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The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and the Political Declaration adopted at the Second World Assembly on Ageing in April 2002 mark a turning point in how the world addresses the key challenge of “building a society for all ages”.
The Madrid Plan of Action offers a bold new agenda for handling the issue of ageing in the 21st-century. It focuses on three priority areas: older persons and development; advancing health and well-being into old age; and ensuring enabling and supportive environments. It is a resource for policymaking, suggesting ways for Governments, non-governmental organizations,and other actors to reorient the ways in which their societies perceive, interact with and care for their older citizens. And it represents the first time Governments agreed to link questions of ageing to other frameworks for social and economic development and human rights, most notably those agreed at the United Nations conferences and summits of the past decade.
Click on the links below to download the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing:
Madrid International Plan Action on Ageing 2002-Arabic
Madrid International Plan Action on Ageing 2002-Chinese
Madrid International Plan Action on Ageing 2002-English
Madrid International Plan Action on Ageing 2002-French