Modalities for the 3rd Review and Appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002

E/RES/2015/5View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 19b Social development, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2011–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is E/RES/2025/8

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	E/RES/2025/8	Modalities for the 5th review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002	1,330	57%Compare
2015	E/RES/2015/5	Modalities for the 3rd review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002	861	—
2011	E/RES/2011/28	Modalities for the 2nd review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002	—	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

3 reports · 2011–2017

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2017	E/CN.5/2018/4	3rd review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002 report of the Secretary-General	E/RES/2015/5
2016	E/CN.5/2017/6	Third review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002 : preliminary assessment report of the Secretary-General	E/RES/2015/5
2011	E/CN.5/2012/5	2nd review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2012 report of the Secretary-General	E/RES/2011/28

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Ageing Ageing Persons Capacity Building Demographic Ageing Programme Evaluation Regional Commissions Regional Cooperation

What’s in this document?

17 operative paragraphs

Endorses the timeline for carrying out the third review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002,Error: Reference source not found as outlined in the report of the Secretary-General,Error: Reference source not found which, inter alia, determines that the global review will take place in 2018;

Decides that the procedure for the third review and appraisal of the Madrid Plan of Action will follow the set procedure of the second review and appraisal exercise;

Invites Member States to identify actions they have taken since the second review and appraisal exercise, with the aim of presenting this information to the regional commissions during 2017, and invites each Member State to decide for itself the actions or activities it intends to review, utilizing a bottom-up participatory approach;

Encourages Member States to establish or strengthen a national coordinating body or mechanism, as appropriate, in order to, inter alia, facilitate the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action, including its review and appraisal;

Also encourages Member States to utilize more fully, within their specific national circumstances, a bottom-up participatory approach to the review and appraisal of the Madrid Plan of Action by inviting, inter alia, organizations of older persons to participate in the review processes at the national and regional levels by submitting the views of their members on the implementation of the Plan of Action and on regional plans of action;

Invites Member States to consider utilizing, in their national review and appraisal exercises, a combination of quantitative and participatory qualitative data-gathering and analysis, including, where appropriate, sharing of best practices in such data collection;

Requests the regional commissions to continue to facilitate the review and appraisal exercise at the regional level, including through consultation with relevant regional bodies, as appropriate, by, inter alia:

Providing assistance to Member States, upon request, in the organization of their national review and appraisal exercises;

Organizing regional review meetings;

Using an inclusive and coordinated approach in relation to the participation of civil society in the planning and evaluation processes of the review and appraisal exercise;

Promoting networking and the sharing of information and experiences;

Providing an analysis of the main findings, identifying key priority action areas and good practices and suggesting policy responses by 2017;

Requests the United Nations system to continue to support Member States in their national review and appraisal efforts by providing, upon their request, technical assistance for capacity-building;

Encourages Member States and United Nations organizations, where appropriate, to provide support to the regional commissions in facilitating the review and appraisal process and in organizing regional meetings to review national review and appraisal results in 2017;

Invites Member States and the United Nations system, including the agencies, funds and programmes of the system, to take concrete measures to mainstream ageing issues, including the views of older persons, into their own programming and existing United Nations mandates;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission for Social Development at its fifty-fifth session, in 2017, a report, including an analysis of the preliminary findings of the third review and appraisal exercise, together with an identification of prevalent and emerging issues and related policy options;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission at its fifty-sixth session, in 2018, a report, including the conclusions of the third review and appraisal exercise, together with the identification of prevalent and emerging issues and related policy options.

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