Your UN Decade of Healthy Ageing update

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Your monthly UN Decade of Healthy Ageing update

Welcome to your UN Decade of Healthy Ageing update for March!

In this newsletter, find out more about:

An opportunity to mobilize civil society action for the Decade - closing today
A call for poster proposals on older people in emergency situations for the UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing
A new topic hub on social isolation and loneliness on the Decade Platform
In case you missed it: events, publications, and more
Upcoming opportunities to get involved

Closing Today! Mobilizing civil society action for the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing

Do you work for a civil society organization (CSO)? Are you interested in working together with other CSOs for joint action during the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing?

Get involved in the civil society mapping and engagement initiative: an opportunity run by CSOs towards uniting the diverse and powerful voices of civil society for the Decade.

Join the initiative and express your interest in a Decade of Healthy Ageing CSO Alliance by completing the questionnaire in English, French, or Spanish by 31 March 2022 (today).

Join the initiative

Participez à l'initiative

Únase a la iniciativa

UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing: Call for proposals for a poster exhibition on older people in emergency situations

Click here to view the full flyer.

Emergency situations place older people at risk of being left behind, unable to access essential services or meet their basic needs. However, older people also play active roles in emergency situations as carers, producers, protectors, change advocates, and more.

How do we protect and support older people in emergency situations? The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is calling for poster proposals on the topic to be exhibited at the upcoming Ministerial Conference on Ageing in Rome (15-17 June 2022).

The submission deadline is 20 April 2022.

Learn more and submit a proposal

Share what you know on the Decade Platform

New on the Decade Platform: Topic hub for social isolation and loneliness

Social isolation and loneliness among older people are growing health, social, and economic concerns. To address these issues, we need to know and do more. How can we work together improve older people's access to social connections? What work is being done around the world in the area? What is still missing?

A new topic hub on social isolation and loneliness is now available on the Decade Platform in English, presenting the latest knowledge shared by contributors.

Can you help us make the hub more useful by sharing your details and knowledge? We are especially looking for contributions in French and Spanish!

Access the social isolation and loneliness hub

Contribute to the hub on the Decade Platform

In case you missed it: events, publications, and more

29 March 2022: Premiere screening of films made by older people from Canada, Jordan & Togo for the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing

Watch the event recording

15 March 2022: Launch of UN Advocacy Brief on Older Women: Inequality at the Intersection of Age and Gender

Download the advocacy brief

15 March 2022: Launch of WHO framework for countries to achieve an integrated continuum of long-term care

Watch the event recording

11 March 2022: Launch of ILO podcast "Global challenges - Global solutions: Ageing in the world of work"

Listen to the podcast

Share your work through the Decade Platform

Upcoming opportunities to get involved

1 April 2022: WSIS Healthy Ageing Innovation Prize deadline

The WSIS Special Track on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Older Persons seeks to recognise innovative ICT projects that address older people's needs.

7 April 2022: World Health Day - "Our Health, Our Planet"

Healthy ageing and a healthy planet are closely interlinked. Read the Decade advocacy brief on climate change and help us spread the word!

11-14 April 2022: 12th Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (New York)

Applications for side events and registrations for in-person attendance are open until 5 April.

Can we help spread the word? Get in touch with us