MA:IMI - Mainstreaming Ageing: Indicators to Monitor Implementation (II)
Second Phase of the Work Programme
 


2008-2012

Contact: Eszter Zolyomi

Background
The European Centre has been mandated to undertake various follow-up activities of the so-called “Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing” since 2002. This work was supported by the Austrian Government (through the Ministry of Social Security, Generations and Consumer Protection and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs). The work had been undertaken with a formal collaboration and the assistance of the UNECE, Geneva, and the newly defined Task Force.

A new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between UNECE and EC has been signed in March 2009 and is concluded for the period from March 2009 to February 2014, after which the parties will undertake to review the results of the cooperation and decide upon its continuation.


In the first review and appraisal cycle of MIPAA and RIS in the period between 2003 and 2007/2008, the European Centre provided technical support and helped to review the implementation of the Plan by the UNECE’s Member States, by a monitoring process based on effective exchange of information, experiences and best practices. European Centre provided keynote speeches and discussions during several specialised sessions of the 2007 UNECE Ministerial Conference on Ageing in León, Spain.
More: Preparatory and Conference Phase: 2001 - 2002
Follow-up phase of the "Monitoring RIS for the MIPAA"

Aims
The second phase will undoubtedly be of historical importance and a most critical one, as the challenges facing ageing societies are further pronounced due to demographic advantages now ending in many UNECE countries. A last window of opportunity to implement at least the core measures to live-up to the goals, objectives and ten commitments formulated in 2002 will open between 2007 and 2011.


Thus, the European Centre has embarked on the 2nd phase of the work programme within the MA:IMI project. Below, we provide a very short overview of work proposed for the 2nd phase extension of the MA:IMI project, divided into several work packages:

  • Work package 1 reports on the work proposed for the collection of data on ageing-related indicators and the analyses based on these indicators.
  • Work package 2 proposes further work to be undertaken on the Monitoring RIS webpage.
  • Work package 3 is geared towards organisation of seminars, workshops and international conferences.
  • Work package 4 will generate publications on the research undertaken during the project.
  • Work package 5 will generate information dissemination by publication of newsletters.
The work on indicators will focus on the analyses of indicators already generated for the following four domains: Demography, Income and Wealth, Labour Market and Labour Market Participation, and Social Protection and Financial Sustainability. In addition, and more importantly, the 2nd phase of the MA:IMI project will design and develop indicators, collecting corresponding data on gender-specific Mainstreaming Ageing indicators, as well as on long-term care indicators.


Furthermore, the Knowledge and Information Management and Support Unit (KIMSU) of the European Centre will also be involved in webpage development and generating newsletters alerts. The MA:IMI team will help organise technical workshops to bring international experts together. Additionally, international conferences will be organised and hosted by the European Centre to generate and disseminate scientific work for the MA:IMI project. The newsletter alerts will be generated regularly and they will contain summaries of major pieces of ageing-related research as well as synopses of policy changes that affect older people of the present and future.

Access the Mainstreamin Ageing Newsletter here.


Heads of the Project at EC: Eszter Zolyomi, Bernd Marin and Asghar Zaidi
Project Coordinator at EC: Eszter Zolyomi
Project Team EC: Michael Fuchs, Katrin Gasior, Annette Hexelschneider, Frédérique Hoffmann, Kai Leichsenring, Manfred Huber (till end of September 2009), Bernd Marin, Ricardo Rodrigues, Georg Ruppe, Asghar Zaidi
Partners / Co-Organizers: UN-ECE
Financed by: Austria, France, Israel, Luxemburg, Spain, Switzerland, UNECE, European Centre