The conference “The sunny autumn of life”

The conference “The sunny autumn of life”

Bačka Palanka, October 2012. The Gerontological Center and Youth Club Bačka Palanka on 1st of October, the International Day of Older Persons and within European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, organized the conference  “The sunny autumn of life” in Bačka Palanka. The event was opened with concert of traditional music. At the conference presented the four valuable presentations with titles: “The characteristics of aging”, “The ageing as regular process”, “The experiences in working with seniors – good practice examples”, and “Active ageing from youngsters’ perspective”. Dušan Zdravković, the director of Adult Education Society from Belgrade presented the results of the project “The golden age of life” as good practice example for promoting better and active ageing. Furthermore, the exhibition of photos, which created during the project, ceremoniously donated to the municipality of Bačka Palanka. At the end of the conference the guidelines for the improvement of the seniors’ lives at local, regional, and national level were presented.