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📢 There's still time to join us!

The 4th Edition of the Age-friendly Environments (AFE) ECHO Programme continues with Session 4: Act and Implement, taking place on Monday, 9 November 2026.

Building on previous sessions, participants will explore how to turn age-friendly strategies into meaningful action, address implementation challenges and apply practical approaches to creating more inclusive communities.

Through interactive discussions, shared experiences and case-based learning, the programme provides an opportunity to strengthen skills, exchange ideas and learn from a global community of age-friendly practitioners.

Register to take part in the remaining sessions and gain practical insights to support age-friendly initiatives in your community.

🔗 Register here: ifa.ngo/positions/age-…

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🌏 Meet the speakers of our next Global Café session!

What can Australia and Fiji teach us about building communities ready for longer lives?

Join us for the third session of IFA’s Longevity Around the World Global Café series, Longevity-Ready Communities Across Oceania, featuring:

- Tom Symondson – Chief Executive Officer of Ageing Australia and IFA Director, bringing over 20 years of experience in aged care, public health and policy reform.

- Veremo Muria – Director for Social Protection at the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Protection, Fiji.

Moderated by Gregor Sneddon, IFA Secretary General, the conversation will draw on perspectives from Australia and Fiji to explore how different systems can better support longer, healthier lives.

While Oceania provides the lens, the questions and lessons are relevant to communities worldwide.

📅 11 November (Americas) / 12 November (Oceania)

🕒 8:00 p.m. EST | 01:00 UTC | 12:00 p.m. AEDT | 1:00 p.m. FJT | 2:00 p.m. NZDT

Be part of the conversation! Register today:

🔗 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

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SAVE THE DATE | 5–7 OCTOBER 2027

The International Federation on Ageing (IFA) and Ageing Australia are pleased to announce the IFA 18th Global Conference on Ageing & Ageing Australia National Conference 2027, taking place in Adelaide, Australia, from 5–7 October 2027.

Under the theme “Longevity-Ready Societies: Turning Longer Lives into Collective Strength,” the joint conference will bring together leaders, policymakers, researchers, practitioners and advocates from Australia and around the world.

Together, we will exchange knowledge, strengthen collaboration and explore how to build societies that embrace the opportunities of longer lives and recognize the contributions of older people.

Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details!

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The latest edition of IFA's VoltAGE Newsletter is here! 📩

Catch up on the latest news, global engagements, upcoming events and opportunities to connect with the IFA community.

Read the October edition here: ifa.ngo/news-and-resou…

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Healthy ageing begins where we live. The design of our cities and communities profoundly shapes our ability to remain healthy, independent, connected, and engaged throughout life. Yet cities worldwide are navigating unprecedented change. Demographic shifts, climate pressures, evolving patterns of urbanization, and changing social and economic realities are reshaping how communities are planned, designed, and governed. As populations age, the question is no longer whether cities must adapt, but how they can do so strategically, collaboratively, and at scale.

In celebration of World Cities Day, the IFA convened global leaders, practitioners, and experts for Cities Designed for Longer Lives: A Global Leadership Dialogue, held on 29 October. The dialogue explored how city networks, movements, and sectors can break down silos, learn from one another, and work collectively to build communities that are inclusive, healthy, resilient, and sustainable across the life course, while responding to the opportunities and challenges of longer lives.

A clear message emerged: creating longevity-ready cities requires moving beyond isolated initiatives toward coordinated, cross-sector action.

Panellists and participants identified several priorities for action:

- Connecting city movements and aligning efforts around shared priorities, measurable outcomes, and collective impact.

- Embedding longevity and healthy ageing into housing, transportation, infrastructure, climate resilience, and community development strategies.

- Elevating the voices of older persons in decision-making and creating meaningful opportunities to strengthen social connection and participation.

- Moving from dialogue to implementation through cross-network partnerships, shared evidence, and integrated approaches in cities where initiatives already intersect.

The dialogue marks an important milestone in the development of the IFA's Longevity-Ready Cities and Communities Accelerator, a global initiative designed to connect existing movements, strengthen local capacity, and embed longevity considerations into the systems, policies, and environments that shape our communities.

The IFA extends its sincere thanks to all speakers and participants for their leadership, expertise, and commitment. We look forward to building on this momentum and translating shared ambition into tangible action and measurable outcomes.

Want to learn more?

Explore opportunities to engage with the Accelerator and follow upcoming developments, including the forthcoming event recording: ifa.ngo/longevity-read…