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The International Federation on Ageing (IFA) (in French "Fédération Internationale du Vieillissement") is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1973 and based in Toronto, Ontario (Canada) working in the field of ageing, older persons and ageing-related issues such as ageism, The intent of the organisation is for NGOs, the corporate sector, academia, government, and individuals working together to make, according to the IFA’s mission statement, a "change for older people throughout the world by stimulating, collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information on rights, policies and practices that improve the quality of life of people as they age".〔(IFA website About Us )〕 The IFA has General Consultative Status at the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). == History == At the beginning of the 70s, the United Nations started to become interested in the issue of ageing; and the need for an international organization promoting information exchange at an international level was identified. During the summer of 1972, at an initiative hosted by AARP, twenty representatives of thirteen nations met at the London School of Economics to discuss forming an organization] one year later, in December 1973, they met again to formally approve a constitution and bylaws for an International Federation on Ageing. In the early 80s, the IFA was one of the first organizations to call for a World Assembly on Ageing (WAA). An assembly was finally organized in 1982 and resulted in the world’s first International Plan of Action on Ageing. IFA’s General Secretary at the time, William Kerrigan, became the Secretary-General of the World Assembly. The IFA secretariat remained mostly at AARP headquarters (with brief stints in the UK and Australia) until the early 1990s when the support role of AARP formally ended, and the secretariat moved to Montreal, Canada. The organization obtained Consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations in 1995, the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), UNESCO and other international agencies. In March 2009, the headquarters were transferred from Montreal to Toronto, Canada.〔(The IFA - its origins and development )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「International Federation on Ageing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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