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Did you know that one in four people in the UNECE region live in rural areas? This is true for almost one in three people over 65 as rural areas experience faster population ageing.Rural areas are more thinly populated and people are more geographically dispersed than in urban areas. For this…
Preparations for the UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing are in full swing. Under the motto A sustainable society for all ages: Realizing the potential of living longer the Conference will review progress in implementing the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing in the region and…
Good data and strong partnerships are key to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and the 1994 ICPD Programme of Action can serve as a catalyst in achieving these goals, participants agreed at a recent regional meeting in Geneva organized by…
Data from the Generations and Gender Programme (GGP) , a system of national longitudinal Generations and Gender Surveys (GGS) and contextual database, proved popular with researchers at the European Population Conference. Research findings from some 40 studies drawing on GGS data were presented…
The Generations and Gender Programme (GGP) was awarded the status of Emerging Project by ESFRI, the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructure, initiated by the European Council. The GGP is a collaboration of 16 European partners, coordinated by the Netherlands Interdisciplinary…
Intentions to have children, to marry or divorce as well as the relationships with parents and grandparents or the distribution of housework between partners are a few examples of individual choices that impact demographic and societal outcomes which are of great interest for researchers and…
UNECE will celebrate the International Day of Older Persons, on 1 October, with a panel discussion and an interactive exhibition to learn more about population ageing and find out how societies can respond to changing demographic realities and why our own good attitude towards ageing matters.The…
The Georgian Parliament hosted today a conference on ageing policy to support the integration of ageing-related issues in public policies and programmes. The debates, largely based on the findings of the Road Map for Mainstreaming Ageing in Georgia, developed in 2014 by UNECE in collaboration…
How can countries tap the potential of older people? How can governments identify areas in which older people’s participation in society is limited? What can they do to remove barriers so that people of all ages can be actively engaged in society?These are pertinent questions for all UNECE…
The ability to measure and monitor the outcomes of policies for active and healthy ageing is a priority topic for both academic research and current policymaking, a UNECE/European Commission international seminar demonstrated last week in Brussels.The seminar, entitled 'Building an evidence base…
As populations across the UNECE region and around the world are ever more affected by the realities of ageing, it is becoming increasingly important to design policies to promote active and healthy ageing. Such policies are vital to foster the economic, social and physical well-being of people…
The stereotype of irreversible physical decline and dependency of older people doesn’t match today’s reality: the ‘new old’ of the 21st Century are on average healthier than any older generation before them. They can and want to participate in all spheres of life, and they have diverse demands…
‘Take care of time’, advises Natela Zhghenti, from Kobuleti in Georgia. At 77 she has seen a great many events come and go, both historical and personal. Together with 42 other Georgian pensioners she participated in an essay contest about what it’s like to age in Georgia earlier this year. The…
UNECE will celebrate the International Day of Older Persons, on 1 October, with a performance by “Magic Movers”, a dance group of Lincolnshire-native senior ladies who have found in their dancing steps a way of expressing their vitality and joy for life. Aged between 60 and 94 years, the British…