The UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 21 to 22 September 2017.
The conference completed the third review and appraisal cycle (2012-2017) of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and its Regional Implementation Strategy (MIPAA/RIS). The focus was on ‘Realizing the potential of living longer’. Conference panels will address this theme through the lens of:
1) Recognizing the potential of older persons
2) Encouraging longer working life and ability to work
3) Ensuring ageing with dignity
The Ministerial Conference on Ageing was organized by UNECE in cooperation with the Government of Portugal, under the coordination of the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity, and Social Security.
A civil society forum and a research forum preceded the Ministerial Conference on 20 September 2017.
MINISTERIAL DECLARATION
2017 Lisbon Ministerial Declaration : ENG / FRE / RUS /
Unofficial translations : ESP / GER / SRB (latin) / SRB (cyrillic) /
In 1982, the First World Assembly on Ageing took place in Vienna (Austria). Twenty years later, in April 2002, the Second World Assembly adopted the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), a global normative frame for responding to the opportunities and challenges of population ageing. The same year in September, the UNECE member States took a step further and at the Berlin Conference endorsed the Regional Implementation Strategy (RIS) for the MIPAA that included a set of measures and actions grouped under ten commitments.
At the onset of the MIPAA, it was agreed to carry out a review and appraisal of its implementation every five years at both regional and global levels. In 2007, the UNECE Ministerial Conference in León (Spain) concluded the review and appraisal of the first five-year cycle of the MIPAA/RIS and in its Ministerial Declaration re-endorsed the ten commitments of the RIS.
In 2012, the UNECE Ministerial Conference in Vienna completed the second review and appraisal exercise at the regional level. The Vienna Ministerial Declaration with its four goals endorsed the concept of active ageing. The third review and appraisal exercise commenced in 2016 with countries preparing their national reports and will be completed with the UNECE Ministerial Conference in September 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Calendar of preparatory events
7-8 May 2015 | Seventh meeting of the Bureau of the Working Group on Ageing/Preparatory Committee, Gdańsk (Poland) |
1 June 2015 | Country report guidelines provided to the national focal points on ageing by the UNECE secretariat |
19-20 November 2015 | Eighth meeting of the Working Group on Ageing/Preparatory Committee, Geneva: agreement on the theme of the Ministerial Conference |
19-20 May 2016 | Eighth meeting of the Bureau of the Working Group on Ageing/Preparatory Committee, Oslo (Norway): Declaration drafting group and Ministerial Conference concept group |
July 2016 | Portugal informs about the decision to host the Ministerial Conference |
31 Octobre 2016 | Deadline for delivering national reports to the UNECE secretariat |
21-22 November 2016 | Ninth meeting of the Working Group on Ageing/Preparatory Committee, Geneva |
19-20 January 2017 | Preparatory meeting of the organizers of the Conference |
March/May 2017 | Drafting of the regional synthesis report on implementation of MIPAA/RIS since 2012 |
January/April 2017 | Drafting process of the Ministerial Declaration |
3-4 April 2017 | Ninth meeting of the Bureau of the Working Group on Ageing/Preparatory Committee, Vienna/Austria |
May/August 2017 | Formal consultation process on the Ministerial Declaration |
July 2017 | Distribution of the background paper(s) in English, French, Portuguese and Russian |
20 September 2017 | Civil Society and Research forums |
21-22 September 2017 | Ministerial Conference, Lisbon |
Programme (PDF) - (Speakers biography)
The first day of the Conference was dedicated to the presentation of the synthesis report on the MIPAA/RIS implementation since 2012 and three panel discussions:
(1) Recognizing the potential of older persons,
(2) Encouraging longer working life and ability to work, and
(3) Ensuring ageing with dignity.
On the second day, Ministers of the UNECE member States gathered for the high-level segment round-table discussions, at the end of which a Ministerial Declaration was adopted.
Программа (PDF)
Первый день Конференции был посвящен презентации сводного доклада по выполнению РСО/ММПДПС за период с 2012 г. и обсуждению в трех группах экспертов:
(1) Признание потенциала пожилых людей
(2) Содействие более долгой трудовой жизни и способности работать
(3) Обеспечение достойного старения.
Во второй день министры государств — членов ЕЭК ООН приняли участие в обсуждениях за круглым столом на высоком уровне, по итогам которых было принято заявление министров.
Programme (PDF)
Le premier jour de la Conférence a été consacré à la présentation du rapport de synthèse sur la mise en oeuvre du Plan international d'action de Madrid sur le vieillissement (MIPAA) et de sa Stratégie Régionale d'Exécution depuis 2012, et à trois réunions-débats d'experts:
(1) Profiter des perspectives offertes par les personnes âgées,
(2) Promouvoir l'allongement de la vie professionnelle et l'aptitude au travail,
(3) Vieillir dans la dignité.
Le deuxième jour, les ministres des Etats Membres de la CEE se sont réunis en tables rondes de haut niveau, au terme desquelles une déclaration ministérielle a été adoptée.
Side Events
Breakfast talk on the Global Campaign to Combat Ageism
21 September, 8:15 – 9:00
Opening of the Poster Exhibition
21 September, 11:10 – 11:30
Equity for all ages: lessons from the region
21 September 2017, 13:00 – 14:00
Active Ageing Index: ways to realize the potential of living longer
21 September, 13:10 – 14:20
Presentations
Asghar Zaidi: Realising Active Ageing in Europe
Maria Varlamova: Active Ageing in Russia
Olga Gagauz: Active Ageing Index in the Republic of Moldova
Pietro Checcucci: Public policies and interventions for encouraging longer working life
Better statistics for ageing
21 September, 16:00 – 16:20
Ageing and disability - Policy challenges to social services planning and delivery
22 September, 13:30 – 14:45
DOCUMENTS
Official Documents | ENG | FRE | RUS | PRT |
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Annotated provisional Agenda ECE/AC.30/2017/1 |
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Report ECE/AC.30/2017/2/Rev.1 |
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Extracts from the Synthesis report on the implementation of the MIPAA in the ECE region between 2012 and 2017 ECE/AC.30/2017/3 |
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Other documents | ENG | ||
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Synthesis Report on the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing in the ECE region between 2012 and 2017 with Statistical Annex | - | - | |
2017 country reports | Reports | ||
Policy Brief on Ageing: Realizing the Potential of Living Longer ECE/WG.1/26 |
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List of participants | |||
Conference Proceedings |
CONTRIBUTIONS
Opening Plenary Session | |||
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Mr. José António Vieira da Silva | Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security of Portugal | ||
Mr. Adalberto Campos Fernandes | Minister of Health of Portugal | ||
Mrs. Olga Algayerova | Executive Secretary of the UNECE | ||
Overview of the MIPAA/RIS implementation in the UNECE Region (2012-2017) | |||
Mrs. Vitalija Gaucaite Wittich | Chief of the Population Unit, UNECE | PPT | |
Mrs. Rosa Kornfeld-Matte | Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons (OHCHR) | ||
Keynote address "Achieving a Sustainable Society for All Ages: Global goals require national and local action" | |||
Mr. Heinz Koller | ILO Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia | ||
First expert panel: Recognizing the Potential of Older Persons | |||
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Moderator | Mrs. Sarah Harper | Co-director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford, UK | |
Panellists | |||
Mrs. Elke Ferner | Parliamentary Secretary of State, Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Germany | ||
Mrs. Ekaterina Antipova | Head of Department, Belarusian State University | PPT | |
Mrs. Ann-Kristin Boström | ENCELL, the National Centre for Lifelong Learning, Sweden | PPT | |
Mr. Josh Collett | Vice-President, AARP, United States of America | PPT | |
Mrs. Gulnara Minnigaleeva | Founder of Wisdom Ripening / NGO, Russian Federation | PPT | |
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H.E. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa | President of the Republic of Portugal | ||
Second expert panel: Encouraging Longer Working Life and Ability to Work | |||
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Moderator | Mr. Stefano Scarpetta | Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD | PPT |
Panellists | |||
Mr. Bjørn Halvorsen | Special Adviser, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Norway | PPT | |
Mr. Boris Majcen | Director, Institute for Economic Research, Slovenia | PPT | |
Mr. Jorge Figueiredo | HR Director, Delta Cafés, Portugal | PPT | |
Mrs. Montserrat Mir Roca | Confederal Secretary, European Trade Union Confederation | ||
Mr. Nuno Biscaya | Business Europe representative | ||
Third expert panel: Ensuring Ageing with Dignity | |||
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Moderator | Mr. John Beard | Director, Ageing and Life Course Department, WHO | |
Panellists | |||
Mr. Pascal Froudière | Deputy Head of Department, Ministry of Solidarity and Health, France | ||
Mr. Miguel Valero Duboy | Director, State Reference Centre for Personal Autonomy and Technical Aid, IMSERSO, Spain | PPT | |
Mrs. Tine Rostgaard | Danish Institute for Local and Regional Government Research | PPT | |
Mr. José Pereira Miguel | Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, Portugal | PPT | |
Mrs. Nataša Todorović | Red Cross of Serbia | PPT | |
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Rapporteur | Mr. Alexandre Sidorenko | Senior Advisor, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research | |
Plenary Session - Ministerial Segment | |||
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Mr. José António Vieira da Silva | Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security of Portugal | ||
Mr. António Guterres | Secretary-General of the United Nations | Read / View | |
Mrs. Olga Algayerova | Executive Secretary of the UNECE | ||
Mrs. Erika Winkler | Chair of the UNECE Working Group on Ageing | ||
High-level Panel discusstion between Ministers and Civil Society representatives | |||
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Moderator | Mrs. Mónica Ferro | Director, UNFPA Geneva Office | |
Panellists | |||
Mr. Jānis Reirs | Minister of Welfare, Latvia | ||
Mrs. Christl Kvam | State Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social affairs, Norway | ||
Representatives of Civil Society | |||
Mr. Greg Shaw | Director, International Federation on Ageing | ||
Mr. Ebbe Johansen | Vice-President, Age Platform Europe | PPT | |
Mr. Luis Alvarado Martinez | President, European Youth Forum | ||
First Ministerial Roundtable | |||
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Keynote Speaker | Mrs. Marianne Thyssen | Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, European Commission | |
Chairperson | Mrs. Stela Grigoraș | Minister of Health, Labour and Social Protection, Republic of Moldova | |
Panellists | |||
Mr. Martin Klöti | President of the Cantonal Ministers for Social Affairs, Switzerland | ||
Mr. Grigory Lekarev | Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Protection, Russian Federation | ||
Mrs. Edeltraud Glettler | Director-General, Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, Austria | ||
Rapporteur | Mrs. Agnieska Chloń-Domińczak | Warsaw School of Economics | |
Second Ministerial Roundtable | |||
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Chairperson | Mr. Jim Daly | Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, Ireland | |
Panellists | |||
Mr. Artem Asatryan | Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Armenia | ||
Mrs. Céline Fremault | Minister, Member of the French Community Commission of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for the Policy on help to handicapped persons, social action, family and international relations | ||
Mrs. Olga Krentovska | First Deputy Minister of Social Policy, Ukraine | ||
HE Mr. Andreas Ignatou on behalf of Mrs. Zeta Emilianidou | Minister of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance, Cyprus | ||
Rapporteur | Mr. Giovanni Lamura | National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing, Italy | |
Adoption of the Ministerial Declaration | |||
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Mr. José António Vieira da Silva | Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security of Portugal | ||
Mrs. Olga Algayerova | Executive Secretary of the UNECE | ||
Poster exhibition on good practices in implementing MIPAA/RIS
The poster exhibition that took place at the UNECE Ministerial Conference A sustainable society for all ages: realizing the potential of living longer provided a forum to showcase good practice examples and innovative approaches in implementing the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and its Regional Implementation Strategy (MIPAA/RIS) in UNECE member States.
Over 40 projects proposals were selected for the poster exhibition, including research, civil society and government initiatives in 20 countries.
UNECE RESEARCH FORUM ON AGEING
(Wednesday 20 September 2017)
The Research Forum on Ageing took place on 20 September 2012 in Lisbon, Portugal, during the UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing (20-22 September 2017).
The aim of the Research Forum was to foster a dialogue around the three themes of the Ministerial Conference from different perspectives of research on ageing, related evidence, and future research needs on ageing.
PROGRAMME of the Research Forum
JOINT OPENING of NGO Forum and Research Forum
Research Forum ABSTRACTS and PRESENTATIONS
STATEMENT of the Research Forum
UNECE NGO FORUM ON AGEING
(Wednesday 20 September 2017)
The objective of the NGO Forum was to foster a dialogue in and among civil society organisations representing older persons and dealing with ageing issues around the 3 themes of the UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing 2017 from different angles of concern of civil society actors, to identify strong and weak aspects in the MIPAA implementation and Ministerial Declaration, and to formulate demands and recommendations on behalf of civil society organisations.
NGO Political Declaration: ENG / NDL / SRB (latin) / SRB (cyrillic) /
NGO Political Declaration - Key messages: ENG
Presentations
Silvia Perel-Levin, Susan Somers: Ageing and Human Rights of Older Persons
Erica Dhar, Frances Zainoeddin: High Level Political Forum and what follows