Events

Human rights in older age: Towards the elimination of ageism and age discrimination

Tuesday 21 September 2021 14:00-15:15 CEST

Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons

Monday 20 September 2021 at 10:00 am CEST The Dialogue will be webcast live on https://media.un.org/en/webtv/   Find all reports by the Independent Expert here: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/OlderPersons/IE/Pages/Reports.aspx

HLPF 2021: COVID-19 Pandemic: A Stress Test of Global Ageing

TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021 19:00 PM – 20:30 PM CEST VIRTUAL The session can be watched live on un web tv https://media.un.org/en/webtv Older Persons have been among the first and hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. In many respects the pandemic could be viewed as a test of how prepared/or not M...

HLPF 2021: Ensuring that no one is left behind

TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021 18:00 PM – 19:00 PM CEST HYBRID  The session can be watched live on un web tv https://media.un.org/en/webtv When Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, they pledged that no one would be left behind, and that they would endeavour to reach the ...

Interactive civil society dialogue with WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

“Strengthening connections across sectors: Building partnerships for healthy ageing in and beyond the COVID-19 era” Wednesday 16 June 15:00-16:30 Geneva time. Organized by a consortium of civil society organization working on healthy ageing, this dialogue aims to find solutions on working togethe...

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day – Access to justice

Healthy and Active Ageing in a Sustainable World: Synergies between international initiatives on ageing – one reporting exercise

This second interactive event in the MIPAA+20 webinar series will focus on the synergies between MIPAA and related international initiatives in the field of ageing. It will provide the opportunity for exchange with the experts who lead the work on the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing, the Global Campa...

UN75 Consultation – Vote for a UN convention on the human rights of older persons!

The UN is inviting stakeholders to participate in a digital consultation as part of the ongoing dialogue for the UN's 75th anniversary. This digital consultation seeks to identify bold, actionable and practical proposals to resolve the challenges identified in the UN75 final report  that reflecte...

Making participation meaningful: bringing governments and civil society together

In preparation of the 4th review and appraisal of the implementation of 2002 MIPAA (the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing), the UNECE, together with BAGSO, AGE Platform Europe, the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, and the NGO Committee on Ageing Geneva, org...