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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