The Global Alliance

The 83rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) will be held in Banjul, The Gambia, from 2 to 22 May 2025. The session will be preceded by the NGO Forum, which will be held in hybrid format from 28 to 30 April 2025.

For more information, click here.

This forthcoming IFA Global Cafe will centre on “Reflecting on the Ageing reality in Brazil,” featuring esteemed guest Mr. Antonio Leitão, Institutional Relations Manager, Instituto de Longevidade MAG (MAG Longevity Institute).

To learn more and to register, click here. 

The NGO Branch, at the Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development in UN DESA, is pleased to invite interested NGOs to a briefing session on applying for ECOSOC consultative status. The session will be conducted on 6 May 2025 from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm (NYT).

The session will provide information on the process of applying for consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Click here to register.

Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario (EAPO) is organising a webinar (part of an ongoing series focused on the issue of the UN convention on the Rights of Older Persons), to share perspectives from the momentous developments at the HRC 58^th in Geneva.

The webinar is scheduled for May 7^th (1-2:30 pm ET) and more details will be shared here in due course.

Click here for more information and to register: Moving Forward with UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons – Elder Abuse Prevention Ontario

This Lunch & Learn webinar on Thursday 8 May to discuss, ‘Dignity in Action – Respecting Older People’s Voices’, will feature presenters that will share their insights into how social workers at Better Place Australia (BPA) are addressing issues such as capacity, misidentification, and client safety.

To learn more and to register, click here. 

This forthcoming IFA Global Cafe will centre on “A Discussion on Research of Canadian Caregivers,” featuring esteemed guest Ms. Ceilagh MacDonald, PhD Candidate, Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology. Science and Practice in Psychology (SAPP) Research Group, MacGill University.

To learn more and to register, click here.

The May ACAP webinar entitled ‘How Universities Can Lead the Way in Age-Inclusivity: The Age-Friendly University Global Network’ will be held on May 13, 2025, 1pm in Sydney/Brisbane/Melbourne

Register here: https://go.hawaii.edu/S48

Check your time zone here.

Did you miss the last webinar? Check out recordings of many of the past ACAP webinars here.

This forthcoming Global Cafe will centre on “From Theory to Practice: Implementing Technologies for Older Adults in Everyday Life,” featuring esteemed guest Ms. Shusmita Rashid, Director of Knowledge Mobilization and Strategic Relations at the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI) and the Baycrest Academy for Research and Education, Board of Directors at the International Federation on Ageing.

To register, click here.

KEY PRESENTATIONS ON:

• The Status of regional and global instruments of Human Rights of Older Persons
• Magnifying the voices of older persons
• Positioning of SGA as an instrument of regional coalition for united and coordinated perspectives for negotiations.
• Highlights on 4th Review & Appraisal of MIPAA and Plan for 5th 2026.
• Healthy Ageing and Africa’s ageing population trends

The 83rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) will be held in Banjul, The Gambia, from 2 to 22 May 2025. The session will be preceded by the NGO Forum, which will be held in hybrid format from 28 to 30 April 2025.

For more information, click here.

BAGSO is pleased to invite you to the upcoming online event “Daring new communities: Living solidarity in an individualised society”, which will take place on 22nd May 2025 from 14.30 to 16.30 CEST.

This online event from BAGSO’s series “An engaged civil society as engine for an age-friendly society: an international exchange”, brings together representatives of civil society from the UNECE region to present inspiring examples of successful new communities and intergenerational initiatives. Together, we want to discuss how such initiatives can be strengthened and disseminated, both in urban and rural areas.

The series of events is organised by the Secretariat for International Policy on Ageing of the German National Association of Senior Citizens’ Organisations (BAGSO) – in cooperation with the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the NGO Committee on Ageing Geneva and AGE Platform Europe. The series is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ).

Event languages are German and English, with simultaneous translation. Participation in the event is free of charge.

The programme and registration information can be found on the website of BAGSO.

To directly register

This forthcoming IFA Global Cafe will centre on “Health equity among older adults,” featuring esteemed guest Prof. Jolene Skordis, Professor of Economics, Vice Dean (International and Advancement): Faculty of Population Health Sciences, Head of the Research Department for Environmental and Community Health, UCL Institute for Global Health.

To learn more and to register, click here. 

This webinar is part of the What the new Aged Care Act means for you series. The new Support at Home program will replace the Home Care Packages (HCP) program and Short-Term Restorative Care (STRC) programme from 1 July 2025. Join our panel of experts to explore how these changes will affect what you pay for Support at Home.

To learn more and to register, click here.