Expert Insights
“Expert insights” is a twelve-episode interview video series featuring experts on population ageing from Asia and the Pacific. The series showcases good practices on population ageing and provides policy recommendations. Viewers can gain valuable insights into emerging challenges, innovative solutions and policy approaches that are helping to build more inclusive and age-friendly societies in the Asia-Pacific region.

Episodes
Episode 1 - Challenges faced by Older Persons in Asia and the Pacific
This first episode is part of the series on ‘responding to challenges and opportunities of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific’. The video focuses on older persons’ limited access to public services and lack of social engagement, with an insight into the Pacific islands context.

Episode 2 - Legal and Rights-Based Approaches for Older Persons
This second episode is part of the series on ‘responding to challenges and opportunities of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific’. The video covers the efforts to promote legal and rights-based approaches for older persons, with perspective from the Philippines.

Episode 3 - Stakeholder Engagement in Ageing Policies
This third episode is part of the series on ‘responding to challenges and opportunities of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific’. The video looks at the steps taken to try and engage stakeholders in the ageing policy process across the Asia-Pacific region.

Episode 4 - Evidence-based Ageing Policies
This fourth episode is part of the series on ‘responding to challenges and opportunities of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific’. The video highlights the importance of disaggregated data in informing the ageing policy processes, with insight from the Maldives and Malaysia.

Episode 5 - Economic and Fiscal Strategies for Ageing Societies
This fifth episode is part of the series on ‘responding to challenges and opportunities of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific’. The video explores examples of how National Transfer Accounts (NTA’s) and National Inclusion Accounts (NIA’s) are being used for policy making in ageing societies across the Asia-Pacific region.

Episode 6 - Universal Healthcare and Healthy Ageing
This sixth episode is part of the series on ‘responding to challenges and opportunities of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific’. The video provides expert analysis into the structuring of health care systems in order to promote healthy ageing for societies across the Asia-Pacific region.

Episode 7 - Innovative Long-term Care Models
This seventh episode is part of the series on ‘responding to challenges and opportunities of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific’. The video explores the implementation of long-term care models from a multi-country perspective.

Episode 8 - Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Digital Innovation
This eighth episode is part of the series on ‘responding to challenges and opportunities of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific’. The video covers the application of digital literacy courses for older persons with perspectives provided from both Thailand and China.

Episode 9 - Social Inclusion and Employment
This ninth episode is part of the series on ‘responding to challenges and opportunities of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific’. The video looks at the social participation of older persons from a CSO perspective as well as through national policies and programmes in Malaysia and Thailand.

Episode 10 - Climate Change and Emergency Situations
This tenth episode is part of the series on ‘responding to challenges and opportunities of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific’. The video explains the contributions of older persons in combatting climate change and how the Maldives ensured vulnerable and older persons were prioritized in emergency situations.

Episode 11 - Policy Shifts and Regional Cooperation
This eleventh episode is part of the series on ‘responding to challenges and opportunities of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific’. The video explains how regional cooperation and policy shifts are taking place to support the sustainable development of ageing societies.

Episode 12 - Mainstreaming Ageing and Implementation Plans
This twelfth episode is part of the series on ‘responding to challenges and opportunities of population ageing in Asia and the Pacific’. The video explores the mainstreaming of ageing across the Asia-Pacific region, in addition to national implementation plans and strategies to support ageing populations throughout the Philippines.

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
