How age-friendly are our cities?
The global ageing of the urban population calls for more age-friendly cities tailored to the wishes and needs of seniors and offering them every opportunity to participate in society. The Urban Ageing Research Group, in collaboration with national and European partners, will research the senior-friendliness of four European cities during the three-year project City & Co.

International cooperation
The Urban Ageing Research Group is leading the research.Our partners in the Netherlands are:
- Municipality of The Hague
- Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten (association of Dutch Municipalities)
- AFEdemy
- Jagiellonian University in Krakow
- Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences
- Municipality of Wroclaw
- Municipality of Krakow
- National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest
- NGO Grupul de Educație și Acțiune pentru Cetățenie (GEAC)
Funding
The project is funded by the ERA-NET Cofund Urban Transformation Capacities (ENUTC) Call, within the framework of the European Commission's Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe. The project size is over EUR 700,000.More information
- THUAS honoured in transnational UTC call, website Taskforce for Applied Research SIA
- 16 projects recommended for funding in ERA-NET Cofund Urban Transformation Capacities (ENUTC), website Urban Europe