FERNANDES, Alexandre; SANTINHA, Gonçalo; FORTE, Teresa    DIOGO, Sara. Local policies and active aging: the stakeholders’ perspective of the portuguese reality. []. , 20, pp.79-104.   30--2020. ISSN 2182-1267.  https://doi.org/10.17127/2020.20.004.

It is widely acknowledged that the rapidly rising share of older people is a challenge to public policies at different levels. Underlying international and national guidelines is the need to promote a more active ageing at par with a stronger collaboration between decision makers and other relevant stakeholders in the implementation of local active ageing policies. How are such stakeholders conceptualizing active ageing? What are their priorities? What governance mechanisms are used to implement such policies? These are some of the questions that this paper addresses in the context of a southern European country: Portugal. Mixed methods were used to address the issue at stake. In a first phase, a questionnaire was applied to local stakeholders, at a national level, in order to map local active ageing policies. Then, a case study approach based on interviews in two NUTS III regions was conducted to understand the governance mechanisms. Findings confirm the 'passive organization type' in which European politico-territorial studies tend to place Portugal, as there are gaps in the way policies are formulated, implemented and evaluated, besides the lack of multi-level coordination.

: Active ageing; Local policies; Governance; Local actors; Population ageing..

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