国家排名和(或)对照指数中的目标设定基准为决策者采取综合办法提供了动力，马耳他、波兰和斯洛文尼亚在过去几年制订新的积极老龄化战略，就属于这种情况。保加利亚和捷克共和国正在根据该指数的概念框架最后敲定关于老龄化的国家战略。国家以下和地方各级决策者，包括西班牙比斯开省、意大利弗留利-威尼斯朱第 20 款 欧洲经济发展利亚大区和翁布里亚大区和其他地区的决策者，都十分有意采用该指数提供的证据，使政策措施和行动更有针对性。
The country ranking and/or benchmarking against goalposts in the Index provides an impetus for policymakers to adopt an integrated approach, as was the case with the development of new active ageing strategies in Malta, Poland and Slovenia in the past few years. Bulgaria and the Czech Republic are finalizing their national strategies on Section 20 Economic development in Europe ageing on the basis of the conceptual framework of the Index. There is also a strong interest on the part of policymakers at the subnational and local levels, among them Biscay Province in Spain, the Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Umbria regions in Italy and others, to use evidence from the Index for better targeting policy measures and actions.