UNECE Working Group on Ageing
On 1 July, the UNECE Executive Committee approved the proposal on the establishment of the
Working Group on Ageing. The first meeting of the Working group was held from 1 to 2 December 2008, in Geneva.
How Generations and Gender Shape Demographic Change
The conference took place in Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
on 14–16 May 2008.
[Last updated: Monday, 19 May 2008]
2007 UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing
2007 Ministerial Conference on Ageing took place in León, Spain, on 6-8 November 2007.
Report, including the declaration and chairperson’s summary, is available in the documents section.
[Last updated: Thursday, 10 April 2008]
Population ageing and the onset of decline in
the working-age population have become an increasing
concern for most governments in the
UNECE region.
While ageing is a universal phenomenon across the
region, there is great variation in its level and
pace, mainly determined by a country’s stage in the demographic transition
and by the scope and timing of fertility decline. In most countries, the
period of economically favourable age structure of low youth and old-age
dependency rates, the so-called demographic bonus, is gradually coming
to an end. This change has important and far-reaching implications across
all spheres of society, including on economic and social development,
sustainability and equity.
To meet the policy challenges arising from population ageing,
Member
States of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) have
committed to implement the
Regional Strategy of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA/RIS). This requires
regional level support in the form of coordinated data collection and monitoring, exchange of experience
and analysis as well as capacity development. The UNECE secretariat is coordinating this work, advised by
the Task Force “Monitoring RIS” and assisted by
the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research
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