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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20160622T080000
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SUMMARY:Optimizing Healthcare Quality
DESCRIPTION:Optimizing Healthcare Quality\nDate: 22-24 June 2016\nVenue: Chiang Mai\, Thailand \n \nWith support from the China Medical Board and WHO Thailand country office\,  the Faculty of Nursing\, Chiang Mai University will organise an international conference entitled “Optimizing Healthcare Quality: Teamwork in Education\, Research\, and Practice” from 22 to 24 June 2016. \nThis three-day international conference will focus on ways to improve teamwork within healthcare services. It will serve as an opportunity for healthcare practitioners to gather and share experiences\, lessons learned\, successes and challenges in order to create more efficient and coordinated interprofessional healthcare teams. \nImportant dates: \n\nEarly Bird Registration Deadline: 15 March 2016\nRegular Registration Deadline: 29 April 2016\n\n  \nFor more details\, please visit the conference website.
URL:https://ageingasia.org/event/optimizing-healthcare-quality/
LOCATION:Chiang Mai\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Latest Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160705
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160707
DTSTAMP:20261017T065451
CREATED:20170109T031212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T031212Z
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SUMMARY:International Conference on Social Protection and ASEM 2016: Achieving Social Security for All in Asia and Europe
DESCRIPTION:International Conference on Social Protection and ASEM 2016: Achieving Social Security for All in Asia and Europe\nDate: 5-6 July 2016\nLocation: Ulaanbaatar\, Mongolia \n \nThe International Conference on Social Protection and ASEM 2016: Achieving Social Security for All in Asia and Europe will be organised during the Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF 11) in Mongolia 2016. \nThis international conference on social protection aims for the achievement of better social security for all people in Asia and Europe. Experiences from the global coalition for social protection floors and from the Mongolian national dialogue will be shared. Two panels in regional and sectoral case studies will be organised. Ways forward through forming national coalitions\, regional networks and progressive alliances for the social protection of all people across Asia and Europe will be discussed. \nDownload the conference programme. \n  \nFor more information on the Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF 11)\, please visit the AEPF website.
URL:https://ageingasia.org/event/international-conference-on-social-protection-and-asem-2016-achieving-social-security-for-all-in-asia-and-europe/
LOCATION:Ulaanbaatar\, Mongolia
CATEGORIES:Latest Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160712
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160714
DTSTAMP:20261017T065451
CREATED:20170109T031318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T031318Z
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SUMMARY:Regional Expert Forum on Population Ageing
DESCRIPTION:Regional Expert Forum on Population Ageing\nDate: 12 – 13 Jul 2016\nLocation: Bangkok\, Thailand \n \nThe Regional Expert Forum on Population Ageing will be held on 12-13 July 2016 in the United Nations Conference Center\, Bangkok. It is expected to be attended by Government focal points on population ageing\, policy-makers\, development practitioners\, independent experts\, and civil society experts working in the area of population ageing. \nThe objectives of the Forum are as follows: \n(1) To review and share good practices in addressing the long-term care needs of older persons in the region and consider policies to formulate a comprehensive framework for long-term care of older persons in the region; \n(2) To increase awareness on the key challenges and opportunities for effectively addressing population ageing and promoting the rights of older persons in the Asia- Pacific region in the context of the forthcoming Third Regional Review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing; \n(3) To agree on a strategy to assess progress at regional and country level on the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA)\, including proposing concrete follow-up actions within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConcept note and tentative programme can be found on UNESCAP webpage.
URL:https://ageingasia.org/event/regional-expert-forum-on-population-ageing/
LOCATION:Bangkok\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Latest Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160906
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160909
DTSTAMP:20261017T065451
CREATED:20170109T031806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T031806Z
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SUMMARY:HelpAge Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2016
DESCRIPTION:HelpAge Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2016\nDate: 6-8 September 2016\nPlace: Sheraton Hanoi Hotel\, Hanoi\, Vietnam \n  \n \nWe are pleased to announce the upcoming HelpAge Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2016 to be held in Hanoi\, Vietnam from 6-8 September 2016. \nThe conference is organised by HelpAge International in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the national host\, the Ministry of Labour\, Invalids and\nSocial Affairs (MOLISA) of Vietnam. \n\nDownload brochure\nDownload poster\n\n  \nFor registration and further information visit the conference website www.ageingasiaconf2016.org
URL:https://ageingasia.org/event/helpage-asia-pacific-regional-conference-2016/
LOCATION:Sheraton Hanoi Hotel\, Hanoi\, Vietnam
CATEGORIES:Latest Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161003
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161006
DTSTAMP:20261017T065451
CREATED:20170109T032105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T045426Z
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SUMMARY:Expanding Social Protection: Towards Addressing Inequality under ASEAN Integration
DESCRIPTION:Date: 13-15 October 2016\nLocation: Vung Tau city\, Vietnam\nThe Vietnam Peace and Development Foundation\, in cooperation with the Rosa Luxemberg-Stiftung\, ActionAid-Vietnam\, and the Network for Transformative Social Protection\, will hold a workshop on “Expanding Social Protection: Towards Addressing Inequality under ASEAN Integration”.  Representatives of community-based organisations\, social movements\, labour and vulnerable groups and some parliamentarians and ASEAN bodies will be taking part in this workshop. There will be 13 international resources persons from Europe and Southeast Asia and 25-30 from Vietnam. \nObjectives of the workshop are: \n\nStrengthen framework and identify specific recommendations (including financing)  to expand social protection programmes in the region to cover everyone (especially the vulnerable groups)\, and realise the rights and needs in order to live a life of dignity in the context of ASEAN integration.\nUnderstand the best practices on social protection and be able to apply these in advocating programmes or policies at the national and regional levels.\nIdentify strategies including coordinated actions of people’s organisations/CSOs to improve social protection especially for the vulnerable groups in the context of ASEAN integration.
URL:https://ageingasia.org/event/expanding-social-protection-towards-addressing-inequality-under-asean-integration/
LOCATION:Vung Tau city\, Vietnam
CATEGORIES:Latest Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161012
DTSTAMP:20261017T065451
CREATED:20170109T031938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T035622Z
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SUMMARY:2nd Multipartite Regional Meeting on the Financial Security of Older Women in East and Southeast Asia 2016
DESCRIPTION:2nd Multipartite Regional Meeting on the Financial Security of Older Women in East and Southeast Asia 2016\nDate: 10-11 October 2016\nLocation: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore \n  \nThe Tsao Foundation will organise the 2nd Multipartite Regional Meeting on the Financial Security of Older Women in East and Southeast Asia 2016 during 10-11 October 2016. The meeting will discuss the following topics: \n\nGlobal Financial Inclusion Gender Gap\nWomen’s Financial Security: Stakeholder Response\nInnovative Policy Responses with case studies from Hong Kong\, Thailand and Singapore\nQuantifying the Savings Gap: A global research initiative\n\n  \nTo learn more about Tsao Foundation\, please visit their website.
URL:https://ageingasia.org/event/2nd-multipartite-regional-meeting-on-the-financial-security-of-older-women-in-east-and-southeast-asia-2016/
LOCATION:Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore
CATEGORIES:Latest Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161020
DTSTAMP:20261017T065451
CREATED:20170109T032210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T032210Z
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SUMMARY:The Columbia-Fudan Global Summit on Population Aging
DESCRIPTION:The Columbia-Fudan Global Summit on Population Aging\nDate: 17-19 October 2016\nLocation: Fudan University\, Shanghai\, China \n \nThe Conference is co-hosted by the United States’ Columbia University and Shanghai’s Fudan University. We have also invited an international community of experts to the conference. Our goal is to analyse the characteristics\, challenges\, and opportunities of China’s ageing population in the context of international experience. Three viewpoints will be the focus: scientific research on ageing\, national health policies on ageing\, and industry advances for the elderly. \nFor more information\, please visit the conference website.
URL:https://ageingasia.org/event/the-columbia-fudan-global-summit-on-population-aging/
LOCATION:Fudan University\, Shanghai\, China
CATEGORIES:Latest Event
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161105
DTSTAMP:20261017T065451
CREATED:20170109T032340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T032340Z
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SUMMARY:Cities on the Move
DESCRIPTION:Cities on the Move\nDate: 4 November 2016\nLocation: Tokyo\, Japan \n \nFollowing two successful events in Mountain View\, CA (2014) and London (2015)\, the New Cities Foundation will once again assemble about 150 of the most insightful voices from policy\, industry\, design\, technology\, architecture\, economics and sociology\, and from all regions to explore the many facets and changing nature of urban mobility. There are questions that keep urban mobility stakeholders up at night. One of them is how will our parents and grandparents get around the future city? \nThe 2016 edition is organised by the New Cities Foundation with support from X (formerly GoogleX) and Toyota Mobility Foundation. \nRead the report here: “Now Arriving: A Connected Mobility Roadmap for Public Transport” \n  \nMore information can be found at http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/cities-on-the-move/
URL:https://ageingasia.org/event/cities-on-the-move/
LOCATION:okyo\, Japan
CATEGORIES:Latest Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161119
DTSTAMP:20261017T065451
CREATED:20170109T032437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T032437Z
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SUMMARY:Community Driven Development (CDD) training for development practitioners
DESCRIPTION:Community Driven Development (CDD) training for development practitioners\nDate: 14-18 November 2016\nLocation: Hanoi\, Vietnam \n \nCommunity Driven Development (CDD) is a week-long training for development practitioners and others interested in strengthening their knowledge\, tools and understanding of supporting community development across a wide-range of sectors through community based organisations (CBOs). \nDownload: \n\nCDD training brochure\nApplication form
URL:https://ageingasia.org/event/community-driven-development-cdd-training-for-development-practitioners/
LOCATION:Hanoi\, Vietnam
CATEGORIES:Latest Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161117
DTSTAMP:20261017T065451
CREATED:20170109T033910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170110T033306Z
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SUMMARY:ADBI–Asian Growth Research Institute Joint Workshop on Aging in Asia
DESCRIPTION:Date: 15-16 November 2016\nLocation: Kitakyushu City\, Japan \n \nThis conference aims to produce a large number of papers featuring the latest academic findings and insights on a broad range of issues connected with population ageing in Asia\, including the following: \n\nPublic and private pensions\nLong-term care and public and private long-term care insurance\nHealth care and public and private health insurance\nAgeing\, labour markets\, and human capital formation\n\nParticipants will be research paper authors; scholars from well-known universities\, research institutions\, think thanks\, among others; experts from government agencies; and a broader audience from public and private organisations as well as postgraduate students. \nWell-known scholars and experts on ageing-related issues will actively promote a discussion\, contributing to the theoretical and empirical literature and regional policy dialogue. The focus will be on major challenges for Asian economies arising from ageing\, and identifying policies to meet such challenges in ways that support sustainable and inclusive growth. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more information\, please visit https://www.adb.org/news/events/aging-asia
URL:https://ageingasia.org/event/9853/
LOCATION:Kitakyushu City\, Japan
CATEGORIES:Latest Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161121
DTSTAMP:20261017T065451
CREATED:20170109T034039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T034039Z
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SUMMARY:4th Annual World Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology-2016 (WCGG-2016)
DESCRIPTION:4th Annual World Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology-2016 (WCGG-2016)\nDate: 18-20 November 2016\nLocation: Kaohsiung\, Taiwan \n \nBIT’s 4th Annual World Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology-2016 (WCGG-2016) contribute to offering professionals in the frontier technologies in Geriatrics and Gerontology fields from governments\, international agencies\, non-governmental organizations\, scientific institutions\, and the private sector to present the latest research results\, ideas\, developments and applications in breaking research\, clinic\, medical management\, innovative technologies\, diagnosis\, therapy\, emergency\, education\, social responsibility and philanthropy. \nThe WCGG-2016\, with the theme of “Better Health in Old Age” will be held during November 18-20\, 2016 in Kaohsiung\, Taiwan. \nFor more information\, please visit http://www.bitcongress.com/WCGG2016/default.asp
URL:https://ageingasia.org/event/4th-annual-world-congress-of-geriatrics-and-gerontology-2016-wcgg-2016/
LOCATION:Kaohsiung\, Taiwan
CATEGORIES:Latest Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161121
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161125
DTSTAMP:20261017T065451
CREATED:20170109T034202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T034202Z
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SUMMARY:Developing long-term care services for older people
DESCRIPTION:Developing long-term care services for older people\nDate: 21-24 November 2016\nLocation: Chiang Mai\, Thailand \n \nThe course aims to provide participants a solid understanding of the essential considerations in developing long-term care (LTC) systems and the key policy and design decisions required. This training course is developed in collaboration with ADB. \nTraining will be delivered by HelpAge International\, academic experts and care practitioners from the region and other key experts. Training will be delivered through lectures\, exercises and detailed case studies. A field visits will be included to learn from Thailand’s experience. Participants will also benefit from the learning and best practices shared by the other participants.
URL:https://ageingasia.org/event/developing-long-term-care-services-for-older-people/
LOCATION:Chiang Mai\, Thailand
CATEGORIES:Latest Event
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