The present guidelines have been produced to assist national Governments in carrying out a bottom-up review and appraisal of the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002. The intention of this publication is not to offer a set of rigid instructions, but rather to serve as a source of ideas and practical examples that could help Governments design and conduct their own review and appraisal projects.

The guidelines are primarily intended for use by national focal points on ageing – which are very often single-person offices responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring national policy on ageing, including the implementation of Madrid Plan of Action. These guidelines were prepared in order to help national focal points on ageing organize and facilitate the process of review and appraisal of the Madrid Plan of Action.

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