Piloting the Age-friendly City Indicator Guide Catherine Simcox Banyule City Council

Project aim The objectives of this Guide are: To provide structured guidance on selecting indicators of the age- friendliness of a city. To present a set of indicators which are suggested for use in measuring the age-friendliness of a city. To support local efforts to develop relevant and appropriate indicators of the age-friendliness of a city.

WHO pilot sites The other pilot sites included: Bilbao, Spain; Bowdoinham, USA; Dijon, France; Hong Kong SAR, China; La Plata, Argentina; Nairobi, Kenya; New Delhi, India; Shanghai/Jing’an, China; Tehran, Iran; Tuymazy, Russia; Udine, Italy; and Washington DC, USA.

Overview of methodology Established work group Confirm the people taking responsibility for collection of information on each of the core indicators Collection of information for each indicator. Two workshops: data focus/ using the guide focus World café workshop with residents Report to WHO Global meeting to finalise Guide.

The Project team Three key Officer’s, spent over 50 hours implementing this project. Nine project team members that spent between 10 and 50 hours implementing project.

Partnerships 7 Departments from Council participated Banyule Age-friendly Advisory Committee Banyule Age-friendly Champion group La Trobe University – Prof Yvonne Wells

The indicators 14 core indicators and 5 supplementary indicators. Each indicator had 2 definitions to be considered.

Example of Indicator Participation in local decision making. Slightly changed the WHO definition to fit the local situation. In initial discussions we thought that this would be an unnecessary indicator for Australia – results shocked us.

Example of indicator Accessibility of public transportation stops Definition 1: walking distance of 500m = 55% Definition 2: don’t use public transport due to distance from home = 8.2%

Older persons involvement One older person (excluding staff) on the project team. Contribution to surveys over time Participation in the World Café workshop

Next steps Project meeting at WHO, Geneva Switzerland, 10 th and 11 th June opportunity for the pilot sites to directly offer feedback on the age- friendly cites guide and core indicators, and exchange their views and experiences

Contact details Catherine Simcox Community Planning Consultant Banyule City Council