Analysing Co-creation and Co-production Initiatives for the Development of Age-friendly Strategies

Learning from the Three Capital Cities in the Basque Autonomous Region

Bibliographic Data

ID12714847
AuthorsMartín Zuñiga Ruiz de Loizaga (0000-0002-8389-9167, Universidad de Deusto, corresponding author), Martin Zuniga, Tine Buffel (0000-0003-3780-1103, University of Manchester), Felix Arrieta Frutos (0000-0002-2010-4064, Universidad de Deusto), Felix Arrieta
Year2021
Volume22
Issue1
Pages53-68
Publication date2021-08-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Policy and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1474-7464 • E-ISSN: 1475-3073
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1474746421000282
OpenAlexW3195960825
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited31

Driven by the ageing process taking place in the Basque Autonomous Region (BAR), the ‘Age-Friendly Cities and Communities’ (AFCC) initiative has become a major political reference for the development of ageing policies in the territory. This article addresses this subject by means of a qualitative study that analyses how the three main capital cities in the region are implementing age-friendly strategies, with a focus on co-creation and co-production processes. The article examines the challenges they are currently facing in the development of the aforementioned participatory processes. Our research suggests that political involvement, even if necessary, is meaningless if the strategy is not embedded in the work of influential stakeholders. Moreover, the success of communities in becoming more age friendly will, to a large extent, depend on whether older people, including those facing social exclusion, become involved as key actors in future research and policies around age-friendly developments

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