The "Age-friendly Sharjah Office", affiliated with the Department of Social Services in Sharjah, continues to receive applications for participation in the "Age-friendly Institutions Initiative", which is part of the office's initiatives aimed at providing leadership in services provided to the elderly and motivating them to adapt and develop its facilities and services to be suitable for their needs. Creating an accessible environment Asma Al-Khodari, director of the Sharjah office, says age-friendly, that the initiative enhances the membership of the Emirate of Sharjah in the global network of age-friendly cities of the World Health Organization, - of which Sharjah is a member - by creating an accessible environment for the movement of the elderly in it and facilitating their access and access to services Which leads to their integration into society and the ease of movement for them from one place to another without the help of anyone, which leads to breaking the isolation of the elderly from his society. Al-Khodari added that the initiative achieved a high turnout from its first session, which was launched in 2020, despite the fact that it carried a new institutional societal culture in the field of services and working to implement it in institutions, departments and local government agencies, and in the branches of federal institutions in Sharjah, civil institutions, and private sector institutions. To serve the elderly by applying the global standards set by the network as a prerequisite for membership in it. Currently, there are 11 institutions and 14 federal and local buildings that have met 80% or more of the approved standards, which revolve around the engineering environment, services, facilities and social empowerment of the entity so that it is sensitive to the elderly customers, and it has been awarded the title of "age-friendly institution or building". Later, the institutions that won the title in its third session will be revealed. Al-Khodari stressed the attention paid by the Emirate of Sharjah to care and care for the elderly, and to achieve leadership in the field of serving this category, with the aim of supporting its policies, services, facilities and infrastructure for the population to enable them to age while they are active. She added, and in the interest of the "age-sensitive Sharjah office" to implement international standards for age-friendly cities in institutions that provide services to the elderly, the office has set conditions and standards for institutions to be accredited and age-sensitive, in accordance with engineering requirements and standards for accessible and distinguished services, which will be reflected on other categories also in The society is like people with disabilities, and thus these institutions ensure societal integration and encourage active aging by improving opportunities for inclusion and achieving participation. Therefore, the initiative of age-friendly institutions came as a culmination of this decision, as the Sharjah Program for Age-Friendly Cities aims to create a sustainable comprehensive physical, health, social, economic and urban environment that allows the elderly residing in it to benefit from its resources easily and easily, leading to an effective healthy aging. This initiative will allow an inventory of age-sensitive institutions and facilities that will bear the title of "age-sensitive institution". Regarding the objectives of the competition, the director of the office stated, is to enhance the membership of the Emirate of Sharjah in the global network of age-friendly cities, and the strategic plan of the Sharjah program supports an age-friendly city and creates a homogeneous environment that meets the needs of the elderly in the emirate, and raises the readiness of the engineering and service environment for the institutions participating in the initiative in line with The needs of the elderly, raising the community’s awareness of the best practices and programs offered to the elderly in the Emirate, and highlighting the role of the parties participating in the initiative with their age-sensitive services.