Third Review and Appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing

February 24, 2017

The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), 2002, adopted by the Second World Assembly on Ageing, held in Madrid from 8 to 12 April 2002, requested a systematic review of its implementation as being essential for the Plan’s success in improving the quality of life of older persons. The review and appraisal of the Madrid Plan of Action takes place every five years.

The first review and appraisal was concluded in 2008 with a global review at the Commission for Social Development at its forty-sixth session. The second review and appraisal process started in 2011 and concluded in a global review in 2013 at the Commission for Social Development at its fifty-first session.

To learn more, please visit: www.un.org/development/desa/ageing/3rdreview-mipaa.html

Excerpt from: https://www.un.org/development/desa/ageing/news/2017/02/third-review-and-appraisal-of-the-mipaa/