Roadmap to improve the health and wellbeing of the ageing populations (AgeFLAG) - NDPHS

Roadmap to improve the health and wellbeing of the ageing populations (AgeFLAG)

The AgeFLAG seed money project focused on challenges and needs of the ageing populations in the Baltic Sea Region. The topic of active and healthy ageing is more important today than ever before. Approximately a fifth of the population in Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea Region is aged 65 and over. Maximising the healthy years for all into old age is a cornerstone into prosperous and flourishing societies.

The aim of the AgeFLAG -project was to contribute to the health and wellbeing of older adults and to make our societies inclusive. With over 200 individuals from the Baltic Sea Region contributing, we held seven national needs assessments, identified four regional priority areas for further action, and generated numerous creative ideas for transnational activities. The roadmap produced through this process presents the first steps towards establishing the NDPHS as a thought leader on healthy ageing.

The AgeFLAG seed money project was funded by the Swedish Institute and the German Ministry of Health.

  • Full name: Road to improve health and wellbeing of ageing populations in the Baltic Sea Region (AgeFLAG)
  • Start date: 1 September 2019
  • End date: 31 November 2021
  • Financing agencies: Swedish Institute and the German Ministry of Health
  • Budget: SEK 500,000 (Swedish Institute) and EUR 20,000 (German Ministry of Health)
  • Lead partner: NDPHS Secretariat (SE)
  • Project partners: Tallinn University (EE); Rīga Stradinš University (LV); Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LT); National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (PL); National Board of Health and Welfare (SE); Federal Research Institute for Health Organisation and Informatics (RU), National Institute for Health and Welfare (FI), Northern Dimension Institute (FI), Prais Centre for Policy Studies (EE)
AgeFLAG: Roadmap to improve the health and wellbeing of the ageing population (.pdf) The hidden problem: reduce older adults’ harmful alcohol consumption (.pdf) Three perspectives on alcohol consumption and older adults (.pdf)
Conference highlights “Connecting minds across the ages” 23 November 2021
AgeFLAG Policy Lab: Outcomes (.pdf) AgeFLAG Policy Lab 2: Outcomes (.pdf) Joint report on national needs and priorities to improve health and wellbeing of the ageing population in the Baltic Sea Region (.pdf) National needs and priorities to improve health and wellbeing of the ageing population in Estonia (.pdf) National needs and priorities to improve health and wellbeing of the ageing population in Finland (.pdf) National needs and priorities to improve health and wellbeing of the ageing population in Latvia (.pdf) National needs and priorities to improve health and wellbeing of the ageing population in Lithuania National needs and priorities to improve health and wellbeing of the ageing population in Poland (.pdf) National needs and priorities to improve health and wellbeing of the ageing population in Russia (.pdf) National needs and priorities to improve health and wellbeing of the ageing population in Sweden (.pdf)