European Research Area in Ageing Research (ERA-AGE) is a
four year project funded by the European Commission, under the Sixth
Framework Programme. The aim of ERA-AGE is to promote the development
of a European strategy for research on ageing and, thereby, to enable
Europe to gain maximum added value from investment in this field.
ERA-AGE comprises twelve partner countries who are each public
authorities responsible for the funding and coordination of national
research programmes. In addition, there are two associate partner
organisations to enable and maximise the sharing of experiences and
good practice. The network is coordinated by the UK representative The
New Dynamics of Ageing Programme and it is supported by a Steering
Committee comprising of research managers, scientists, representatives
from the European Commission and AGE (The European Older People’s
Platform).
Objectives:
- To facilitate the coordination of existing ageing research programmes and knowledge exploitation.
- To promote joint interdisciplinary research activities between countries.
- To share good practice in the coordination and management of national ageing research programmes.
- To support the production of European priorities for ageing
research programmes and ensure that these are fed systematically into
national/regional funding mechanisms. - To help to break down the barriers between ageing research
programmes, policy and practice so that the societal benefits of such
research are reaped as rapidly as possible.
Activities
To achieve the objectives of ERA-AGE a series of joint activities
and events have been designed to share knowledge and good practice and
encourage new forms of transnational collaboration.
Key stages of the project:
- Systematic exchange of information and good practices
- Strategic activities
- Implementation of joint activities
- Transnational research activities
- Dissemination
Events Include:
- Joint meetings of ERA-AGE Forum and Good Practice Workshops
- Network Steering Committee meetings
- Meetings of the National Co-ordinators Liaison Group
- Exchanges between ageing research programmes
- Scientific and user group workshops
- Newsletters
- Good practice guides
- A comprehensive web based database on European research programmes on ageing
Output Includes:
- Newsletters
- Good practice guides
- A comprehensive web based database on European research programmes on ageing
- Event reports
- Project reports