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On November 29, 2019, the Representative Office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (FRG) in Central Asia and the Public Foundation "Association of Doctors of Gerontologists of the Republic of Kazakhstan" held an international scientific and practical conference in Almaty on the topic "Kazakhstan's Index of Active Longevity as a Tool for Evaluating the Policy for the Elder Generation". The purpose of the scientific and practical conference: discussion of the problems of active longevity and the progress of the project "The Elder Generation of Central Asian Countries: Present and Future", supported by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Central Asia. The basis of this project is the definition of the Index of Active Longevity in Kazakhstan, as a tool for assessing policies for the older generation, based on the results of a sociological study, in order to improve the provision of multilevel assistance to the population within the framework of state programs for the development of health care and modernization of social policy. The Executive Director of the Institute, Ainur Mazhitova, participated in the presentation of the results of a sociological study conducted by the Public Opinion Research Institute in collaboration with experts.