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We're back from the @UNECE Ministerial Conference on #Ageing 2022!

✅ Follow this thread for key highlights throughout the day

✅ Or join the conversation online on the conference livestream: mipaa20rome.it/live-streaming

#AddingLifeToYears #MIPAA20Rome

https://twitter.com/UNECE/status/1537335912107061248

Don't forget to join us at a #MIPAA20Rome side event TODAY if you want to learn more about the @UNDecadeAgeing:

🗓 16 June
⏰ 15:50 - 16:10 CEST
📺 LIVESTREAM:

#AddingLifeToYears

Zsuzsanna Jakab (Deputy Director-General, @WHO) is now on screen, introducing the @UNDecadeAgeing and how it supports the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (#MIPAA) in the @UNECE region.

#MIPAA20Rome #AddingLifeToYears

@algayerova (Executive Security, @UNECE) takes the floor to open the conference.

She brings attention to the theme of #MIPAA20Rome, 'A sustainable world for all ages', and highlights the importance of a life-course approach & creating #AWorld4AllAges.

👉 bit.ly/combatageism

@algayerova continues to highlight a second priority of #MIPAA20Rome: #LongTermCare, a @UNDecadeAgeing action area.

She underscores the key importance of sustainable and equitable care systems for everyone who needs it.

👉 bit.ly/platform-ltc

#AddingLifeToYears

@algayerova moves to highlighting the third priority of #MIPAA20Rome – Mainstreaming #Ageing.

Check out what this means in @UNECE's Guidelines on Mainstreaming Ageing: decadeofhealthyageing.org/find-knowledge…

#AddingLifeToYears

@UNECE's work to foster #HealthyAgeing is an inspirational example of what is possible for the @UNDecadeAgeing. #MIPAA20Rome

For example, check out the Active Ageing Index: a valuable source of data towards measuring older people's well-being ⬇️
decadeofhealthyageing.org/find-knowledge…

@UNECE @UNECE are launching two new reports:

1️⃣ Synthesis Report: Ageing Policy in Europe, North America and Central Asia in 2017-2022 - decadeofhealthyageing.org/find-knowledge…

2️⃣ 20 years of action towards creating societies for all ages in the UNECE region - decadeofhealthyageing.org/find-knowledge…

We're now coming from the #MIPAA20Rome side event on the @UNDecadeAgeing!

📺 Join us on the livestream, now on at:

Manfred Huber (@WHO_Europe) is now introducing the event and the background of the @UNDecadeAgeing – which builds on the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (#MIPAA) and supports its implementation.

Going through the @UNDecadeAgeing's action areas, Manfred Huber highlights the Global Campaign to Combat #Ageism.

Find out more about the campaign, its resources, and the movement to create #AWorld4AllAges: bit.ly/combatageism

The @UNDecadeAgeing knowledge exchange Platform has also been introduced – a new, online collaborative space designed to help you find, share, and produce all the knowledge you need to foster #HealthyAgeing:

👉 decadeofhealthyageing.org

We are now hearing from diverse stakeholders on how @UNDecadeAgeing has helped advance work to foster #HealthyAgeing – @GovCanHealth, @AARP, @UNFPA & more.

This is 🔑: the Decade brings everyone together to truly improve the lives of older people, their families & communities.

@GovCanHealth @AARP @UNFPA At Expert Panel III #MIPAA20Rome, the discussion has developed a strong focus on:

1️⃣ The #ClimateCrisis
2️⃣ #COVID19
3️⃣ #Ageism & intergenerational contact
4️⃣ Social connections
5️⃣ The #voices of older people

Resources from the @UNDecadeAgeing are available on all of these ⬇️

1️⃣ The #ClimateCrisis

⚠️ There is no #HealthyAgeing without a healthy planet. ⚠️

Learn more about the critical importance of responding to climate change during the @UNDecadeAgeing in an advocacy brief: decadeofhealthyageing.org/find-knowledge…

#MIPAA20Rome

2️⃣ #COVID19

The @UNDecadeAgeing was declared as the pandemic affected lives around the world. How can we best respond to the systemic gaps that have been exposed & foster #HealthyAgeing?

👉 Find out more in a Decade advocacy brief: decadeofhealthyageing.org/find-knowledge…

#MIPAA20Rome

3️⃣ #Ageism

Changing how we think, feel + act towards age & ageing is crucial to foster #HealthyAgeing – for all generations.

Intergenerational contact has been proven to reduce ageism. It's ⏰ to create #AWorld4AllAges: bit.ly/combatageism

#MIPAA20Rome

4️⃣ Social connections

#COVID19 has shown how social isolation & #loneliness are serious threats to health & well-being – including older people's.

The @UNDecadeAgeing is our chance to work together to address these issues.

👉 Learn more: bit.ly/EndSIL

#MIPAA20Rome

5️⃣ The #voices of older people

Hearing the voices of older people through meaningful engagement is a central part of the @UNDecadeAgeing. 🗣👂

Learn more about what is possible when we truly listen to what older people have to say ⬇️
decadeofhealthyageing.org/find-knowledge…