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Monitoring the Regional Implementation Strategy

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In 2008, the European Centre’s MA:IMI project has entered its second phase. The period of the second review and appraisal cycle of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA) and the Regional Implementation Strategy (RIS) (2008-2012) will undoubtedly be an important and critical one, as the challenges facing ageing societies are further pronounced due to the demographic dividend now ending in many UN-ECE 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 Madrid and Berlin, in 2002, and reconfirmed in León in 2007, will open till around 2012.

Background and follow-up to MIPAA and RIS:

Vienna International Plan of Action on Ageing, 1982 (Adopted at the First World Assembly on Ageing, WAA-I)
Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002 (Adopted at the Second World Assembly on Ageing, WAA-II)
Regional Implementation Strategy, (RIS) 2002 (Adopted at the Berlin Ministerial Conference)
Progress in the Implementation of MIPAA and RIS (León Ministerial Conference, 2007)

Objectives

To promote an exchange of information, experiences and good practices in ageing-related policies
To carry out and foster data collection, research and analysis
To maintain a network of organisations, national authorities, NGOs and other concerned bodies
To disseminate results

Work Programme and Main Activities

2008-2012: Second Phase – MA:IMI / II

Introducing new, additional sets of indicators
Publishing research findings
Updating the “Monitoring RIS” website
Generating timely dissemination of information via newsletter alerts
Organising technical workshops and international conferences

2003-2007: First Phase – MA:IMI / I

Developing “Indicators of Achievement”
Collecting, visualising and analysing data
Setting-up the “Monitoring RIS” website
Disseminating research and analysis in publications and in international conferences
Organising workshops, conferences and seminars

2001-2002: Preparatory and Conference Phase

Indicators of Achievement

A key outcome of the first phase of the MA:IMI project is a set of indicators to monitor the implementation of the political goals and objectives as formulated in MIPAA and RIS and to measure progress made in achieving them. Our indicators, developed and prepared in consultation with international experts, cover four main domains:

Demographic factors
Income and Wealth
Labour market participation
Social protection and financial sustainability

In gathering and compiling data on these indicators, a unique database has been created.
In addition, during the second phase of the project, we are developing, and collecting corresponding data, on:

Long-term care;
Gendering ageing; and
Quality of life indicators

Selected Publications

Bernd Marin and Asghar Zaidi (Eds.) (2007)
Mainstreaming Ageing – Indicators to Monitor Sustainable Policies
Bernd Marin and Eszter Zólyomi (Eds.) (Forthcoming)
Women’s Work and Pensions: What is Good, What is Best? Designing Gender-Sensitive Arrangements
Manfred Huber et al (Forthcoming)
Long-term care for older people in Europe: Facts and Figures at a Glimpse