Good Practices

Database of good practices

This database includes good practices from countries and territories in Asia and the Pacific for implementing the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing. The policies reflected in this database are based on submissions from ESCAP members and associate members through various channels, including secretariat surveys, and supplemented by research conducted by ESCAP staff. These good practices represent a selection of effective approaches to implementing MIPAA in Asia and the Pacific. More information on the selection criteria is forthcoming. There is no claim to completeness.

The categories and sub-categories of the database were designed in line with the priority directions outlined in the 2002 Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and the outcome document of the Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on the Fourth Review and Appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, held in 2022.

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Total: 119 good practice(s).

Sex discrimination act (prohibits discrimination on basis of caregiving duties)
Implementing/responsible entity:
Government
Country:
Australia
Categories:
Discrimination, neglect, abuse (Anti-discrimination).
Type of document:
Law or act
Silver Age Action
Implementing/responsible entity:
Chinese Government, National Working Committee on Aging
Country:
China
Categories:
Older persons and development (Intergenerational initiatives).
Type of document:
Programme
Silver DOST
Implementing/responsible entity:
Agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Provision, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection
Country:
Azerbaijan
Categories:
Older persons and development (Intergenerational initiatives).
Type of document:
Programme
Skills Checkpoint Program
Implementing/responsible entity:
Department of Education
Country:
Australia
Categories:
Work, the labour force, poverty and social protection (Employment and re-employment).
Type of document:
Programme
SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy
Implementing/responsible entity:
Government of Singapore
Country:
Singapore
Categories:
Work, the labour force, poverty and social protection (Employment and re-employment).
Type of document:
Programme
Special pension scheme to support widows and disabled older persons
Implementing/responsible entity:
National and local governments
Country:
India
Categories:
Work, the labour force, poverty and social protection (Social protection/income security).
Type of document:
Programme
Description:

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Telehealth communications and monitoring
Implementing/responsible entity:
National and local governments
Country:
Australia
Categories:
Health and well-being (Age-inclusive health care).
Type of document:
Service
Thailand Implementation of The Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA), 2002 - 2016
Implementing/responsible entity:
Government of Thailand
Country:
Thailand
Categories:
Older persons and development (Intergenerational initiatives).
Type of document:
Law or act
The Community Network for Seniors
Implementing/responsible entity:
Governement, Agency for Integrated Care (AIC)
Country:
Singapore
Categories:
Older persons and development (Older persons’ associations).
Type of document:
Case study
The Law on the Elderly
Implementing/responsible entity:
The Parliament of Mongolia
Country:
Mongolia
Categories:
Older persons and development (Rights of older persons).
Type of document:
Law or act