How Generations and Gender Shape Demographic Change

The information on the 2008 Conference is now available.
The conference will take place in Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland on 14–16 May 2008. [Last updated: Friday, 11 April 2008]

UN Newsletter on Ageing

January issue is now available, featuring the conclusion of the first review and appraisal cycle of the Madrid Plan of Action by the Commission for Social Development. [Last updated: Friday, 29 February 2008]

Country reports

on the implementation of the UNECE Regional Implementation Strategy (RIS) of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) [Last updated: Thursday, 7 February 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