Expert group meeting on policy responses to population ageing and population decline

The Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), with financial support provided by the National Institute on Aging of the United States, organized an expert group meeting on policy responses to population ageing and population decline. The meeting took place in New York City from 16 to 18 October 2000. The meeting was organized in follow up to the publication of the report Replacement Migration: Is it a Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations? by the Population Division in March 2000. 

The meeting aimed to investigate the consequences of projected population decline and population ageing as well as the policy responses to cope with such demographic changes. In particular, the meeting (1) reviewed the demographic prospects of countries and regions during the next half-century, (2) identified the consequences of population decline and population ageing, and (3) examine various policy options that Governments might adopt to cope with such unprecedented demographic challenges.

Monday, 16 October 2000

9:00  

Registration

10:00  – 1:00

Morning session

I. Opening of the meeting

• Mr. Joseph Chamie, United Nations Population Division. Welcoming

II. Panel discussion

• Mr. Makoto Atoh, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan

• Mr. Paul Demeny, Population Council, United States

• Ms. Charlotte Hoehn, Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany

III. Review of demographic trends and prospects

• Ms. Hania Zlotnik, United Nations Population Division. Introduction

15:00 – 18:00

Afternoon session

IV. Consequences and problems

•  Mr. Jean-Claude Chesnais, Institute National d’Etudes Démographiques. Introduction

Tuesday, 17 October 2000

10:00 – 13:00  

Morning Session

Continuation of item IV

V. Policy options

• Mr. Anatoly Zoubanov, United Nations Population Division. Introduction

A. Policies Relating to Determinants of Demographic Changes

1. Fertility

• Introduction by Mr. Antonio Golini, Universita di Roma

2. Health/Mortality

• Ms. Namhoon Cho (Korea Institute of Health and Social Affairs. Introduction

3. International Migration

• Ms. Ellen Brennan-Galvin, United Nations Population Division. Introduction

B. Policies Relating to Consequences of Demographic Changes

• Mr. Michael Teitelbaum, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Introduction

Wednesday, 18 October 2000

10:00 –13:00  

Morning session

VI. Future research

VII. Consultations, discussion and follow-up

15:00 – 18:00 

Afternoon Session 

Continuation of item VII

VIII. Conclusion and closing of the formal sessions

• Summary by the rapporteur