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UNECE Policy Brief on Ageing No. 29
A significant portion of older individuals experience mental disorders. Yet, these often go unnoticed and untreated, being overlooked as normal ageing or overshadowed by other health issues. This is especially true for older women, those with lower socio-economic status, and long-term care facility residents. To effectively promote and protect the mental health
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The United Nations’ 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo set a bold new vision of the relationships between population, development and individual rights and well-being. It recognized that population was not about numbers, but about people, and that individual dignity and human rights are the basis for individual well-being and sustainable development.
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UNECE Policy Brief on Ageing No. 28
At any age, intersecting factors such as poverty, disability, social isolation and exposure to abuse can increase the risk of vulnerability and weaken resilience in the case of adverse events. The COVID-19 pandemic, rising inflation, natural disasters, and war are examples of adverse events that have disproportionately affected vulnerable persons, including
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The 2022 UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing (Rome, Italy, 16-17 June 2022) concluded the fourth cycle of review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) and its Regional Implementation Strategy (RIS).
These proceedings provide a summary of the Conference deliberations, as well as a synthesis of the policy progress made between 2017 and 2022 to advance active
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The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), adopted at the Second World Assembly on Ageing in April 2002, set a comprehensive and bold agenda for ageing-related policies in the 21st century. With the UNECE Regional Implementation Strategy for MIPAA adopted in Berlin the same year, countries drew a roadmap for creating a society for all ages in the region.
This report, issued to
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The population of the UNECE region is ageing: one in four people will be 65 years old or above by 2050 compared to one in six today. Population ageing has social and economic implications for which societies need to prepare. This requires a coordinated, whole-of-government and whole-of-society effort to bring societies and economies into harmony with demographic change, otherwise known as ‘
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Mainstreaming ageing is a policy strategy directed towards integrating ageing issues into all relevant policy fields on all levels, which helps to adapt to population ageing and ensure the integration of the needs of all ages groups, including older persons, into the policymaking process.
The Guidelines for Mainstreaming Ageing outline five stages that support countries in establishing a
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The 2018 Active Ageing Index Analytical report jointly launched by UNECE and the European Commission shows that since 2008 most countries in the European Union have improved their overall AAI scores.Progress has been strongest for women. The report presents the latest AAI calculations and progress over time. The Active Ageing Index is a practical tool for policymakers that helps identify
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The Road Map for Belarus is the fourth in the Road Map for Mainstreaming Ageing series. It is the result of a close collaboration between UNECE and the Governement of Belarus and a comprehensive participatory process that took place in the country
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Five years after the regional ICPD Beyond 2014 review process and the adoption of the 2013 Chair's summary, UNECE and UNFPA have collaborated to report on the achievements and challenges faced by member States in the implementation of the recommendations contained in that outcome document. This report highlights key population and development trends affecting the UNECE region since the adoption
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This publication documents the third cycle review and appraisal of the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action and its Regional Implementation Strategy (MIPAA/RIS, 2002) in UNECE member States between 2012 and 2017. The regional review concluded with the 4th UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 20-22 September 2017. The Ministerial Conference,
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This publication is the third UNECE's report on country-level projects entitled Road Maps for Mainstreaming Ageing, undertaken in UNECE member States at the request of their Governments.(Road Map - ECE-WG.1-22)
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The contest was launched as a joint project of the UNECE and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at the beginning of 2014. A small committee selected ten winners who received their 50 Lari cheques at an award ceremony organized in the UN House in Tbilisi in July. Many of the older writers travelled across the country to take part in the event. They gave little speeches and read poems
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По прошествии двадцати лет со дня Международной конференции по народонаселению и развитию (МКНР), состоявшейся в 1994 году в Каире, ООН готовится отчитаться о достижениях и задержках в реализации Программы действий (ПД) МКНР, основываясь на результатах процесса обзора «МКНР после 2014 года». ЕЭК ООН и ЮНФПА провели этот обзор в регионе ЕЭК ООН, результатом чего стали настоящий доклад и
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Twenty years after the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) held in Cairo in 1994, the United Nations prepares to report on achievements and setbacks in the implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action (PoA), drawing on the results from the ICPD Beyond 2014 review process. UNECE and UNFPA conducted the review in the UNECE region, which resulted in this report and the
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The 2013 regional conference was attended by 300 participants from governments, Members of Parliament, academia, civil society and youth organizations. Official delegations from 43 UNECE countries were present. The conference endorsed the Regional Report and advanced the discussion on the population and development agenda beyond 2014 based on the findings and recommendations from the three
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This publication aims to diffuse the Conference proceedings to a wide audience, inspire broad public debate, and raise awareness of the issues surrounding the ageing of UNECE Member states, especially as concerns the need for appropriate policy responses to this demographic change.Document TitleClick icon to download pdf TITLE, FOREWORD and CONTENTS
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This publication is the second UNECE's report on country-level projects entitled Road Maps for Mainstreaming Ageing, undertaken in UNECE member States at the request of their Governments.Document TitleClick icon to download pdf TITLE, FOREWORD and CONTENTSPDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, STATEMENT BY MOLDOVA
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To allow individuals to live and age actively, societies have a responsibility to invest in conducive frameworks. Such investments can take place in the prevention and health care sectors, in education and labour markets. At the same time, citizens should be able to rely on a supportive infrastructure in case of real need and frailty.The in-depth discussion on active ageing during the UNECE
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This publication is the first UNECE's report on country-level projects entitled Road Maps for Mainstreaming Ageing, undertaken in UNECE member States at the request of their Governments.Document TitleClick icon to download pdf TITLE, FOREWORD and CONTENTSPDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, STATEMENT BY ARMENIA,