DESA joined a panel discussion on Building Back Better in post-pandemic Asia: Back to the future for older people? (9 March 2021), organized by HelpAge Asia Pacific and Asia Development Bank. Watch event here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knsCqfVlGiI&t=3387s

The shared experience of our global challenges brought to light even more through the pandemic, has proven that we can do more for our aging populations in connecting them to the benefits of ICT’s. The pandemic has exposed critical gaps in our health and care systems, our economies, our cities and communities, our built environments, and our societies – gaps that have had an outsized negative impact on the health and wellbeing of older persons.

In preparation for the 2021 session, the Permanent Forum will conduct informal virtual dialogues with Indigenous Peoples and Member State representatives.

For more information on the regional dialogue on the Arctic, please click here.

Photo by Aningaaq R Carlsen – Visit Greenland.

In preparation for the 2021 session, the Permanent Forum will conduct informal virtual dialogues with Indigenous Peoples and Member State representatives.

For more information on the regional dialogue on North America, please click here.

En preparación para la sesión de 2021, el Foro Permanente llevará a cabo diálogos virtuales informales con representantes de los pueblos indígenas y los Estados Miembros

The aim of this event during the 59th Commission for Social Development (CSocD59) is to show how digital technologies can become a driving force for the inclusion of persons with disabilities. This event aims to initiate a conversation about how digital technologies can advance the rights of persons with disabilities at national and international levels.

In preparation for the 2021 session, the Permanent Forum will conduct informal virtual dialogues with Indigenous Peoples and Member State representatives.

For more information on the regional dialogue on Eastern Europe, Russian Federation, Central Asia and Transcaucasia, please click here

Photo credit: flickr.com/Grid-Arendal (Peter Prokosch)

This webinar, organized by the Global Alliance for the Rights of Older People (GAROP) in partnership with the International Federation on Ageing (IFA), is part of a series of events aimed at mobilizing civil society to undertake crucial national advocacy work in the run-up to the 11th session of the General Assembly for the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons.

The 59th session of the Commission for Social Development will take place from 8 to 17 February 2021 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The theme of the Commission Socially just transition towards sustainable development: the role of digital technologies on social development and well-being of all could not be timelier, as digital technologies have become a ubiquitous and key tool in navigating COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery efforts.

UNDESA's Division for Inclusive Social Development will organize an online webinar on "Economic security as mega-challenge: policy and civil society pathways to change" on 20 January 2021 from 10 am to 11 am with Mr. Anthony Painter.

Mr. Painter will present current research and policy work from the RoyalSociety of Arts (RSA) on economic security, including its links with Covid-19, automation, labour markets and a more comprehensive social contract.

In preparation for the 2021 session, the Permanent Forum will conduct informal virtual dialogues with Indigenous Peoples and Member State representatives.

For more information on the regional dialogue on Asia, please click here.

Photo credit: flickr.com/Ad Gillis