piloting the age-friendly city indicator guide catherine simcox banyule city council
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Piloting the Age-friendly City Indicator Guide
Catherine SimcoxBanyule City Council
Project aimThe objectives of this Guide are:• To provide structured guidance
on selecting indicators of the age-friendliness of a city.
• To present a set of indicators which are suggested for use in measuring the age-friendliness of a city.
• To support local efforts to develop relevant and appropriate indicators of the age-friendliness of a city.
WHO pilot sitesThe other pilot sites included: Bilbao, Spain; Bowdoinham, USA; Dijon, France; Hong Kong SAR, China; La Plata, Argentina; Nairobi, Kenya; New Delhi, India; Shanghai/Jing’an, China; Tehran, Iran; Tuymazy, Russia; Udine, Italy; and Washington DC, USA.
Overview of methodology• Established work group• Confirm the people taking
responsibility for collection of information on each of the core indicators
• Collection of information for each indicator.
• Two workshops: data focus/ using the guide focus
• World café workshop with residents
• Report to WHO• Global meeting to finalise
Guide.
The Project team
• Three key Officer’s, spent over 50 hours implementing this project.
• Nine project team members that spent between 10 and 50 hours implementing project.
Partnerships
• 7 Departments from Council participated
• Banyule Age-friendly Advisory Committee
• Banyule Age-friendly Champion group
• La Trobe University – Prof Yvonne Wells
The indicators
• 14 core indicators and 5 supplementary indicators.
• Each indicator had 2 definitions to be considered.
Example of Indicator
• Participation in local decision making.
• Slightly changed the WHO definition to fit the local situation.
• In initial discussions we thought that this would be an unnecessary indicator for Australia – results shocked us.
Example of indicator
• Accessibility of public transportation stops
• Definition 1: walking distance of 500m = 55%
• Definition 2: don’t use public transport due to distance from home = 8.2%
Older persons involvement
• One older person (excluding staff) on the project team.
• Contribution to surveys over time
• Participation in the World Café workshop
Next steps
• Project meeting at WHO, Geneva Switzerland, 10th and 11th June
• opportunity for the pilot sites to directly offer feedback on the age-friendly cites guide and core indicators, and exchange their views and experiences
Contact details
Catherine SimcoxCommunity Planning ConsultantBanyule City Council9490 [email protected]