UNECE member States joint forces to design societies for all ages
Newly constituted Working Group on Ageing adopts programme of work
The world population is passing through a demographic transition. Ageing is going to be the distinctive trait of this century, with the share of older individuals in the population ever icreasing. While ageing represents a triumph of medical, social and economic advances, it also presents challenges to existing systems of social support and affects virtually all domains of society. Member countries of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) gave new momentum to the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and its Regional Implementation Strategy by joining forces in the Working Group on Ageing. The Working Group met for its constituent meeting in Geneva, 1-2 December and adopted an ambitious programme of work to tackle the challenges of ageing in societies in Europe, North America, Caucasus and Central Asia.
PRESENTATIONS
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| Implementation of the Madrid international plan of action on ageing: past results and future plans Alexandre Sidorenko, United Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
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| 2nd demography forum and report Activities of the EC in the area of demography Julius Op de Beke, European Commission |
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| OECD activities relevant to work programme of UNECE's working group on ageing Asghar Zaidi, Social Policy Division, OECD |
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| Progress and future of the project "Mainstreaming ageing: indicators to monitor implementation" Bernd Marin, Eszter Zolyomi, European Centre Vienna Asghar Zaidi, Social Policy Division, OECD |
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| National strategy and action plan on gender equality and domestic violence Valbona Jaupllari, Republic of Albania |
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| Policy Brief - Belgium / Note de politique de la Belgique Micheline Lambrecht, Dirk Moens, Lieve Vanderleyden, Marien Faure |
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| Plan national "Bien-vieillir" 2007-2009 Anne-Marie Tahrat, Direction générale de l'action sociale |
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| Policy brief on mainstreaming ageing Viviane Brunne, UNECE, Population Unit |
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| Capacity development country experience in Armenia Anahit Martirosyan, Armenia |
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| Meeting the challenges of population ageing: through capacity building and training Joseph Troisi, International Institute on ageing United Nations - Malta |
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| Supporting National Capacity on Ageing Alexandre Sidorenko, United Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
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| Country road maps on mainstreaming ageing Viviane Brunne, UNECE, Population Unit |
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| Proposal for analysis of intergenerational relationships Andres Vikat, UNECE, Population Unit |
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| Decisions on the programme of work | — | — | ||
DOCUMENTS
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| Report ECE/WG.1/2008/2 |
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| Annotated Provisional agenda ECE/WG.1/2008/1 |
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| Draft programme of work ECE/WG.1/2008/3 |
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| Planning for performance evaluation ECE/WG.1/2008/4 |
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| Establishment of the Working Group on Ageing ECE/EX/2008/L.11 |
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| Informal Documents | |||
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| Country road map for mainstreaming ageing | — | ||
| MA:IMI / I 2003-2008. Mainstreaming Ageing: Indicators to Monitor Implementation. Short product overview report | — | — | |
| Annex: Selected charts on mainstreaming ageing indicators | — | — | |
| Proposal for the continuation of the project Mainstreaming Ageing: Indicators to Monitor Implementation (MA:IMI) | — | — | |
| Financing of the activities proposed in the draft programme of work | — | — | |
| Draft policy brief on mainstreaming ageing | — | — | |
| Background material | ||||
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| Report of the León Ministerial Conference, including the Declaration ECE/AC.30/2007/2 |
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| First review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002, resolution of CSocD E/CN.5/2008/L.5* |
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| Regional implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002. Note by the Secretary-General E/CN.5/2008/2 |
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| First review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing: Preliminary assessment. Report of the Secretary-General E/CN.5/2008/7 |