However, with so many different types of knowledge available it can sometimes be easy to feel lost. To help you better understand how you can best use the Platform, we’ve provided some summaries and tips below, as well as a quick
start video.
The process of change ignites when someone decides to listen. VOICE is about listening to the stories and perspectives of older people, their families, and communities, and working with them through meaningful engagement. Find out
what matters and remember the human faces at the core of the Decade actions.
In the VOICES category, the Platform welcomes knowledge in the form of Stories, Interviews, Quotes, and Multimedia that express how people
think, feel, and act about ageing.
For VOICES submitted on behalf of someone else, we
always ask for consent information.
The Platform brings together knowledge that you can use to improve the lives of older people, their families, and their communities. RESOURCES brings together all the forms of knowledge regularly used to guide the learning process
and keep updated before taking any action: Publications, Multimedia, Databases & Repositories, Commentaries, Decade News, and Decade Events.
Anyone can submit to
most RESOURCES categories, and we ask for details and context that can help visitors understand how to use every RESOURCE. Every submission is reviewed inclusively yet carefully to make sure they provide reliable and trustworthy
knowledge.
You are part of a growing network of people and organizations that are working to improve the lives of older people, their families, and their communities. The Decade is all about collaboration and linking with stakeholders you may
have never worked with before, towards catalytic change.
The Platform provides the knowledge and tools you need to help you CONNECT with the global community: information on Organisations & Networks, and People.
Anyone with an institutional affiliation can submit their details and become a part of this global community, and this knowledge is made available to all visitors of the Platform - join us today.
Sometimes the knowledge we need to improve the lives of older people, their families, and their communities doesn’t exist yet. We need to think out of the box. Through the INNOVATE hub, the Platform provides a space where knowledge
about what stakeholders are doing to push boundaries can be shared, and opportunities to collaborate and seek funding for your own initiatives can be communicated.
The INNOVATE hub includes knowledge on Research Projects,
Advocacy Campaigns, Implementation Projects, and Funding Opportunities, as well as special Reports from the Field where stakeholders can share new knowledge and lessons learned from an activity they implemented for any of the Decade's
action areas.
The hub also allows organisations to publish Calls for all kinds of things - consultations, applications, collaborations, and more. All Platform visitors can access the full range of knowledge on our INNOVATE
hub, and anyone with an institutional affiliation can submit new knowledge or create a new listing.
Sometimes we need practical and specific advice to help us implement the work we do to improve the lives of older people, their families, and their communities. The Platform's SUPPORT hub goes beyond the knowledge for learning available
under RESOURCES and provides tools and programmes that can help provide capacity building and concrete guidance to help you create a world where all people can live long, healthy lives.
The SUPPORT hub currently lists Toolkits and Training Programmes
that are freely available for anyone to use. You can also submit your own toolkit or training programme if you have an institutional affiliation - share your efforts with the global community today.
Does the submission:
You can find all this and more on the Platform - we’re excited to see how you use this space!
