The age-sensitive Sharjah office of the Department of Social Services in Sharjah is working to establish formal partnerships with entities affiliated with the public and private sectors. The office also works to highlight distinguished senior citizens in diverse and vital fields. The office urges all members of society to avoid discrimination on the basis of age and focus on the competencies and professionalism enjoyed by many senior citizens, not to mention the interest in developing technical applications in our Arab world in proportion to the elderly in our region, and thus developing strategic plans for their digital literacy with the cooperation of all The authorities concerned with changing the prevailing negative and stereotypical image of senior citizens’ refusal to change and their failure to accept technology. Asma Al-Khodari, director of the Sharjah office, is age-sensitive, stressing the importance of maximum benefit for senior citizens from the digital services provided by the emirate and the federal government, especially since the crisis we are going through has highlighted the importance of this aspect, by virtue of precautionary measures, staying at home and preventing visits to protect senior citizens from infection with Corona, because they are The “weakest link”, so the appropriate solution is to interact with family members from children and grandchildren through modern digital technologies. Al-Khoudari continued by saying, that the coming period will focus on establishing strategic partnerships with departments and authorities to be an effective partner with us, and we will also work on implementing 189 standards distributed over 8 main axes, in addition to several initiatives in which we have achieved a great achievement rate, including: public places that are friendly to seniors. Citizens, which all government departments in Sharjah have committed to, the age-sensitive housing initiative, the active and effective aging initiative to ensure the community participation of senior citizens, the healthy aging initiative, and the “Senior Citizen Friendly Institutions” initiative, which set new standards for the implementation of this indicator or this aspect, such as the provision of wheelchairs For senior citizens and make them a priority in obtaining services in all departments, providing corridors, as well as nearby parking, and other initiatives. An ideal environment, and followed by saying, that the goal that we aspire during this year is to create an optimal environment for senior citizens, from all fields, that makes their lives happy, many of them get out of the state of isolation in which they live. All of the above comes in line with the decisions of the Global Network of Olderly Friendly Cities, of which Sharjah is one of its members. 2021 We have achieved a lot, and effective communication with the Global Network of Olderly Friendly Cities, and the exchange of experiences and practices with its members, comes at the fore, where we have published 20 practices among the members of the network, as well as transferring global practices and experiences to the bodies and coordinators, numbering 13 practices, and hosting representatives of some cities to transfer Those experiences and practices under the title of international best practices. During which the office signed a cooperation agreement with 13 (departments, companies, institutions, etc.). While the shareholder’s earnings with us increased from the previous periods, while the office recorded about 124 visits to partner entities.