1. COTA’s Older People's Engagement Network
Myfan Jordan
Manager – Community Participation
Sharon Granek
Advocacy & Community Engagement

2. COTA Victoria - Seniors Information Victoria (SIV)
Living Longer, Living Stronger, OM:NI, Green Sages
(Community Inclusion in) Age-Friendly Communities
Community (peer) Education
Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV)
Policy and Advocacy

3. Contributing to communities
Older people make a key contribution to civil society, sharing knowledge and skills through their participation on committees, boards, advisory groups etc
They can play a significant role as leaders – using skills from their working life, or acquiring new skills
Older people bring a quality of reflectiveness, a ‘bigger picture’ outlook

4. COTA Victoria:
COTA focuses and prioritises its policy work in line with the priorities of our stakeholders
2017 policy priorities
1. End of life care and decision-making
2. Elder abuse prevention and advocacy
3. Transport and access to services
4. Affordable, appropriate and secure housing

5. Older Person’s Engagement Network
A mechanism to exchange information
Value add to existing mechanisms
Work alongside existing mechanisms
Resource and empower older residents
Advocate on a local/statewide/national level

6. COTA OPEN AIMS… Facilitate networking opportunities
Opportunities to influence: campaigns
Be a voice for COTA
Co-design and collaboration
Meet with decision-makers
Ongoing structure for meaningful engagement
Value add to existing activities

7. Sharon Granek COTA Victoria sgranek@cotavic.org.au 9655 2140