SESRIC will attend the “Workshop for the Validation of the Plan of Action on the Improvement of the State of the Elderly in the OIC Member States”, which will take place on 24-25 January 2019 in Niamey, Niger. The Workshop is jointly organised by the OIC General Secretariat and the Ministry of the Population and Social Reforms of the Republic of Niger.

SESRIC will make a presentation on the Draft Plan of Action on the Improvement of the State of the Elderly in OIC Member States with a view to validating and finalizing it.

The Draft Plan of Action aims to provide actionable strategic goals that will reduce the initial shock of ageing on Member States and provide an outline that will serve as a basis of policy to absorb ageing. It would also serve as a roadmap on how to improve the quality of life of elderly people.

The rapid ageing population and the changing cultural and economic shifts in OIC countries call for a mutual strategy on ageing and cooperative response to the newly molding conditions, mandating them, in particular, to take greater responsibility.

Within this context, SESRIC also prepared an analytical report on the “State of Elderly in OIC Member Countries”, with the theme “Responding to the Needs of Elderly”. The Report was launched during the Workshop on “Improving the State of Elderly in OIC Member States”, which was held on 24-25 April 2018 at the OIC General Secretariat Headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The report looks at the state of elderly in OIC Member Countries in comparative perspective, and reveals key challenges faced by them. In addition, it provides recommendations to policy-makers in addressing the problems of elderly people with a view to ensuring their full and equal participation into socio-economic life as well as to the development process of their respective countries.