Alcobaça : European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations

The European Commission has designated 2012 as the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations (EY 2012). Under the new conference cycle « Saturdays in the Sacristy », an initiative of the Monastery of Alcobaça with the support of the Parish of Alcobaça, the first conference has been held under the title « European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations – brief reflections on the state of older people in Portugal today », led by Dr. José Alarcão Troni, President of the Board of the Historical Society of Independence of Portugal. This conference, part of the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, has been held on October 13th, at 16.30, in the Sacristy of the Monastery of Alcobaça.