International Istanbul Initiative on Ageing: Age-Friendly Innovation Competition and Best Full Paper Award. This article was originally posted by the IFA: Global Connection
For the first time since the Age-Friendly Cities initiatives were formed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2006, the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) and Turyak Seniors Council awarded prizes of $20,000 (USD) to two exceptional projects showcasing the best Age-Friendly Cities project and the best future vision for an Age-Friendly City.
The top ten (10) competition finalists included; Hong Kong Housing Society Elderly Resource Centre;Quimper(France); Sharon MacKenzie Educational and Intergenerational Consulting (Canada); Human Endeavour (Canada), Ageing Well Network(Ireland); City of London (Canada); Vietnam Public Health Association (Vietnam); and Los Altos, California (United States). Congratulations to all those who participated. To view the videos demonstrating the top ten finalists age-friendly projects, click on their names above.
The winner of the Best Existing Age-Friendly Initiative category was Age-Friendly New York. The award was accepted by Dr. Ruth Finkelstein of the New York Academy of Medicine. The winner of the Best Future Vision of an Age-Friendly City or Community category was the DIVANET Tri-City Project of Volgograd (Russia), Izmir (Turkey) and Dijon (France) and was accepted by Ms. Elisabeth Biot, Deputy Mayor of Dijon and Mr. Ali Muzaffer Tuncag from the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality.
During the IIIA congress, a $3000 (USD) prize was also awarded to recognize the best full paper presented at the congress. The winner of the Best Full Paper Award was Dr. Freek Lapré of the Netherlands for his paper “Service Quality in Nursing Homes“.
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