The issue of intergenerational relationships has been gaining greater and greater
relevance within the present national and international contexts. The same is
happening at academic/scientific and social levels, bringing up huge challenges
to communication and solidarity between the different generations and to the
social, educational and health policies for the 21st Century. In the discussions on
intergenerationality its relevance stands out, namely in terms of: the conveyance of
individual, family and collective memories, and conveyance of values, and in the
construction of new individual and group identities and trajectories; the education,
communication and well-being of the younger and older generations, for instance
of grandparents and grandsons, and in the development of new relationships and
forms of intergenerational solidarity within the family and within society at large;
the promoting of active aging, health and quality of life for individuals, families
and communities; intergenerational social and educational projects aimed at the
inclusion and empowerment of older generations, lesser stereotypes and prejudice
based on age, the promotion of dialogue and socialization between generations,
as well as the construction of a society for all ages, where different generations
may contribute towards a culture of solidarity, inclusiveness and citizenship.