The European Commission announced that 261 projects were submitted for inclusion in the European Innovation Partnership for active and healthy ageing by groups of stakeholders spanning the public and private sector. In addition, 54 regions and municipalities offered themselves as 'reference sites', to exchange good practice and to share knowledge and experience on past successes in this domain.

The European Innovation Partnership for active and healthy ageing has received 261 projects so far. According to the European Commission, this shows strong stakeholder support for action on active and healthy ageing. Overall, the projects are aimed at increasing efforts to the healthy lifespan of EU citizens by two years. This partnership was launched in November 2011.

The partnership brings together more than 50 regions, technology companies and health providers to deliver solutions for better adherence to medical treatment, prevention of falls, prevention of functional decline and frailty, integrated care models, independent living and active ageing, age-friendly buildings, cities and environments.

The European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing was established to increase the healthy lifespan of EU citizens by 2 years on average by 2020 under the Innovation Union Initiative, in order to respond to the challenging demographic shift. Now the projects submitted will form action groups for each specific action, which will be tasked with agreeing action plans to be presented at the Conference of Partners to be held on 6 November. The first indicators of the process will also be available later this year. The Partnership will assess the results of its work, and the first report will be published in 2013.