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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Aging Disabled Persons Extreme poverty Family Human Rights International Law Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Human rights of women Population: Morbidity and mortality Population growth Population structure Social Development: Aging Disabled persons Employment Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Statistics: Demographic and social surveys Poverty statistics Social Statistics and Social Monitoring Sustainable Development: Demographics Education Gender equality Health
Geographic scope:	Regional Europe
Millennium Development Goals:	Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Promote gender equality and empower women Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	AGE Platform Europe is a European network which aims to voice and promote the interests of the 150 million senior citizens in the European Union and to raise awareness on the issues that concern them most. AGE was set up in January 2001 following a process of discussion on how to improve and strengthen cooperation between older people's organizations at EU level. Through its membership, AGE represents directly more than 30 million senior citizens across the EU. As mentioned in Article 3 of our Statutes, AGE pursues educational, scientific, philanthropic ends with regard to the representation of retired and older persons. Our purpose is to strengthen co-operation between European organisations and associations representing and/or working on behalf of older and/or retired people or retired people at the national, regional or other levels in Europe and in European institutions and to promote and defend the interests of older and/or retired people in Europe in relation to European and international bodies. AGE’s guiding principles include creating a society for all ages, valuing older people as a resource and allowing them to speak on their behalf. AGE seeks to give a voice to older and retired people in the EU policy debates, through the active participation of their representative organisations at EU, national, regional and local levels, and provides a European platform for the exchange of experience and best practices.
Year established:	2001
Year of registration:	2001
Organizational structure:	AGE’s internal structure is as follows while the full list of AGE members and its elected representatives in the Council of Administration and the Executive Committee can be found in AGE annual reports. For 2012 see pages 34-39 of AGE annual report: http://www.age-platform.eu/images/stories/236_AGE-AR-2012-UK-cor5_LI_links_LI.pdf AGE General Assembly is the governing body that meets annually to adapt the work programme, budget and applications for membership and where all AGE full members have voting rights. AGE member organisations elect their national representative(s) at the Council of Administration, which also includes representatives of the European networks. It meets at least twice a year and is responsible for the overall implementation of the work programme and for policy decisions. The Executive Committee is composed of the President, four Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer and a Secretary. It is responsible for providing policy guidance and ensuring that the statutes and internal rules are adhered to. The Executive Committee meets at least 4 times a year. The Accreditation Committee deals with all issues around membership, including new applications for membership and to forward its recommendations to the Council and the General Assembly. Expert groups are set up to inform AGE’s work in specific policy areas. For the moment AGE has six expert groups on age discrimination, employment, social inclusion, pensions, health, new technologies and accessibility. The experts are nominated by the Council members. They meet twice a year and work in-between through e-mail exchange. The Secretariat is responsible for the day-to-day management of the association and for liaising with the EU institutions.
Number and type of members:	AGE has 165 member organizations, representing through its membership approximately 30 million older people. To see the full list of AGE members, follow this link:http://www.age-platform.eu/en/about-age/age-members
Affiliation with NGO networks:	AGE is also a member of a number of European civil society networks: - The European Anti-poverty Network - EAPN - The European Public Health Alliance – EPHA - The Platform of European Social NGOs (Social Platform)
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Foreign and international grants
Funding structure other:	AGE is financed partly by its members fees and donations and partly by a grant from the European Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity (PROGRESS) managed by DG Justice. AGE also receives funding for participation in European projects.

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