size of our total population:
56264 inhabitants
Percentage of residents above the age of 60:
46 %
We are already working on:
Social participationRespect and social inclusionCommunity support and health services
We would like to start working on:
HousingCivic participation and employmentOutdoor spaces and buildings
Building on the previous information, please provide a brief summary (250-300 words) of your city or community's policies, programmes and services targeted at older people and how you are planning to make your community more age-friendly. If your application is successful, this summary will be published on the Covenant's website:
O concelho de Amarante situa-se na Região Norte de Portugal, no distrito do Porto e encontra-se integrado na região do Tâmega e Sousa (NUT III).
Dos últimos dados oficiais (2011), residiam em Amarante 56.264 indivíduos, sendo 48% do sexo masculino e 52% do sexo feminino. A proporção de...
If you have already conducted an age-friendly baseline assessment of your city or community, please upload it (in original language if not available in English):
ATTAC_2_AVALIAÇÃO PALNO DE ACAO 2014.pdfIf you have already developed a strategy or action plan to make your city or community more age-friendly, please upload it (in original language if not available in English):
ATTAC_3_Plano de ação envelhecimento 2015.pdfEngagement of older people: how are you engaging and involving older people in the process of becoming a more age-friendly city or community? (E.g. Seniors Council, focus group, open consultation, etc.):
"Face aos objetivos que pretendemos alcançar no sentido de aumentar a permanência na vida ativa dos adultos seniores (envelhecimento ativo) e reduzir os níveis de dependência e/ou dependência dos idosos, o grupo de trabalho envolve os séniores na definição de um plano especifico direcionado...
Cross-sectoral collaboration: What mechanisms have you/are you planning to put in place to facilitate collaborative planning and implementation between different departments of the local administration and across sectors?:
"A rede social é constituída também por um grupo operativo designado de Núcleo Executivo
O Núcleo Executivo é composto pelas seguintes entidades: Câmara Municipal de Amarante, Centro de Saúde de Amarante, Associação Humanitária de S. Tiago (em representação das IPSS do concelho),...