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IDOP 2011
International Day of Older Persons
October 6, 2011
"Launch of Madrid+10: The Growing Opportunities and Challenges of Global Ageing"
2012 will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Second World Assembly on Ageing and its important outcome document, the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA). In anticipation, this year's International Day of Older Persons is devoted to presenting ways in which MIPAA has affected changes in attitudes, policies and programmes that have had a positive impact on the lives of older persons and how MIPAA can continue to provide a blueprint for building on the achievements of the past decade for a rapidly growing, diverse global ageing population in a changing world.
The objectives of this International Day of Older Persons are, therefore, to:
1. Recognize the role of older persons as participants and agents of change in working to
fulfill the goals of MIPAA.
2. Identify innovative initiatives and strategies undertaken by governments and non-
governmental organizations that address the objectives of MIPAA.
3. Review the recommendations for action set forth in MIPAA in 2002 and reexamine them in light of world issues such as climate change, migration and technological advancements, and economic security.