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Working Group on Ageing: Bureau meeting

On 11 and 12 May in Bratislava, the Bureau of the Working Group on Ageing reviewed and discussed implementation of the Working Group's programme and the activities of the coming half year.

UNECE and the European Centre Vienna agree on cooperation in developing policy responses to population ageing

On 30 March, Ján Kubiš, UNECE Executive Secretary, and Bernd Marin, Executive Director of the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research signed a Memorandum of Understanding that marks a new stage in the collaboration of the two organizations on population ageing.

Working Group on Ageing

The first meeting of the Working Group on Ageing took place at the Palais des Nations on 1-2 December 2008.

How Generations and Gender Shape Demographic Change

The conference took place at the Palais des Nations on 14–16 May 2008.

6th meeting of the GGP International Working Group

The meeting took place at the Palais des Nations on 13 May 2008.

2007 UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing

2007 Ministerial Conference on Ageing took place in León, Spain, on 6-8 November 2007.

In brief

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
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
What UNECE does for you - Challenges and opportunities of population ageing

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Brochure on EHLM work
The Unit belongs to the Environment, Housing, and Land Management Division of the UNECE.

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STAFF

Andres Vikat (Mr), Chief
Viviane Brunne (Ms), Associate Population Affairs Officer
Stefanie Bluth (Ms), Associate Expert
France Font-Vérot (Ms), Programme Assistant

ADDRESS:

Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Telephone: + 41 22 917 2468
Telefax: + 41 22 917 0107
E-mail: pau@unece.org