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Your monthly UN Decade of Healthy Ageing update - UN International Day of Older Persons (UNIDOP) edition

Welcome to your UN Decade of Healthy Ageing update!

In this newsletter:

Learn more and get involved on the Decade Platform's UNIDOP knowledge hub

The UN International Day of Older Persons (UNIDOP) is commemorated every 1 October to celebrate older people's contributions to society and raise awareness of the societal transformations still required to maximise our later years.

The theme of this year's UN International Day of Older Persons is 'Resilience and Older Persons in a Changing World'. Get involved with UNIDOP by exploring events, resources, and knowledge related to the day's theme from across the UN on the Decade Platform's UNIDOP knowledge hub!

The day is also an opportunity to share your knowledge and expertise on this year's theme with the global community. If you have resources or events related to UNIDOP or this year's theme, please share them on the Decade Platform.
Visit the Decade Platform's UNIDOP hub
Share your knowledge

Be part of the Decade story with our new Partnering Kit

The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing is a call for collaboration, and everyone has something to contribute. Are you implementing, or planning to implement, an activity, initiative, or project that aims to improve the lives of older people, their families, or their communities? Then you're already part of the Decade story!

This UNIDOP (and beyond), make your support for the Decade visible in your work by using the resources in our Partnering Kit – free to use. The kit includes:
  • Decade Brand Video. The Decade's story told in its most emotionally compelling, personally relatable form. 
  • Decade Message Bank. What are the Decade's key messages? How does the Decade relate to other key global issues (including the UNIDOP 2022 theme)? Get your answers here.
  • Decade logotype for supporters. A visible way to show you are contributing to the Decade.
  • ... and much more!
Access the new Decade Partnering Kit

Announcing the first ever Healthy Ageing 50: leaders transforming the world to be a better place to grow older

Fifty individuals from around the world have been recognised as part of the first ever Healthy Ageing 50: a UN Decade of Healthy Ageing initiative celebrating leaders transforming the world to be a better place to grow older.

These inspirational leaders showcase what is already possible in the area of healthy ageing. They also demonstrate that actions taken across sectors can improve our world to meet the needs and aspirations of current and future generations of older people. This UNIDOP and beyond, will you join them and take action?
Learn more about the Healthy Ageing 50
News release
Launch event recording

Join the Healthy Ageing Collaborative: a new network to strengthen partnering for the Decade

Membership applications are now open for the Healthy Ageing Collaborative: a new network established to strengthen partnering across sectors and stakeholder groups to support the implementation of the Decade.

Do you want to work together with others to create a world where all people can live long and healthy lives? Join the Healthy Ageing Collaborative today, open to membership applications from representatives of:
  • Inter-governmental organizations
  • Government agencies/entities
  • Non-governmental organizations including Older People's Associations
  • Academic institutions
  • Private sector entities through regional or international business associations
  • Philanthropic foundations
Join the Healthy Ageing Collaborative
Learn more about the Collaborative
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