ENGAGED is a Thematic Network that will build a learning community of stakeholders, from different backgrounds and from across different European countries, to nurture the emergence of innovative and sustainable active and healthy ageing services that make best use of technology. Stakeholders of the whole value chain will participate. It is a network of networks. Its focus on active and vigorous community building and clustering, evidence sharing and road mapping for targeted deployment is fully in line with the specific objectives of the 2012 ICT PSP work programme.

The 15 partners who have chosen to work together in this consortium come from two backgrounds: they are either specialist EU-level networks active in the field of active and healthy ageing or they are key regional, research and knowledge partners. Each partner brings access either directly or through its members to front-line experience or they offer key skill sets related to community building, digital engagement, research and analysis. Through its working methods, this community will be able to build and facilitate coalitions of stakeholders interested and willing to cooperate closely to promote the transferability of evidence, as well as common strategies, for wider deployment and market development of active and healthy ageing services that make best use of technology.