The Monitoring, Indicators and Impact Evaluation Unit at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre invites you to an online round table with experts on:
Effective actions to address loneliness
- applied sciences | social policy | social analysis
- Tuesday 11 October 2022, 09:15 - 11:30 (CEST)
- Online only
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- When
- Tuesday 11 October 2022, 09:15 - 11:30 (CEST)
- Where
- Online only
- Languages
- English
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On October 11th 2022, the JRC organised an online Roundtable to discuss the findings of the work on loneliness so far, collect emerging effective actions, and contribute to the discussion at EU level.
With 11 speakers and some 80 participants, the event provided an opportunity to exchange between academics, policymakers and practitioners about loneliness interventions.
The key questions that were discussed included:
- What kind of interventions can reduce loneliness across the EU?
- How do we tackle loneliness among different target groups?
- How do we tell if interventions are effective?
Speakers and agenda:
- Colin Scicluna, Head of Cabinet of Vice-President Šuica
- Minna Nurminen, JRC and Elizabeth Casabianca, JRCLoneliness interventions: mapping and interviews with experts
- Susanne Bücker, Ruhr University BochumEffective interventions to reduce loneliness: secondary review of meta-analysis
- Discussion by Mathias Lasgaard, DEFACTUM and Christopher Mikton, WHO
- Anu Jansson, Finnish Association for the Welfare of Older PeopleReducing loneliness among older adults: Circle of Friends
- Karen Vestergård Jacobsen, VentilenMaking the young less lonely: Ventilen
- Steffi Augter, Department of the Bundesprogramm Mehrgenerationenhäuser The Federal Programme Multi-Generational Centres
- Chiara Maccacaro, City of VeronaThe S.T.E.P.S. project of the City of Verona
Conclusions by Ettore Marchetti (Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion)
The event was moderated by JRC.
For further information on the project activities, visit the dedicated page: Loneliness
