Council agrees approach to Research Programme on Quality of Life for Older People (AAL)
In public deliberation, the Council of Ministers on 23 November had an exchange of views and agreed on a general approach concerning a draft decision on the participation by the Community in a research and development programme aimed at enhancing the quality of life of older people through the use of new information and communication technologies , undertaken by several EU member states (“Ambient Assisted Living” programme). The general approach is aimed at facilitating a first-reading agreement in co-decision with the Parliament early next year.
