MINSK, 10 October (BelTA) – An international seminar on demographic ageing is scheduled to take place in Minsk on 10-12 October. Belarusian specialists and foreign experts are taking part in the event, BelTA learned from representatives of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) in Belarus.
The three-day seminar has been arranged as part of the UNFPA project meant to support the implementation of the national demographic security program in Belarus. Leading experts specializing in demographic ageing will share their experience with specialists from the spheres of social services, healthcare, and mass media representatives. About 70 specialists representing the Labor and Social Protection Ministry, the Healthcare Ministry, the Economy Ministry, and research institutions are taking part in the event.
This year Belarus is expected to report on the fulfillment of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA). The state of affairs in this field is being analyzed. A national research into the state and prospects of demographic development in the Republic of Belarus in 2000-2015 is being prepared.
Director of the UN International Institute on Ageing Marvin Formosa is expected to deliver a report on principles of demographic ageing policy. He will share the best practices used by the institutions that specialize in taking care of the elderly. Alexander Sidorenko, Senior Advisor of the European Center for Social Welfare Policy and Research (Austria), will talk about the information policy with regard to demographic ageing, the national potential to act in this sphere as well as key demographic trends in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Russian and Belarusian scientists will also take part in the seminar. Anna Zakrevskaya from the Labor Research Institute of the Belarusian Labor and Social Protection Ministry will talk about Belarus' priorities in fulfilling the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing. Natalya Milkota from the same research institute will share the Belarusian experience of providing social services to elderly people with dementia. She will also talk about ways to evaluate needs of such people.
