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Open-ended Working Group on Ageing
for the purpose of strengthening the protection
of the human rights of older persons

Side Events - Tenth Working Session

Download the Draft List of Side Events (as of 18 April 2019)

Monday, 15 April 2019

Title: Daily Briefing for NGOs
Conference Room: CR B | 9:00 – 9:45 am
Organizers: Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People and NGO Committees on Ageing, NY, Geneva, Vienna

Live Webcast Title: Live Well, Learn Well: an International Inter-sectoral Discussion on Income Security and Lifelong Learning
Conference Room: CR 7 | 1:15 – 2:30 pm
Organizers: International Longevity Centre Canada
Flyer | Concept Note | Live webcast: webtv.un.org

Title: ‘Our Voices, Our Rights!’ – What Older People Say about the Normative Elements of their Right to Autonomy and Independence
Conference Room:CR B | 1:15 – 2:30 pm
Organizers: Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People; Permanent Mission of Rwanda
Flyer | Concept Note

Title: Building Collaboration for a UN Decade of Healthy Ageing
Conference Room: CR B | 3:00 – 4:15 pm
Organizers: WHO; UNDESA and OHCHR
Flyer | Concept Note

Tuesday, 16 April, 2019

Title: Morning Briefing for NGOs
Conference Room: CR B | 9:00 – 9:45 am
Organizers: Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People and NGO Committees on Ageing, NY, Geneva, Vienna

Title: Towards a Comprehensive Architecture of Social Rights in Old Age
Conference Room: CR B | 11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Organizers: HelpAge Deutschland
Flyer | Concept Note

Title: What Happens in Between? New Developments Discussed in International Meetings and Their Implications for the OEWGA
Conference Room: CR 7 | 1:15 – 2:30 pm
Organizers: Permanent Mission of Austria
Flyer | Concept Note

Title: Financing The Right to Society security for older persons: challenges and policy options to expand coverage
Conference Room: CR 9 | 1:15 – 2:30 pm
Organizers: Portugal, Slovenia, OIT and OHCHR
Flyer | Concept Note

Title: The Normative Elements of a Right to Palliative Care for Older Persons
Conference Room: CR B | 1:15 – 2:30 pm
Organizers: International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
Flyer | Concept Note

Wednesday, 17 April, 2019

Title: Morning Briefing for NGOs
Conference Room: CR B | 9:00 – 9:45 am
Organizers: Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People and NGO Committees on Ageing, NY, Geneva, Vienna

Live WebcastTitle: Stakeholder Group on Ageing Africa: Our Context –
Autonomy Independence and Rights of Older Persons
Conference Room: CR 7 | 1:15 – 2:30 pm
Organizers: UNDESA; DOF; IFA; HelpAge International and INPEA
Flyer | Concept Note | Live webcast: webtv.un.org

Title: Ageism: Where Are We? What Is Next?
Conference Room: CR D | 1:15 – 2:30 pm
Organizers: European Union; HelpAge International; WHO and AGE Platform Europe
Flyer | Concept Note

 

Thursday, 18 April, 2019

Title: Morning Briefing for NGOs
Conference Room: CR B | 9:00 – 9:45 am
Organizers: Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People and NGO Committees on Ageing, NY, Geneva, Vienna

Title: Education Doesn’t End with Childhood
Conference Room: CR B | 11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Organizers: International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Flyer| Concept Note

Why it Matters: Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Older Persons

Live Webcast Title: Why it Matters: Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Older Persons
Conference Room: CR 7 | 1:15 – 2:30 pm
Organizers: UNDESA; Permanent Mission of Japan; ITU and AARP
Flyer | Concept Note | Bios | Live webcast: webtv.un.org

Title: Exploring the Normative Elements of the Right to Autonomy and Independence
Conference Room: CR B | 1:15 – 2:30 pm
Organizers: HelpAge International; National Association of Community Legal Centres Australia; AGE Platform Europe
Flyer | Concept Note


 

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