Shanghai Implementation Strategy: regional implementation strategy for the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing 2002 and the Macao Plan of Action on Ageing for Asia and the Pacific 1999

Regional implementation strategy aiming to provide guidelines on the implementation of commitments on ageing made under the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing 2002 and the Macao Plan of Action on Ageing for Asia and the Pacific.

Key actions include:

• promotion of regional and international cooperation to support national implementation processes
• facilitating more inter-disciplinary and inter-sectoral collaboration among relevant organizations in the region
• promoting inter-country exchanges of information and experience on ageing through participation in sub-regional, regional and inter-regional activities, including South-to-South cooperation
• promoting the inclusion of ageing-related issues in policies, programmes and meetings of all relevant regional bodies
• encouragement of United Nations bodies and agencies and other international organisations to appoint and/or strengthen focal points on ageing, conduct training activities and support advocacy aimed at the mainstreaming of ageing issues in development policies and programmes
• strengthening of the role of ESCAP as the United National regional focal point on ageing and promote its role in providing technical assistance and advisory services as well as coordinating regional activities on ageing
• supporting regular review by ESCAP, as specified in the Macao Plan of Action on Ageing for Asia and the Pacific, of national policies on ageing and implementation of international and regional commitments on ageing through regional surveys and review meetings
• supporting ESCAP in its role of facilitating the development of a regional network on ageing