DATE: 3 October 2022
TIME: 13:30 - 16:00 CEST

In 1990, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish October 1st as the International Day of Older People [IDOP] (GA Res. 45/106). Each year, the Vienna-based Committee on Ageing organizes a commemoration event around that date.

This year’s Vienna event will be celebrated in the afternoon of Monday, October 3rd, 2022 in the OJAB-Haus (Untere Augartenstrasse 31, 1020 Wien). The general theme of the upcoming UN-IDOP is “The Resilience and Contributions of Older Women.”

There are four sub-topics to be addressed by invited speakers, following the keynote speech by Austria’s Minister for Social Affairs, Mr. Johannes Rauch:

1) Ageing – So What? Mainstreaming Getting Older (Confirmed Speaker: Dr. Alexandre Sidorenko, Senior Advisor, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna);

2) Older Persons: Strengthening Resilience to Mental Health Issues (Confirmed Speaker: Dr. Monika Zavis, Comenius University, Bratislavia, Slovakia);

3) Care and Caring in Europe: Common Challenges – Common Solutions? (Confirmed Speaker: Mr. Stecy Yghemonos, Executive Director Eurocarers, Brussels);

4) The Impact of Climate Change on Older People (Confirmed Speaker: Dr. Andrea Schmidt, Head of Department, Austrian National Public Health Institute, Vienna)

There will also be pre-recorded video greeting message from Dr. Monika Vana, MEP, Leader of the Austrian Green party delegation in the European Parliament, Brussels.

NOTE: The event starts at 13:30 hours and finishes at 16:00 hours, after which refreshments will be served. There is an opportunity to follow the parallel IDOP event at UN headquarters which starts at 10:00 hours New York time (= 16:00 hours Vienna time) via a large TV screen at the OJAB-Haus.

There will also be a short musical intermezzo while refreshments are being served.

Please register your intention to attend the commemoration not later than September 30th, 2022 at rita.assogna@yahoo.de.