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United Nations Expert Group Meeting on "Measuring population ageing: Bridging research and policy"

Bangkok, Thailand, 25-26 February 2019

Overview

the Population Division the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the International Institute for Applied System Analysis (IIASA), and Chulalongkorn University, in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), are organizing an international expert group meeting on “Measuring Population Ageing: Bridging Research and Policy”, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 25 to 26 February 2019. The purpose of the meeting is to bring together experts to discuss key questions related to the measurement of population ageing, including discussion of traditional and new concepts and methods, and to assess their scope and limitations to support national policy design and implementation, as well as the regional and global review of progress in the achievement of internationally agreed development goals, as noted above. Experts from governmental and international organizations, from research institutions as well as civil society organizations will be invited to discuss the applicability of various measures of ageing in different contexts as well as their suitability to change the image of ageing in societies.

Documents

  • Event announcement
  • Concept note
  • Agenda
  • Bios
  • Media advisory
  • Report of the meeting

Organization of work

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25 February 2019
8:00 - 8:45 Registration
8:45 - 9:30 Opening (Kanokwan Tangchitnusorn & Yot Amornkitvikai, Chulalongkorn University, Masters of Ceremony)
  • Welcome: Bundhit Eua-arporn, President of Chulalongkorn University
  • Welcome: Danucha Pichayanan, Deputy Secretary General, Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council
  • Welcome: Karoline Schmid, DESA-Population Division & Sabine Henning, Social Development Division, ESCAP
  • Welcome: Sergei Scherbov, IIASA
9:30 - 11:00 Session 1: Different measures of ageing
Chair: Karoline Schmid, DESA
  1. Presentation: New measures of population ageing (30 min.)
    Sergei Scherbov, IIASA
  2. Presentation: Alpha‐ages based on constant vs. varying characteristics (15 min.)
    Zhen Zhang, Fudan University
  3. Presentation: Additional measurement concepts of ageing (15 min.)
    Ritu Sadana, WHO
  Discussion (30 min.)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00 Session 2: Ageing in the global development agenda
Chair: Sabine Henning, ESCAP
 
  1. Presentation: Conceptual considerations for measuring ageing in the context of MIPAA and Agenda 2030 (15 min.)
    Amal Abou Rafeh, Division for Inclusive Social Development/DESA
  2. Presentation: The Titchfield City Group on Ageing (15 min.)
    Storey Angele, Office of National Statistics, United Kingdom; Titchfield City Group on Ageing
  3. Presentation: Leaving no one behind – Measurement Issues (15 min.)
    Patricia Conboy, HelpAge International
  4. Presentation: tbd (15 min.)
    Keisuke Nakashima, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
  Discussion (30 minutes)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 15:30 Session 3: Using different measures of ageing: Country case studies
Chair: Sergei Scherbov, IIASA
 
  1. Presentation: Ageing in Thailand (15 min.)
    Vipan Prachuabmoh, College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University
  2. Presentation: Dynamically adjusted pension age. Coping with age inflation by lifetime indexing in selected Scandinavian and continental EU countries (15 min.)
    Bernd Marin, European Bureau for Policy Consulting and Social Research
  3. Presentation: Ageing in Malaysia (15 min.)
    Tengku Aizan Hamid, Universiti Putra
  4. Presentation: Ageing in Latin America: heterogeneous timings and implications (15 min.)
    Silvia Elena Giorguli Saucedo, El Colegio de México
  Discussion (30 min.)
15:30 - 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 - 17:15 Session 4: Ageing and the media
Moderator: Bernd Marin, European Bureau for Policy Consulting and Social Research
  Panel discussion:
‐ Simon Cox, The Economist
‐ Elizabeth Isele, The Global Institute for Experienced Entrepreneurship
‐ Steven Petrow, The Washington Post
‐ Paola Scommegna, Population Reference Bureau
 
26 February 2019
  Welcome by Chula
9:00 - 10:30 Session 5: Case studies: SDG3 – Good health and well‐being
Chair: Sorapop Kiatpongsan, College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University
 
  1. Presentation: Rural‐urban health disparities among older adults in South Africa (15 min.)
    Karl Peltzer, Ton Duc Thang University & North‐West University
  2. Presentation: Health and dependency (15 min.)
    Carol Jagger, Newcastle University
  3. Presentation: Older people’s health and care needs in the Middle East: policy and practice perspectives within changing population (15 min.)
    Shereen Hussein, University of Kent
  Discussion (30 minutes)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30 Session 6: Case studies: SDG8 – Decent work and economic growth
Chair: Sandrine A. Koissy‐Kpein, DESA
 
  1. Presentation: Ageing and economic growth: Measures, effects and policies (15 min.)
    Jesus Crespo Cuaresma, Vienna University of Economics and Business & IIASA
  2. Presentation: Untapped work capacity among old persons and their potential contributions to the "Silver Dividend" in Japan (15 min.)
    Naohiro Ogawa, University of Tokyo
  3. Presentation: Myths of an ageing society (15 min.)
    Andrew Scott, London Business School
  4. Presentation: Quantifying economic dependency (15 min.)
    Alexia Fürnkranz‐Prskawetz, Vienna Institute of Demography & IIASA
  Discussion (30 min.)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 - 15:00 Session 7: Case studies: SDG1: Reduce poverty and increase social protection for older persons
Chair: Wiraporn Pothisiri, College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University
 
  1. Presentation: Social protection for older persons in Fiji (15 min.)
    Dilitina M. Baleinabuli, Ministry of Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Suva
  2. Presentation: Understanding patterns and dynamics of later life poverty in urban slum settings, Kenya (15 min.)
    Razak Gyasi, African Population Health and Research Center (APHRC)
  3. Presentation: Population ageing and the need for social protection in Asia and the Pacific (15 min.)
    Vanessa Steinmayer, UN ESCAP
  4. Presentation: Expanding financial protection and care services in the developing world: Status and challenges (15 min.)
    Philip O’Keefe, World Bank, East Asia and Pacific Region
  Discussion (30 min.)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 - 17:00 Session 8: Recommendations – evidence‐based policies on ageing or Ageing and public policy
Moderator: Landis MacKellar, Population Council
 
  1. Presentation: New measures of ageing and policy implications (15 min.)
    Stuart Gietel‐Basten, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  2. Panel discussion:
    ‐ Warren Sanderson, IIASA
    ‐ Wolfgang Lutz, IIASA
    ‐ Plenee Grace J. Castillo, Philippine Statistics Authority
    ‐ Selash Pasali, UN Economic Commission for Africa
  Discussion
17:00 - 17:15 Closing
Karoline Schmid, DESA-Population Division and Sergei Scherbov, IIASA

Other Relevant Websites

  • IIASA event page
  • Sustainable Development Goal indicators website

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