HelpAge Asia

“Building back better” in post-pandemic Asia: Back to the future for older people?
2021-03-09 15:00 - 16:30 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
Date: 9 March 2021
Time: 3.00-4.30 pm (ICT / GMT+7)
Venue: Virtual Zoom meeting
Co-hosts: HelpAge International and Asian Development Bank (ADB)
As a result of the pandemic, the global economy has experienced its deepest recession since World War II, and inequality has increased. The pandemic has also triggered a broader reflection on how to build a better world for future generations. It is commonly said that the pandemic crisis presents an opportunity to “build back better” or plan for a “great reset”. Is this just talk?
Many underlying macro challenges affecting all aspects of society will be critical for 2021 and beyond, including inequality, climate change, inclusive economic development, multilateralism, and societal well-being. How will these macro challenges and changes intersect specifically with ageing and older people?
As the pandemic spread, older people initially attracted attention because they suffered more from the direct impacts of the virus than any other age group. But in the future, after the pandemic is brought under control, it is unclear whether Asian societies will revert to a pre-COVID status quo, fall backwards, or move towards systemic change that supports people to age with security and dignity. In this respect, the webinar seeks reflections on what change could happen, whether it is happening, and how it might happen. Specifically, the webinar will ask:

Does COVID-19 present opportunities to “build back better” in relation to Asia’s older populations? Are transformational gains for life in old age more or less likely because of the crisis? What types of changes are possible? At the same time, what risks does the crisis present for the future?
Do we see any clear signs of building back better? Do we sense momentum towards change, the appearance of any “green shoots” – for example, in public or policy dialogue, or through expanded or innovative services?
How might transformational change come about? What may be the drivers or incentives for change? Will the push come from mobilised popular demand, government foresight, multilateral agreement, the private sector or other forces? And where would leverage make the most difference?

Moderator: John Beard, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Join a conversation with a panel of experts including

Aiko Takenaka, Economist, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, Asian Development Bank
Mary Ann Tsao, Chairwoman, Tsao Foundation, Singapore
Pungky Sumadi, Deputy Minister for Population and Employment, Ministry of National Development Planning (BAPPENAS), Indonesia
Sarah Harper, Clore Professor of Gerontology, University of Oxford, UK
Stephen Kidd, Principal Social Policy Specialist, Development Pathways, UK

A presentation on “Building Back Better and Ageing” by Stuart Gietel-Basten, Professor, Director, Center for Aging Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. A summary video of United Nations virtual Expert Group Meeting: Building Forward Better for Older Persons post COVID-19 by Amal Abou Rafeh, Chief, Programme on Ageing Unit, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), New York.

Register now to join the webinar

Webinar: Intergenerational action on climate change
2021-02-04 15:00 - 16:30 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
Intergenerational action on climate crisis: Unleashing the power of older people
Date: Thursday 4 February 2021
Time: 15:00-16:30 (GMT+7)
Venue: Virtual Zoom meeting

This is the second of our webinar series co-organised by Asian Development Bank (ADB), UNFCCC, UNEP, UNESCAP and HelpAge International. The climate crisis is the preeminent challenge of our time and the COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to build back a better world. The webinar will highlight the relationship between population growth, ageing societies and climate change. A panel of experts will share their views on how older people can play a role in saving our planet.

Opening remarks from Patricia Espinoza, Executive Secretary of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Moderator: Kaveh Zahedi, Deputy Executive Secretary, ESCAP
Think-piece author: Karl Andrew Pillemer, Professor of Human Development, Cornell University. Download document here

Joined by regional climate change and population ageing experts in the region
Panellists:

Xiao Caiwei, Vice President, China National Committee on Ageing (CNCA)
Professor Jyoti Parikh Ph D, FNASc, Executive Director, Integrated Research and Action for Development IRADe / Member, former Prime Minister’s Advisory Council on Climate Change
Eduardo Klien, Regional Director for Asia Pacific, HelpAge International
Mozaharul Alam, Regional Coordinator, Climate Change Programme Asia and the Pacific Office, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Community expert inputs:

Quyen Tran, Older People’s Association Expert, HelpAge International
Prakash Tyagi, Executive Director of GRAVIS, India

Video presentations:

Video 1: An opening remarks by Patricia Espinoza, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC
Video 2: Climate change through the eyes of older people in the Philippines produced by Coalition of the Services of the Elderly (COSE)
Video 3: Vision casting on’ Older People and Action on Climate Change: A Powerful But Underutilized Resource’ by Karl Andrew Pillemer, Professor of Human Development, Cornell University
Video 4: Older people and action to combat climate change, a story from the Thar desert, Rajasthan, India, produced by Gramin Vikas Vigyan Samiti (GRAVIS)
Video 5: Older people, climate change and community action

The webinar recording is available here. In addition, we produced a paper on older people and climate action. Download here.

Webinar: How can we reduce inequalities in later life as societies age?
2020-10-14 15:00 - 16:30 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
Date: 14 October 2020
Time: 15:00-16:30 GMT+7
Venue: Virtual Zoom meeting
This is the first of our webinar series co-organised by Asian Development Bank (ADB), ESCAP and HelpAge International. The objective of the webinar, taking Asia’s population ageing into consideration, is to strengthen clarity and consensus about the priority steps governments can take to reduce inequality.
Moderator: Kaveh Zahedi, Deputy Executive Secretary, ESCAP
Video presenter and think-piece author: Dr. David E. Bloom, Professor of Economics and Demography, Harvard University, T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Discussants:

Dr. Sania Nishtar, Founder, Heartfile; Chair, Poverty Alleviation Coordination Council and Chairperson Benazir Income Support Program, Government of Pakistan; Co-chair, WHO High-Level Independent Commission on Non-communicable diseases
Dr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Senior Adviser, Khazanah Research Institute, former member of Malaysian Economic Council; former UN Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development; former Assistant Director-General and Coordinator for Economic and Social Development, UN FAO.

The structure of the 90-minute session is as follows:

Welcome, introductions and session overview
Video presentation “Population Aging and Economic Polarization”
Moderated panel discussion
Video “Voice of Older People: Reflection on Lifecourse and Inequality”
Moderated discussion
Q & A session
Reflections and closing

Download the webinar flyer and concept note.

The research paper titled “Population Aging and Economic Polarization in Asia” was conducted as part of this webinar. This essay makes four points about the interplay of population ageing and economic inequality among low- and middle-income countries in Asia. It’s written by David E. Bloom, Maddalena Ferranna and Benjamin Seligman of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health VA Boston Healthcare System & Harvard Medical School. Download a copy.
The webinar recording is available here.

*Event prepared with support from ADB TA 9111: Strengthening Developing Member Countries’ Capacity in Elderly Care, which is financed by the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction and Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund.

Successfully addressing rapid population ageing in Asia-Pacific: A life-cycle approach with gender equality at the centre
2020-10-01 14:00 - 15:30 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
Date: 1 October 2020
The United Nations Population Fund and partners are organising a webinar titled “Successfully addressing rapid population ageing in Asia-Pacific: A life-cycle approach with gender equality at the centre” to mark the International Day of Older Persons.
This virtual event will be broadcasted on

YouTube.com/UNFPAAsia
Facebook.com/UNFPAAsiaPacific

More detail: https://asiapacific.unfpa.org/en/events/international-day-older-persons-asia-pacific-special-event

ASEAN Conference on Healthy Ageing
2017-10-10 - 2017-10-12 | Hotel Pullman Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
The Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society (MHAS) will be organizing the ASEAN Conference on Healthy Ageing from 10th-12th October 2017 at the Pullman Hotel in Kuching, Sarawak.
This conference will bring together healthcare professionals, financial institutions, insurance companies, lawyers, caregivers, government officials, NGOs, pharmaceutical companies, healthcare product distributors, alternative and complementary medicine practitioners as speakers, delegates, exhibitors, and sponsors.
The participants will discuss the challenges of ageing affecting the region, as well as models that have been successful.
Please visit www.acha2017.com for further information and to register. The call for papers will be open soon.

ASEAN Regional Conference on Elder Abuse and Neglect 2017
2017-09-14 | Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
This conference aims to bring together academicians, researchers, policy makers and public health specialists to deliberate on issues concerning elder abuse and neglect as well as to discuss ideas and approaches in drawing together the best protection for the elderly in the ASEAN region in general and Malaysia specifically.
Any inquiry, please contact the ARCEN 2017 Secretariat arcen2017@um.edu.my

The Asian Conference on Aging and Gerontology 2017
2017-06-08 - 2017-06-11 | Art Center Kobe, Kobe, Japan
The theme of this 2017 Conference is “East Meets West: Innovation and Discovery”. The conference will focus on the challenges that demand a collective response. It will highlight the need to harness our abilities as scientists, policymakers, practitioners, engineers and educators to find multidisciplinary solutions in pursuit of the common goal of a sustainable world.
The Asian Conference on Aging & Gerontology 2017 (AGen2017) will be held alongside the Asian Conference on the Social Sciences (ACSS2017) and The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment (ACSEE2017). Registration for one of these conferences will allow participants to attend sessions in the others.

2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
2017-05-22 - 2017-05-26 | Cancun, Mexico
The 2017 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction will be held in Cancun, Mexico on 22-26 May. It will be the first time the most important international forum dedicated to the disaster risk reduction agenda has been staged outside Geneva.
The Global Platform will mark the first opportunity for the international community to review global progress in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, which was adopted in Japan in 2015. More than 5,000 participants are expected, including policy makers and disaster risk managers.

ADB Global Think Tank Summit 2017
2017-05-01 - 2017-05-03 | Pacifico Yokohama, Conference Center, Japan
The Asian Development Bank Institute (ADB) and the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) of the University of Pennsylvania will be holding the Global Think Tank Summit 2017 in Yokohama, Japan on 1-3 May 2017.
Please visit https://www.adb.org/news/events/global-think-tank-summit-2017 for more information about the event, agenda, podcast and video, etc.

Regional Learning Exchange Network on Women’s Financial Security in Old Age "Strategic Advocacy Campaign Workshop"
2017-04-21 - 2017-04-22 | Convention Center, the Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Thailand
Regional learning network on women’s financial security in old age
ILC Singapore (ILC-S), a Tsao Foundation Initiative and member of the International Longevity Centre Global Alliance, kicked-off a collaborative research on women’s impoverishment with the main goal to advocate for policy changes to mitigate and/or prevent the impoverishment of elderly women through adequate interventions throughout the life-course.
The regional learning network partners in seven countries namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam simultaneously conduct country-level study. A comparative analysis will also be attempted across all participating countries.
The research partners will met at the “Strategic Advocacy Campaign Workshop” on 21-22 April 2017 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The workshop has three key objectives:

For each country to share the highlights of respective draft reports
For network to discuss the key direction for regional paper, and
To develop plans for strategic advocacy at the country and regional levels.

Please get in touch with Ms Mary Ann Geronimo, at mbgeronimo@tsaofoundation.org for more information.

World Health Day
2017-04-07
World Health Day, celebrated on 7 April every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization, provides us with a unique opportunity to mobilise action around a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world.
The theme of 2017 World Health Day campaign is depression. WHO has produced a number of resources on depression including handouts, posters, videos and campaign toolkits which can be downloaded from WHO website.

Changing population age structures and sustainable development
2017-04-03 - 2017-04-07 | UN Headquarters, NY, United States
The United Nations’ Commission on Population and Development kicked off its 50th annual session, with a focus on changing population age structures and sustainable development. the meeting took place from 3-7 April at UN Headquarter in New York.
To find more detail and report, please visit http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/commission/sessions/2017/index.shtml

Regional Expert Forum on Integrated Care for Older Persons
2017-03-17 08:00 - 2017-03-19 17:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk) | Nanjing, China, China
ESCAP is organising the Regional Expert Forum on Integrated Care for Older Persons from 17 – 19 March 2017 in Nanjing, China. More than sixty participants have been drawn from governments in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as think tanks, academic institutions, civil society, older persons organisations, UN organisations, specialized agencies, sustainable development practitioners, and independent experts.
The Forum takes place within the context of the forthcoming Third Regional Review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Related documents can be found from the event website.

Webinar "Old age social protection in an ageing Asia"
2017-02-16 15:00 - 16:30 UTC
HelpAge International will organise a webinar entitled “Old age social protection in an ageing Asia: current trends and future directions” on socialprotection.org to present the report.
This webinar will discuss the findings from new research by HelpAge International, supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The report, Work, family and social protection, mines existing datasets to assess the extent to which older people can rely on these three key sources of income, using five countries as case studies: Bangladesh, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. In particular, it reviews the contribution of new tax-financed social pension schemes, which have become increasingly common across the region.

For further detail on the session and to register, please visit http://socialprotection.org/old-age-social-protection-ageing-asia-current-trends-and-future-directions
Related documents:

Full report
Infographic

Health Outcomes Tool (HOT) Training in Chiang Mai
2017-02-07 - 2017-02-10 | Convention Center, the Empress Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 199/42 Chang Klan Rd, Chiang Mai, 50100, Thailand
“Health Outcomes Tool” (HOT) is a simple assessment that can be administered at the field level, to help us understand how older people’s health status, functionality, and access to health services change over time.
To introduce this new tool to HelpAge network staff, a four-day training on “Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Training or Health Outcomes Tool and digital data collection Training” will take place in Chiang Mai, Thailand, at The Empress Hotel from 7-10 February 2017.
The training will be led by Jonna Bertfelt (Health Outcomes Tool Programme Manager, HelpAge International) and Kristin Bodiford (Health Advisor, HelpAge USA).
Topics of this training include:

Introduction to Health Outcomes Tool (HOT)
Digital data collection: data management process and use of SurveyCTO (a software developed for digital data collection in low-resource setting)
Data analysis
Ways to improve monitoring, evaluation and learning process on older people’s health among the network.

Read more about HOT.

Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) 2017
2017-01-29 - 2017-02-03 | Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld, 22nd and 23rd Fl., 999/99 Rama 1 Road, Patumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
The Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) is an annual international conference focusing on policy-related health issues of global significance. The conference is hosted by the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation, the Thai Ministry of Public Health, Mahidol University and other global partners. It is an international policy forum that Global Health Institutes, both public and private, can co-own and use for advocacy and for seeking international perspectives on important global health issues.

Opportunities and Challenges in Family Support for Older Persons in Thailand
2017-01-27 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | Centara Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
A Development Cooperation Seminar (DCS) for the United Nations in Thailand.
This year’s theme will be “Opportunities and Challenges in Family Support for Older Persons in Thailand”. The date is Friday, 27 January 2017 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The tentative venue is the Centara Bangkok (near the Central World).

Developing long-term care services for older people
2016-11-21 - 2016-11-24 | Chiang Mai, Thailand
Developing long-term care services for older people
Date: 21-24 November 2016
Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand

The 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.
Training 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.

4th Annual World Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology-2016 (WCGG-2016)
2016-11-18 - 2016-11-20 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan
4th Annual World Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology-2016 (WCGG-2016)
Date: 18-20 November 2016
Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan

BIT’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.
The WCGG-2016, with the theme of “Better Health in Old Age” will be held during November 18-20, 2016 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
For more information, please visit http://www.bitcongress.com/WCGG2016/default.asp

ADBI–Asian Growth Research Institute Joint Workshop on Aging in Asia
2016-11-15 - 2016-11-16 | Kitakyushu City, Japan
Date: 15-16 November 2016
Location: Kitakyushu City, Japan

This 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:

Public and private pensions
Long-term care and public and private long-term care insurance
Health care and public and private health insurance
Ageing, labour markets, and human capital formation

Participants 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.
Well-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.

For more information, please visit https://www.adb.org/news/events/aging-asia

Community Driven Development (CDD) training for development practitioners
2016-11-14 - 2016-11-18 | Hanoi, Vietnam
Community Driven Development (CDD) training for development practitioners
Date: 14-18 November 2016
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam

Community 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).
Download:

CDD training brochure
Application form

Cities on the Move
2016-11-04 | okyo, Japan
Cities on the Move
Date: 4 November 2016
Location: Tokyo, Japan

Following 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?
The 2016 edition is organised by the New Cities Foundation with support from X (formerly GoogleX) and Toyota Mobility Foundation.
Read the report here: “Now Arriving: A Connected Mobility Roadmap for Public Transport”

More information can be found at http://www.newcitiesfoundation.org/cities-on-the-move/

The Columbia-Fudan Global Summit on Population Aging
2016-10-17 - 2016-10-19 | Fudan University, Shanghai, China
The Columbia-Fudan Global Summit on Population Aging
Date: 17-19 October 2016
Location: Fudan University, Shanghai, China

The 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.
For more information, please visit the conference website.

2nd Multipartite Regional Meeting on the Financial Security of Older Women in East and Southeast Asia 2016
2016-10-10 - 2016-10-11 | Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore
2nd Multipartite Regional Meeting on the Financial Security of Older Women in East and Southeast Asia 2016
Date: 10-11 October 2016
Location: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel Singapore

The 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:

Global Financial Inclusion Gender Gap
Women’s Financial Security: Stakeholder Response
Innovative Policy Responses with case studies from Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore
Quantifying the Savings Gap: A global research initiative

To learn more about Tsao Foundation, please visit their website.

Expanding Social Protection: Towards Addressing Inequality under ASEAN Integration
2016-10-03 - 2016-10-05 | Vung Tau city, Vietnam
Date: 13-15 October 2016
Location: Vung Tau city, Vietnam
The 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.
Objectives of the workshop are:

Strengthen 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.
Understand the best practices on social protection and be able to apply these in advocating programmes or policies at the national and regional levels.
Identify strategies including coordinated actions of people’s organisations/CSOs to improve social protection especially for the vulnerable groups in the context of ASEAN integration.

HelpAge Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2016
2016-09-06 - 2016-09-08 | Sheraton Hanoi Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
HelpAge Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2016
Date: 6-8 September 2016
Place: Sheraton Hanoi Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam

We are pleased to announce the upcoming HelpAge Asia-Pacific Regional Conference 2016 to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 6-8 September 2016.
The conference is organised by HelpAge International in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the national host, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and
Social Affairs (MOLISA) of Vietnam.

Download brochure
Download poster

For registration and further information visit the conference website www.ageingasiaconf2016.org

Regional Expert Forum on Population Ageing
2016-07-12 - 2016-07-13 | Bangkok, Thailand
Regional Expert Forum on Population Ageing
Date: 12 – 13 Jul 2016
Location: Bangkok, Thailand

The 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.
The objectives of the Forum are as follows:
(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;
(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;
(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).

Concept note and tentative programme can be found on UNESCAP webpage.

International Conference on Social Protection and ASEM 2016: Achieving Social Security for All in Asia and Europe
2016-07-05 - 2016-07-06 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
International Conference on Social Protection and ASEM 2016: Achieving Social Security for All in Asia and Europe
Date: 5-6 July 2016
Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

The 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.
This 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.
Download the conference programme.

For more information on the Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF 11), please visit the AEPF website.

Optimizing Healthcare Quality
2016-06-22 08:00 - 2016-06-24 17:00 UTC | Chiang Mai, Thailand
Optimizing Healthcare Quality
Date: 22-24 June 2016
Venue: Chiang Mai, Thailand

With 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.
This 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.
Important dates:

Early Bird Registration Deadline: 15 March 2016
Regular Registration Deadline: 29 April 2016

For more details, please visit the conference website.

ASEM Expert Forum on Human Rights of Older Persons
2016-06-15 - 2016-06-16 | Seoul, South Korea
ASEM Expert Forum on Human Rights of Older Persons
Date: 15-16 June 2016
Location: Seoul, South Korea

The ASEM Expert Forum on Human Rights of Older Persons will be held in follow-up to the ASEM Conference on Global Ageing and Human Rights of Older Persons which was held in October, 2015 after the approval at the 10th ASEM Summit.
At the ASEM Conference, 300 people from 43 nations participated to share exemplary cases in diverse fields related to human rights of older persons and to discuss cooperative measures. The participants agreed on the need for a forum for public discussion on human rights of older persons at the ASEM level and continued discussion on human rights of older persons. The ASEM Expert Forum on Human Rights of Older Persons, building on the result of the ASEM Conference, will be a platform to share exemplary policies in ASEM member states for major human rights issues of older persons including eradication of the elderly poverty and right to health, review activities of international institutions for promotion of human rights of older persons and discuss measures to further promote human rights of older persons.
For more information please visit http://www.aseminfoboard.org/events/asem-expert-forum-human-rights-older-persons.
