MIPAA meets SDG1: Responses to old-age poverty in the UNECE region
On the occasion of the 56th Session of the Commission of Social Development that took place from 29 January to 7 February 2018 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the UNECE Working Group on Ageing held a side event exploring how the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and its Regional Implementation Strategy can contribute to the implementation of SDG1 (on eradicating poverty). Austria, France and Norway shared policy strategies addressing the risk of old-age poverty through inclusive policies and the promotion of active ageing.
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Introduction by Erika Winkler, Former Chair of the UNECE Working Group on Ageing | ||||
3rd MIPAA/RIS review: old-age poverty and exclusion in the UNECE Region Vitalija Gaucaite Wittich, Chief, Population Unit, UNECE |
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Austria: Intervention by Philipp Charwath, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations | ||||
Norway: Safe and active ageing in an inclusive welfare society Aina Strand, Vice-Chair of the UNECE Working Group on Ageing |
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Fighting older person's exclusion and adapting society to population ageing: France key elements of legislation and policies Pascal Froudière, member of the Bureau of the Working Group on Ageing |
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Intervention by Dirk Jarré, Former Civil Society Representative on the UNECE Working Group on Ageing | ||||