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ICT solutions for Active and Healthy Ageing


What we do

The objective of the Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP) is to enhance the quality of life of older people and strengthen the industrial base in Europe through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The motivation of the new funding activity is in the demographic change and ageing in Europe, which implies not only challenges but also opportunities for the citizens, the social and healthcare systems as well as industry and the European market. Main activity under the AAL Joint Programme is the funding of R&D projects in the AAL domain that result from regularly published calls for proposals. 


Duration

The AAL JP is initially set up for a duration from 2008 to 2013. The programme´s planned total budget is 700 M€, of which approx. 50% is public funding - from the AAL Partner States and the European Commission - and approx. 50% is private funding from participating private organisations (e.g. enterprises).

 

The AAL Forum 

The AAL Forum is the annual conference of the AAL JP and its goal is to gather the AAL  community to show the progresses made by the new ICT solutions for active and independent ageing and to discuss the way forward for innovations in the ambient assisted living world. The next Forum will take place in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, between 26 and 28 September 2012.