Multistakeholder Alliance on ICTs and Older Persons
At the request of the Stakeholders and as an outcome of the WSIS Forum 2021 ICTs and Older Persons Track, WSIS Team facilitated a Brainstorming and Knowledge Cafe on the topic of ICTs and Older Persons on 30 November 2021. Stakeholders from different organizations joined the meeting to contribute towards the WSIS Forum 2022 ICTs and Older Persons Track and the WSIS Multistakeholder Alliance on ICTs and Older Persons.
Launched in 2020, this special track addresses the role of ICTs in combating age-based discrimination in the workplace, achieving healthier ageing, building smarter cities, ensuring the financial inclusion of older persons and supporting millions of caregivers across the world and in digital inclusion across the generations to enable the Decade of Healthy Ageing 2020–2030. This special track involved collaboration with various stakeholders that work around this matter, including Global Coalition of Aging (GCOA), Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND), E-Seniors, UN Agencies such as ITU, WHO, UN DESA and others.
The ICTs and Older Persons special track discussions will continue within the framework of the WSIS Forum 2022. In this framework, a WSIS Multistakeholder Alliance on ICTs and Older Persons has been created across different stakeholders types to foster healthy ageing.
Brainstorming and Knowledge Cafés:
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First Brainstorming Session, 30 November 2021 — Learn more »
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Second Brainstorming Session, 11 March 2022, 15:00–16:00 (CET) — Register / Learn more »
Brainstorming and Knowledge Café Outcomes:
All participants have agreed on the 5 most important topics when we talk about ICTs and Older Persons, which are listed below. It has also been agreed, that the work within the framework of the Multistakeholder Alliance on ICTs and Older Persons will be divided in 4 groups corresponding to these topics. They have already been, or will be, co-chaired by voluntary stakeholders as follows:
- Design & Accessibility
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Co-chairs:
- Mr. Alfredo Ronchi - Secretary General at EC MEDICI Framework - Italy
- Mr. Raymond Saner - Titular Professor at International Management & Organisation; Director and Diplomacy Dialogue at University of Basel; CSEND Geneva - Switzerland
- Ms. Lichia Saner-Yiu - President at Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development (CSEND) - Switzerland
- Capacity Building & Education
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Co-chairs:
- Mr. Ian Philp - Founder and CEO at Age Care Technologies - United Kingdom
- Dr. Rakesh L. - Founder Director & CTO - Ada Lovelace Software Private Limited - India
- Cybersecurity Issues
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Co-chairs:
- Dr. Pavan Duggal – Chairman at International Commission on Cyber Security Law – India
- Innovation
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Proposed Co-chairs:
- Ms. Heba Al Heraki – Assistant at the Business Development Team at Bevol International Platform
- Ms. Tafadzwa Muusha – Graduate Innovator at University of Zimbabwe Innovation Hub
- Healthy Ageing
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Co-chairs:
- Global Coalition On Aging (GCOA)