ESCAP offers different venues and platforms for governments and non-government stakeholders, including civil society organizations, trade unions, the private sector and others to meet and discuss
ESCAP provides the most inclusive platform for governments to meet and discuss social development issues in Asia and the Pacific. It also organizes expert group meetings, capacity-building workshops and related events.
Event calendar
Population and Development at the 75th Session of the ESCAP Commission
The 75th Session of the ESCAP Commission will focus on the theme of “Empowering People and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”. In line with this theme, the Commission will review the outcome of the Midterm Review of the Asian and Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development.
Expert Group Meeting on the Proposed Regional Action Plan to Implement the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Ageing: Empowering Older Persons in ASEAN
Population ageing is one of the mega-trends affecting sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region as a whole as well as in South-East Asia. In South-East Asia, older persons are currently the fastest growing population cohort, growing at around 5 per cent a year.
Workshop on “Using ICTs to support older persons in managing chronic diseases”
Population ageing is one of the megatrends affecting sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region. In the region, the number of older persons is expected to increase from an estimated 548 million in 2019 to nearly 1.3 billion by 2050. By then, one in four people in the region is expected to be over 60 years old.
High-level Panel on Key Findings and Recommendations of the Regional Conferences on Population and Development
The Asia-Pacific region is home to more than 60 per cent of the world’s population and is undergoing profound demographic shifts with important implications for sustainable development in the region. In 2018, ESCAP, along with other regional commissions of the United Nations, undertook regional reviews of progress towards the policies and actions laid out in the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development.
Blogs and Op-eds
Building a future-ready society so people can live long and age well
Strengthening social health protection for health coverage for all ages
Adding Life to Years – Demographic Change in Asia and the Pacific
Latest News
ESCAP launches survey to member States for the Fifth Asia-Pacific Review and Appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing
ESCAP supported the Government of Maldives in the launch of a new policy on ageing
