The IRBLleida brings together local stakeholders to devise innovative measures to tackle the challenges of an ageing population and depopulation

The Lleida Institute of Biomedical Research today hosted the Transformative Innovation Camp for Active Ageing, a participatory event that brought together various local stakeholders to develop proposals aimed at promoting active and healthy ageing and addressing the demographic challenges affecting the districts of Lleida and the Pyrenees.

Organised by the Laboratory for Transformative Social Innovation (LIST) at IRBLleida, the initiative has fostered the exchange of knowledge and experiences amongst researchers, public authorities, businesses, social organisations and the general public, with the aim of generating collaborative proposals to address the region's main social and health challenges.

During the event, participants worked together to identify needs and opportunities for action relating to active ageing. Through a range of participatory activities, proposals were put forward aimed at promoting healthy habits, reducing frailty and preventing situations of dependency amongst the elderly population. New approaches were also explored to encourage older people's active participation in the region's social and cultural life and to strengthen partnerships between the various stakeholders involved, in order to ensure the continuity and impact of the initiatives that emerged during the session.

The event forms part of the activities organised by the Laboratory for Transformative Social Innovation (LIST), a strategic unit of IRBLleida set up to promote collaborative innovation processes and develop solutions to the main social and health challenges facing the districts of Lleida. By engaging the various stakeholders in the region, the laboratory fosters initiatives with a social and community impact that help to improve citizens' quality of life.

The project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the ERDF Catalonia Programme 2021-2027.