly cities and communities at the national, regional, or local levels. The program structure provides a safe environment where participants can share knowledge and learn from experts and other learners through collaborative problem-solving, to gain the skills necessary to advocate and drive the age-friendly model within their own city and/or community. Key features of the AFE-ECHO course include: the learning cycle comprises 5 one hour sessions; sessions take place over a 2-month period; there is no cost to participate and all sessions are hosted using Zoom video conferencing. Participants need to be in a position where they can or will be able to influence the development of age-friendly communities so that they can apply their learning. Participants are expected to attend all 5 sessions, as the experience and knowledge is cumulative.

Objectives

The AFE-ECHO is an innovative opportunity for capacity building of representatives from Member States that are interested to develop age-friendly cities and communities at the national, regional, or local levels. AFE-ECHO is aligned with the latest approaches and guidance from WHO on age-friendly cities and communities.

Who is this training programme for?

Participants need to be in a position where they can or will be able to influence the development of age-friendly communities so that they can apply their learning.