Louth EU_SHAFE Inter-regional Meeting

The Louth County Council EU_SHAFE partner in conjunction with the Technological University Dublin will host an interregional meeting focussed on social participation and Smart Healthy Age Friendly Environments on 27th May 2021 at 9:00 am IST (10:00 am CEST). The keystone of the webinar will be a panel discussion on “How do we advance social participation through technology”?, featuring panellists from the technological sector, NGOs and Local Government.  

Good Practices in social participation from Ireland and the other EU_SHAFE European partners will also feature as part of the programme highlighting the good work already being carried out on the ground. The third element of the webinar will focus on an analysis of social participation policies across the partner regions and a look at the next Regional Operational Programme in Ireland.

The webinar will be both interesting and informative and will bring learned experience of the EU_SHAFE project to anyone interested in Smart Healthy Age Friendly Environments and in the improvement of older people’s lives. 

Agenda

Moderator: Sinead Hussey, North East Correspondent, RTE News

9:00 (IST) Welcome. Joan Martin CE, Louth County Council and President of the Covenant of Demographic Change

9:15 Evaluation of DDS4OP. Suzanne Smith Centre Manager, Netwell/Casala, Dundalk Institute of Technology

9:35 Video. Drogheda and District Support 4 Older People

9:40 Presentation of projects from Ireland using technology to advance social participation

• ACORN
• ALONE
• SuperConnectors
• Hands on SHAFE
• Isaac

10:00 Panel Discussion“How do we advance social participation through technology”?

• Sean Moynihan (ALONE),
• Philip Hogan (ACORN),
• Joan Martin (President of the Covenant of Demographic Change)
• Vicky Harris (Age Action Ireland),
• Declan Murphy (Myhomecare/Isaac)

Q&A Session

10:40 Break

10:45 Claudia Fernandez Rivera,  Technological University Dublin  “Analysis of policy instruments in relation to social participation”

11:05 Conall McGettigan, Senior Executive Planner, Northern and Western Regional Assembly “Future of Regional Operational Programme in Ireland”

11:20 Social Participation.Good Practices from the EU_SHAFE Partners

11:35 Closing remarks