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.
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.
2007 UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing
2007 Ministerial Conference on Ageing took place in León, Spain, on 6-8 November 2007.
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. Since 2008, UNECE Working Group on Ageing is providing an intergovernmental platform for these activities.
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