Top-class active and healthy ageing is in Amsterdam Metropolis

The European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing awarded the four stars for the Amsterdam Metropolis‘s position as a reference site.

The European network of reference sites includes 65 regions. With four stars, Amsterdam is seen as a highly inspiring ecosystem, delivering creative and workable innovations at a top level. These improve the lives, vitality and health of the elderly. The solutions are also suitable for scale-up and adoption across the region, nationally and in the EU. A region with a reference site can receive between 1 and 4 stars.

Addressing challenges

The characteristics of an ageing population and the typical challenges in the Amsterdam metropolis reflect the main urban problems. Such as hyper-diversity, high population density, differences in healthy life expectancy, rising healthcare costs, labour market challenges and lack of adequate housing.