Modalities for the 4th Review and Appraisal of the Implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002

E/RES/2020/8View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 19b Social development, published in 2020.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2021–2022

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2022	E/CN.5/2023/6	Fourth review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002 report of the Secretary-General		E/RES/2020/8
2021	E/CN.5/2022/4	Preliminary Assessment of the 4th review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002 report of the Secretary-General		E/RES/2020/8

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Ageing Ageing Persons Social Policy Social Services

What’s in this document?

19 operative paragraphs

Endorses the timeline for carrying out the fourth review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002,1 as outlined in the report of the Secretary-General,9 in which, inter alia, it is determined that the global review will take place in 2023;

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

Invites Member States to identify actions they have taken since the third review and appraisal exercise, with the aim of presenting this information to the regional commissions during 2022, 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, civil society, including organizations of older persons, to participate in the fourth review and appraisal cycle at the national and regional levels by submitting their views on the implementation of the Plan of Action and on regional plans of action, and further encourages Member States to consider providing adequate assistance for the participation of civil society in the review and appraisal;

Invites Member States to consider collecting and utilizing, in their national review and appraisal exercises, a combination of quantitative and participatory qualitative data gathering and analysis, disaggregated by age and also, when necessary, by other relevant factors, including sex and disability, and, 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;

Assisting Member States, upon request, in following up on analysis resulting from the regional reviews;

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 2022;

Assisting and providing advice to Governments, upon their request, within existing resources, in the gathering, synthesis and analysis of information, as well as in the presentation of the findings of national reviews and appraisals;

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 2022;

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 sixtieth session, in 2022, a report, including an analysis of the preliminary findings of the fourth 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 sixty-first session, in 2023, a report, including the conclusions of the fourth review and appraisal exercise, together with the identification of prevalent and emerging issues and related policy options.

18 June 2020

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