Age Friendly City, First international age-friendly cities conference,Dublin Ireland September 2011
Republic of Bashkortostan’s Age-friendly Cities and Communities Program
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Republic of Bashkortostan’sAge-friendly Cities and Communities Program
Gulnara Minnigaleeva, PhD
Research fellowCentre for Studies of Civil Society and Nonprofit Sector State University Higher School of EconomicsMoscow, Russia
CEO, Organization of Retired persons Wisdom RipeningTuymazy, Bashkortostan
Where the hell is it?Bashkortostan
Capital: Ufa2 official languages 4 mln population
How do people live here?Canvas by V. Polenov, 1880 Photo by G.Minnigaleeva, 2011
Some Facts about Russia• Population: 141,904,000 (73% urban)
• Population over 65: 13%
• 160 ethnic groups
• Education: 90% secondary education, 60 % professional and
higher education
• «High income» country according to the World Bank ranking
• Minimum pension: 150 Euros
• Life expectancy: men 64, women 76
• Pensionable age : Men 60, Women 55
1 PhaseResearch
Age-friendly projects and organization
Regional network
Age-friendly projects and organization
Age-friendly start-up
Starting small
Building on culture
Building awareness
Building partnership
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My years are my
treasure!
Age-friendly projects and organization
Age-friendly start-up
Starting small
Building on culture
Building awareness
Building partnership
s
My years are my
treasure!
Regional Network
Working groups according to 8 WHO domains
21 Municipalities
Municipal Coordinating Councils are required to include local administration employees, older persons, NGOs, academic
institutions
Administrating bodies Association of Municipalities of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare with "Wisdom Ripening"
Regional Supervisory Council
Regional leaders, government and nonprofit leaders
Bottom up
Regional AFC programsPeople's
Universities of Third Age
Social Tourism
Barrier -free environment
Medical services
Local municipaliti
es' initiatives
Constraints Accomplishments
Building the “resource” not a burden thinking
Regional AFC programs
Policy makers on board
“Allergy” to Soviet mandatory
volunteering
Lack of donation culture
Distrust of NGOs and generally
grassroots initiatives
What we need next?•More awareness
•More interaction with the global network
•More exchange of ideas and practices at grassroots level
My years are my treasure!
www.moigoda.org
www.wisdomripening.org