TY - JOUR
T1 - New multilevel partnerships and policy perspectives on active ageing in Italy
T2 - A national plan of action
AU - Barbabella, Francesco
AU - Cela, Eralba
AU - Di Matteo, Claudia
AU - Socci, Marco
AU - Lamura, Giovanni
AU - Checcucci, Pietro
AU - Principi, Andrea
N1 - Funding Information:
In this context, in December 2018, an agreement was signed between the DFP and the IRCCS INRCA, a public national organisation that aims to conduct interdisciplinary gerontological and geriatrics research, contributing to a more holistic understanding of the ageing process. The agreement concerned a 3-year PoA project, which is also supported by both the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies and the INAPP, in their role of National Focal Point in Italy of the MIPAA/RIS implementation and monitoring. The project aimed to lay the foundations for the IAAS, by supporting Ministries, Regions and Autonomous Provinces (APs) in introducing new or more comprehensive and coordinated policy instruments tackling AA challenges. The specific objectives of the PoA are the following:
Funding Information:
Funding: This work has been supported by a grant of the Department for Family Policies at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and by Ricerca Corrente funding from the Italian Ministry of Health to IRCCS INRCA.
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PY - 2020/12/2
Y1 - 2020/12/2
N2 - Active ageing (AA) policies aim to improve quality of life of older people by enabling better social participation and inclusion. Despite many international initiatives to promote AA undertaken in recent years, Italy did not systematically address this policy challenge until very recently. This paper presents the first national Plan-of-Action (PoA) (2019–2022) adopted by this country for supporting policy design and recommendation in this field. The PoA aims to create a multilevel, co-managed coordination of AA policies, by involving a network of national and regional policy makers, experts, researchers and stakeholders in civil society. The ad-hoc consultation process established for this purpose helps the recognition of different interests and expectations on AA, fostering new solutions by involvement, consultation and joint discussion of policy options. The PoA is designed to cover the traditional policy cycle, including the stages of agenda setting, policy formulation, decision-making, implementation and monitoring. At the end of the period covered by the PoA, an Italian AA Strategy will be launched to achieve systematic impact in this field, thus ensuring a long-term, sustainable impact on national and regional policy makers, civil society and research community.
AB - Active ageing (AA) policies aim to improve quality of life of older people by enabling better social participation and inclusion. Despite many international initiatives to promote AA undertaken in recent years, Italy did not systematically address this policy challenge until very recently. This paper presents the first national Plan-of-Action (PoA) (2019–2022) adopted by this country for supporting policy design and recommendation in this field. The PoA aims to create a multilevel, co-managed coordination of AA policies, by involving a network of national and regional policy makers, experts, researchers and stakeholders in civil society. The ad-hoc consultation process established for this purpose helps the recognition of different interests and expectations on AA, fostering new solutions by involvement, consultation and joint discussion of policy options. The PoA is designed to cover the traditional policy cycle, including the stages of agenda setting, policy formulation, decision-making, implementation and monitoring. At the end of the period covered by the PoA, an Italian AA Strategy will be launched to achieve systematic impact in this field, thus ensuring a long-term, sustainable impact on national and regional policy makers, civil society and research community.
KW - Active ageing
KW - COVID-19
KW - Italy
KW - Older people
KW - Social inclusion
KW - Social participation
KW - Social policy
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17249585
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17249585
M3 - Article
C2 - 33371404
AN - SCOPUS:85098332627
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 17
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN - 1661-7827
IS - 24
M1 - 9585
ER -