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From Age-Friendly Research to Age-Friendly City and Age-Friendly Regional Network: Case of Tuymazy and Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation
The chapter discusses the development of an age-friendly program in the Russian Federation from the first research stage in the city of Tuymazy to its current state of the regional program with 21 participating municipalities. Background information on the project’s initiation in the introductory section is followed by three parts. In the first part, based on the data of the research phase, we examine conditions that preceded the program and suggestions for improvements made by the city residents. In the second part, we discuss steps and strategies that helped us to trigger and develop the age-friendly project in the city of Tuymazy and beyond. In the third part, we review the current state of the regional program, identify challenges and constraints for its further development and sustainability, and in conclusion, we provide a summary of our analysis.