Weltaltenplan

The International Plan of Action on Aging was first adopted by the United Nations in 1982 . From today's perspective, the action plan adopted at the time has remained topical. After 20 years took place in April 2002 in Madrid the Second World Assembly on Aging held at which a completely revised International Plan ( English International plan on Aging was adopted).

The document contains global goals for dealing with the challenges of demographic change . The different priorities of the 189 member states of the UN are bundled and the need for future-oriented measures is made clear. The aim and function of the World Aging Plan is to make the public even more aware of the global aging of societies.

The new plan consists of 117 paragraphs. The introduction is followed by a catalog of recommendations with three main chapters, they cover the following areas:

future development
Improving health and well-being in old age
Creation of suitable framework conditions for older people.

Central topics are taken up under these three categories and broken down further in the form of “problems”, “goals” and possible “actions”.

In addition to political priorities to improve the living situation of older people in particular, such as poverty reduction, socio-political participation, individual self-fulfillment, compliance with human rights and equality between men and women, the new world aging plan also increasingly encompasses overarching social tasks such as intergenerational solidarity, employment, social security, health and well-being , but also the interaction between government and civil society. The paper concludes with further suggestions for a sustainable implementation of the respective topics, in which both the role of research and national and international requirements are taken into account.

Weltaltenplan

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