SLOVENIAN AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES AND COMMUNITIES ANTON TRSTENJAK INSTITUTE of Gerontology and Intergenerational Relations SLOVENIAN AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES AND COMMUNITIES Mojca Slana Božidar Voljč, Slavica Valenčak IFA 11th GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON AGEING, Prague

SLOVENIA ANTON TRSTENJAK INSTITUTE of Gerontology and Intergenerational Relations SLOVENIA SLOVENIAN AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES AND COMMUNITIES

ANTON TRSTENJAK INSTITUTE of Gerontology and Intergenerational Relations Anton Trstenjak Institute of Gerontology and Intergenerational Relations … is the national scientific and expert institution. … was founded by few experts as private individuals in 1992, and later cofounded by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Art and the Government of the Republic of Slovenia. … work is interdisciplinary and includes social and medical sciences. … has quite early became aware the seriousness of demographic changes in Slovenia and therefore carried out studies, developed and implemented new social programmes in this field. The main focus is given to the development of new programmes for quality ageing and good intergenerational relations. SLOVENIAN AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES AND COMMUNITIES

Start-up in 2008 in the capital Ljubljana ANTON TRSTENJAK INSTITUTE of Gerontology and Intergenerational Relations Start-up in 2008 in the capital Ljubljana SLOVENIAN AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES AND COMMUNITIES

Joining the Network ANTON TRSTENJAK INSTITUTE of Gerontology and Intergenerational Relations Joining the Network SLOVENIAN AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES AND COMMUNITIES

ANTON TRSTENJAK INSTITUTE of Gerontology and Intergenerational Relations Principles Benevolence  the suggestions are formed as positive recommendations and not as critiques Apoliticalness Intergenerational collaboration SLOVENIAN AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES AND COMMUNITIES

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