2nd Meeting of the Working Group on Ageing
The second meeting of the Working Group on Ageing took place in Geneva, Palais des Nations,
on 23 and 24 November 2009.
Policy Briefs on Ageing launched
The new format provides policymakers with a quick overview of available strategies in adapting to demographic change and population ageing. Good practice examples from across the UNECE region illustrate the policy recommendations. The Briefs cover issues such as mainstreaming ageing; gender equality, work and old age; older persons as consumers and integration and participation of older persons. Follow the link for full-text downloads.
1994-2009 ICPD/15 - International Conference on Population and Development
UNECE was one of the co-organizers of the ICPD/15 Regional Forum for Europe and Central Asia (Istanbul, 12-13 November), which took stock of accomplishments and developed practical recommendations for accelerating progress:
- to achieve universal access to reproductive health and reduce maternal mortality;
- to harness the opportunities of demographic change and address the challenges that arise from it;
- to ensure gender equality and empowerment of women and girls and eliminate gender based violence;
- to strengthen efforts to empower young people.
7th meeting of the GGP International Working Group
Marrakech, Morocco, 27 September 2009
How Generations and Gender Shape Demographic Change
The conference took place at the Palais des Nations on 14–16 May 2008.
2007 UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing
2007 Ministerial Conference on Ageing took place in León, Spain, on 6-8 November 2007.
The UNECE Population Unit is promoting policy dialogues among the UNECE Member States
on various facets of demographic change in Europe and North America. Its activities are supporting
the implementation of the final documents of inter-governmental conferences on population issues,
and contributing towards better-informed policy-making by organizing programmes of data collection and
research.
Currently, the Unit focuses on:
What UNECE does for you - ... UNECE works on Generations and Gender Programme
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What UNECE does for you - Challenges and opportunities of population ageing
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The Unit belongs to the Environment, Housing, and Land Management Division of the UNECE.
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STAFF
Alexandre Sidorenko (Mr), Chief
Viviane Brunne (Ms), Associate Population Affairs Officer
Stefanie Bluth (Ms), Associate Expert
France Font-Vérot (Ms), Programme Assistant
Romina Fraboni (Ms), Consultant
ADDRESS:
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Telephone: + 41 22 917 2468
Telefax: + 41 22 917 0107
E-mail: pau@unece.org