The research consortium is guided by the following values:
(i) Solution-oriented Ageing Research: Our coming together is anchored on finding solutions to the problems faced by older people in SADC
(ii) Comprehensive Collaborative Research: We believe that Comprehensive Collaborative Research on Ageing involving governments, researchers, academia, CSOs, media and international development partners is a pre-requisite for undertaking policy and practice relevant research that can result into generating data to inform policy and practice.
(iii) United for the Good Purpose: We believe that when governments, researchers, academia, CSOs, the media and international development partners get united on ageing research, we are going to generate data together that will be put to ‘Good Purpose’, that is, improving well-being of older people.