Gérontopôle Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Center of expertise, support and action for active and healthy ageing in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Supporting and federating all stakeholders

• Sanitary, medico-social and social
• Businesses and economic actors
• Research
• Training
• Local authorities
• Users

Gérontopôle Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a public organisation (public interest group) whose founding members are the Regional Health Agency (ARS –Agence Régionale de Santé) of Nouvelle-Aquitaine and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regional Council.

It brings together stakeholders involved in active and healthy ageing in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region: institutions and public bodies; local authorities; research, training and innovation organisations; sanitary, medico-social and social structures; user associations; businesses and economic actors.

Thanks to its Living Lab, user-centred and cross-sectoral approach for innovation, it aims to support the development of new services and devices by involving users and professionals. Its objectives are to encourage pluridisciplinaryresearch to improve the quality of life of older people, promote and share local initiatives and expertise, innovate and support organisational, educational, professional and technological experiments and support the development of local economy focused on ageing well.

Our raison d’être

Attentive to needs and uses, we strive to support the independence of older people and contribute to well-being by encouraging concrete local actions and positioning ourselves as a centre of resources and expertise.

We believe in human and sustainable relationships, promoting and supporting a collaborative ecosystem to unite and create links between all stakeholders in the sector.

We believe that proximity and local networking are part of a cross-functional approach to anticipate and strengthen the dynamics around healthy ageing and improving the quality of life of older people in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

As the ageing of the population is a global issue, we are also working at European level, to exchange and develop responses to the challenges our sector is facing with our European partners.

At Gérontopôle Nouvelle-Aquitaine, we all share the same ambition: to do more to go further and make our region an area of excellence in the field of ageing.

Our objectives

Federate

Regional stakeholders working with older people

Encourage

pluridisciplinary research that can be directly applied to improving the quality of life of older people

Promote

local initiatives and expertise by sharing them

Innovate

and support organisational, educational, professional and technological experiments and innovations

Support

the development of local economy focused on ageing well.

A collective dynamic in a few figures

+240

members

+10

employees

A team on a human scale

2

key institutional funders

(Regional Health Agency & Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region)

1

Scientific Committee

with 18 experts

9

European projets for active and healthy ageing

(Interreg Sudoe, Interreg Europe, Horizon 2020, I3, Euroregion)

8

Cooperation with 8 Gérontopôles in France

to devise tomorrow's solutions

Two locations: Limoges and Bordeaux

Nouvelle-Aquitaine is the largest region in France, with a mix of urban and rural areas, of dynamic and declining areas.

The main priority of Gérontopôle is to provide day-to-day support to stakeholders in finding solutions to the many dynamics of ageing in the region.

From a central point located in Limoges, Gérontopôle Nouvelle-Aquitaine addresses this challenge by creating a network of local and European partners, aiming to create a regional dynamic and ensuring territorial balance, a key factor in the success of Gérontopôle and the involvement of a vast network.

At the heart of a network of stakeholders

Gérontopôle Nouvelle-Aquitaine is involved in national, European, and international networks, as well as with a network of partners. By pooling expertise and working together to tackle the challenges of ageing well, the Gérontopôle can offer a range of coherent and complementary initiatives for the benefit of territories and older people.

The participation in working groups at both national and international level is crucial to fostering recognition and collaboration between our members. As a result, Gérontopôle Nouvelle Aquitaine is present at major health and independent living events in France and abroad.

The Nouvelle-Aquitaine region is recognised as a Reference Site for Active and Healthy Ageing with 4 stars. Besides, Gérontopôle Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a member of ENOLL, the European Network of Living Labs.

Our areas of expertise

We are constantly looking at ways to meet the challenges of ageing well by putting the user at the core of our concerns. By listening closely to local expectations, we systematically co-develop each of our initiatives, involving all the stakeholders in the sector.

This collaborative approach relies on 6 areas of expertise:

Innovation

Contributing to the development of innovation: organisational, social, or technological. Our Innovation Department supports project leaders by providing expertise and evaluating solutions and promotes good practices.

Support
to Research

Encouraging, supporting and promoting scientific production on the theme of ageing. Our Support to Research Department develops the interface between researchers and other stakeholders and proposes interdisciplinary collaborations.

SUPPORT TO PUBLIC POLICIES & TERRITORIES

Supporting territories and public policies to anticipate changes, adapt responses, identify resources, etc.

Promotion of Jobs
& Training

Helping to improve the attractiveness of the personal care jobs and to develop new services and new professions, as well as the evolution of training offers.

EUROPE

Sharing of good practices and European innovations among local stakeholders. Our Europe Department also promotes regional initiatives and policies at European level.

DEVELOPMENT & PARTNERSHIPS

Promoting active and healthy ageing in cooperation with the regional silver economy ecosystem. This Departement is building and developing a network of members, a space for exchanging and sharing good practices and expertise.

We are partners in European projects

Our ongoing European projects:

HENKO NET (Interreg Sudoe) 2024-2026 : Innovation and Digital Technologies for Social and Health Palliative Care at Home
CARES (Interreg Europe) 2023-2027 : Remote Healthcare for Silver Europe
DIGIT-PRE (Interregional Innovation Investments – I3) 2022-2025 : DIGITal tools delivering PREvention, prediction and remote care
PHARAON (Horizon 2020) 2019-2024 : Pilots for Healthy and Active Ageing