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This national conference is organised by DadiDada Foundation and will take place on 1st October, International Day of Older Persons.

In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) and the 30th Anniversary of the UN International Day of Older Persons (UNIDOP), this inaugural virtual celebration unites UN officials and leaders in the fields of ageing and beyond to address the call to action for a Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020-2030.

Click here to view the program with details of speakers and sponsors.

Click here to register.

This online interactive 30th Anniversary Celebration of UNIDOP event is free of charge and will be broadcast live via the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/intfedageing/).

The event recording will be made available to all registered participants following the event.

The International Day of Older Persons, celebrated annually on October 1st, is an occasion to highlight the participation of older persons in society and raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges of ageing in today’s world with a human rights-based approach. The theme for 2020 is “Pandemics: Do They Change How We Address Age and Ageing?”

Connected to this year’s theme is preparations for the launch of the Decade of Healthy Ageing. The proposal for a Decade of Healthy Ageing was recently endorsed by the World Health Assembly on 3 August 2020 and referred to the UN Secretary General for consideration by the UNGA.

This high-level virtual event will take place on 1st October from 14:00-15:00 CET (Geneva time). It is organised by the UNFPA, the OHCHR, the WHO and the NGO Committee on Ageing Geneva.

Click here to see the concept note with further details of how to access the livestream of the event.

This webinar is part of the IFA Virtual Town Hall Series and will be held on Friday 2nd October at 07:00 Eastern Time (US and Canada).

For more information and to register, click here.

This webinar is organised by the Development Welfare and Research Foundation (DWRF) in collaboration with Senior Citizens Club Gurugram and Das Senior Citizens Organisation, Delhi. It will take place on Friday 2nd October from 11:00-1:00om local time and will focus on coping strategies for healthy and happy ageing.

Join through Google Meet here: meet.google.com/tbp-keot-jne

This International Seminar (in Spanish) is organised by the HelpAge International Southern Subregional Network in Latin America to commemorate the International Day of Older Persons. It will involve a series of four web seminars every Tuesday throughout October and will focus on lessons learnt from COVID-19 and strengthening the rights of older people in Latin America.  Topics to be covered include:

• Unwanted solitude
• Good treatment and the elderly during the pandemic
• Humanized death
• Participation and new forms of citizenship

This webinar is part of the IFA Virtual Town Hall Series and will be held on Friday 9th October at 07:00 Eastern Time (US and Canada).

For more information and to register, click here.

Alzheimer’s Disease International, Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance (WHPCA) and HelpAge International are coming together to host a vital webinar on key issues emerging around dementia care and palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar will take place on Monday 12th October at 08:00 EDT / 13:00 BST / 22:30 ACST.

Find out more and register here.

This international series of seminars is organised by the University of Buenos Aires in collaboration with various NGO partners. It will take place over six days between 12th October to 16th November. Topics to be covered include:

• Rights and non-discrimination
• Autonomy and Independent Living
• Inclusion and Relations between Generations
• Care and Feminization
• Women and Social Security
• Violence and Access to Justice

Download the full flyer with details of all six events here.

Click here to register.

Use these links to access:

• https://www.facebook.com/giojaderechouba
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWq9Bax1Ov7yIRLUs5POTFg

This International Seminar (in Spanish) is organised by the HelpAge International Southern Subregional Network in Latin America to commemorate the International Day of Older Persons. It will involve a series of four web seminars every Tuesday throughout October and will focus on lessons learnt from COVID-19 and strengthening the rights of older people in Latin America.  Topics to be covered include:

• Unwanted solitude
• Good treatment and the elderly during the pandemic
• Humanized death
• Participation and new forms of citizenship

This webinar is part of the IFA Virtual Town Hall Series and will be held on Friday 16th October at 07:00 Eastern Time (US and Canada).

For more information and to register, click here.

This International Seminar (in Spanish) is organised by the HelpAge International Southern Subregional Network in Latin America to commemorate the International Day of Older Persons. It will involve a series of four web seminars every Tuesday from 14:00-16:00 Argentina time throughout October and will focus on lessons learnt from COVID-19 and strengthening the rights of older people in Latin America.  Topics to be covered include:

• Unwanted solitude
• Good treatment and the elderly during the pandemic
• Humanized death
• Participation and new forms of citizenship

You can view the flyer for the event on 20th October below and click here to register: bit.ly/helpage13oct

In partnership with HelpAge International, AARP, Ghana Statistical Services, UNDP, and WHO, DESA is co-organizing a session on “Older People’s Experiences in Real Life and Data” in the framework of the UN World Data Forum. The session is on 21st October at 10:00am New York time and will:

• Explore information required to understand the impact of the pandemic on the wellbeing and rights of older people
• Examine systemic barriers to better data on older women and men
• Identify actions members of the data community can jointly take to improve availability of data on older people for inclusive response and recovery

Read more on the UN DESA website.

Get your ticket here.

This webinar is part of the IFA Virtual Town Hall Series and will be held on Friday 23rd October at 07:00 Eastern Time (US and Canada).

For more information and to register, click here.

This International Seminar (in Spanish) is organised by the HelpAge International Southern Subregional Network in Latin America to commemorate the International Day of Older Persons. It will involve a series of four web seminars every Tuesday throughout October and will focus on lessons learnt from COVID-19 and strengthening the rights of older people in Latin America.  Topics to be covered include:

• Unwanted solitude
• Good treatment and the elderly during the pandemic
• Humanized death
• Participation and new forms of citizenship

You can see the speakers on the flyer to the left for this seminar on ‘Participation and new forms of citizenship’ on Tuesday 27th October from 14:00-16:00 (Argentina time).

Registration is essential, please register here.

This international series of seminars is organised by the University of Buenos Aires in collaboration with various NGO partners. It will take place over six days between 12th October to 16th November. Topics to be covered include:

• Rights and non-discrimination
• Autonomy and Independent Living
• Inclusion and Relations between Generations
• Care and Feminization
• Women and Social Security
• Violence and Access to Justice

Download the full flyer with details of all six events here.

Click here to register.

Use these links to access:

• https://www.facebook.com/giojaderechouba
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWq9Bax1Ov7yIRLUs5POTFg

This webinar is part of a series by the UN International Institute on Ageing and will be held on 28th October at 13:00 Central European time.

You can see the flyer below. Click here for more information and click here to register for this particular session.

This webinar is organised by the Older Persons Advocacy Network Australia and will take place on Wednesday 28th October from 3pm-4pm AEDT.  COVID-19 has made life challenging for many and older Australians, their families, and those working in aged care have been some of the worst impacted. In response, the Federal Government has invested $12.4 million in a Grief and Trauma Response package to provide support for older Australians, their families, and aged care staff who have been affected by COVID-19.

This webinar aims to ensure that everyone who needs support from this Response package can access it.

To find out more and register, click here.

This webinar (in Spanish) on “Dignified Death in Colombia” organised by DescLAB will take place on Wednesday, October 28th at 6:00 PM (Colombia time). The webinar will focus on the advances in the right to die with dignity and, particularly, to have access to euthanasia in a legal way. This is one of the issues on which Colombia has made significant progress in terms of legislation.

DescLAB will also launch its publication “Death with Dignity in Colombia”, which is an effort to systematize the history of judicial activism that has covered the law in the last 25 years and the challenges faced in guaranteeing it.

You can view the flyer below and register for the webinar here.

The publication can be consulted here.