The "Joint Action on Chronic Diseases and Promoting Healthy Aging Through the Life Cycle" (JA-CHRODIS) is a joint European action dedicated to chronic diseases and the promotion of "healthy" aging in the course of life. The aim of JA-CHRODIS was to promote and facilitate a process of exchange and transfer of good practices between countries for effective action against chronic diseases with a specific focus on health promotion and chronic disease prevention, on co-morbidity and diabetes. JA-CHRODIS was the first European Joint Action on the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Illnesses. The project has opened up the possibility for regions and European countries to benefit from the experiences of others. In September 2017 it started JA-CHORDIS Plus, a three-year initiative (2017-2020). During the final conference of the project, it was presented the document "Building on JA-CHRODIS What can we do to plan and implement practices to reduce the burden of chronic diseases?" which contains 12 recommendations to counteract chronic diseases. Between the instrument developed through the project, there are the CHRODIS platform, online archive for good peer-reviewed practices, and the Policy Brief on Diabetes National Plan, focused on the importance of the empowerment of people with diabetes for the prevention of complications.