Modalities for the 5th Review and Appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002

E/RES/2025/8View PDF

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A document of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 20bSocial development, published in 2025.

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3 versions · 2011–2025

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Ageing Persons Programme Implementation Social Development

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Endorses the timeline for carrying out the fifth review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002, as outlined in the report of the Secretary-General, in which, inter alia, it is determined that the global review will take place in 2028, and notes in this regard that 2027 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Second World Assembly on Ageing;

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

Also decides that the global review and appraisal will be held by the Commission for Social Development on the third day of its sixty-sixth session, in 2028, and further decides to invite a representative of older persons to deliver a statement during the opening segment;

Further decides that the global review, subject to the rules of procedure of the Commission, will consist of two meetings, namely, a high-level panel on the outcomes of the fifth review and appraisal, and a multi-stakeholder interactive panel discussion with the Executive Secretaries of the regional commissions;

Invites Member States to identify actions they have taken since the fourth review and appraisal exercise, with the aim of presenting this information to the regional commissions during 2027, 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 fifth 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, taking into consideration that these meetings will coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Second World Assembly on Ageing in 2027;

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 2027;

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;

Invites non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council with relevant expertise to register with the Secretariat to attend the global review;

Invites the United Nations system, including the Inter-Agency Group on Ageing, funds, programmes, specialized agencies and the regional commissions, as well as the international financial institutions, to participate in accordance with the rules of procedure of the functional commission of the Economic and Social Council and contribute to the global review, within their respective mandates;

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 2027;

Encourages 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;

Encourages Member States, international institutions and other stakeholders to support the fifth review and appraisal of the Madrid Plan of Action through voluntary contributions to the United Nations trust fund for ageing;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Commission for Social Development at its sixty-fifth session, in 2027, a report, including an analysis of the preliminary findings of the fifth 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-sixth session, in 2028, a report, including the conclusions of the fifth review and appraisal exercise, together with the identification of prevalent and emerging issues and related policy options.

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