1. “Strengthening links between policy and
research to promote quality of life and active
ageing in Russia: challenges and benefits”
Olga N. Mikhailova, Ph.D.
St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology
Saint Petersburg, Russia

2. MADRID INTERNATIONAL
PLAN OF ACTION ON AGEING
The Madrid International
Plan of Action on Ageing
(MIPAA) was adopted at
the Second World
Assembly on Ageing,
which took place in
Madrid on April 8-12, 2002
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

3. “Demography is a simple science. It has
only three variables: mortality, fertility
and population flows”, claims J. Chamie,
director of the UN Population Division.
But those variables touch on the “basic
fundamentals of human existence”.
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

4. POPULATION OF RUSSIA
AND ECOSOC PROGNOSIS (MEDIUM VARIANT)
150
Population (million people)
120
90
148,5 142,7 141,9
129,2
111,8
60
30
30,8 36,2
23,9 24,7 25,2
0
1 2 3 4 5
1991 2005 2010 2025 2050
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5. POPULATION OF RUSSIA
OVER WORKING AGE*
50 30%
27%
25,70%
23,60% 25%
40 % of total population 39,13
21,70% 22% 36,94
21,20%
20,40% 20,30% 20,30% 20,40% 20,60% 20,90%
32,38 20%
30,73 31,26
29,88 29,67 30,14
30 29,26 29,16 29,11 29,35
15%
20
10%
Number of people over working age
10
5%
0 0%
2001 2004 2005 2006
1 2 3 4 2007 2008
5 6 2009 2010 2011 2015
7 8 9 10 2020 2025
11 12
* Ministry of Social Development, 2008 Saint Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology
of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

6. DEMOGRAPHIC CHALLENGE
Per every 1,000 prs of working age there were:
2007 – 326 prs over the working age
2010 - 347 prs over the working age
24.6 % In 2021 life expectancy
for the whole population
2021 will be 71.8 years,
of which it will be:
66.2 years for men and
77.3 years for women.
The proportion of people over the
working age in the total population
of the country
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

7. "In Africa, it is said that
when an old man dies,
a library disappears.”
United Nations Secretary General
Kofi Annan
Second World Assembly on Ageing
Madrid, Spain 8 -12 April 2002
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

8. During the past few decades the Russian
reality regarding the ageing has radically
changed.
Today we are in need of experts,
possessing high professional competence
in all areas of ageing issues management
and responsibility.
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

9. MAJOR ELEMENTS FOR BUILDING
NATIONAL CAPACITY IN AGEING
I. International Infrastructure
II. Human Recourses
III. Policy Development including
Mainstreaming
IV. Research data collection and analysis
IV. Financial Resource
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10. INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND SCIENCE
REGIONAL LEVEL
HEALTH COMMITTEES FOR COMMITTEE FOR COMMITTEE FOR
COMMITTEES SOCIAL POLICY SCIENCE EDUCATION
MAIN SPECIALIST IN
GERONTOLOGY AND
GERIATRICS IN SPB
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

11. GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF THE RUSSIAN
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (RGS)
2510 members
President – Prof. V.N. Anisimov
Vice-President – Prof. V. Kh. Khavinson
46
REGIONAL
BRANCHES
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

12. EDUCATION IN GERONTOLOGY
AND GERIATRICS IN RUSSIA
• Educational and training activities play a foremost role in a
capacity-building effort. Today a course of gerontology and
geriatrics is given at 12 leading institutions of Russia.
• The RGS and SPb Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology
initiated the process of establishing a scientific specialty
“Gerontology and Geriatrics” in Russia, it was introduced into
the official list of specialties in 2001.
Nowadays there are 4 Dissertation councils in:
1. Russian Research Institute of Gerontology (Moscow)
2. St. Petersburg Institute of Bioregulation and Gerontology (Saint Petersburg)
3. Research Centre on Clinical and Experimental Medicine (Novosibirsk)
4. Samara State Medical University (Samara)
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

13. INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS
IN GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS
ORGANIZED BY THE INIA SATELLITE
CENTRE IN ST. PETERSBURG:
• The International Institute on
Ageing – United Nations,
Malta
• Russian Gerontological
Society
• St. Petersburg Municipal
Medico-Social Geriatric
Centre
• St.Petersburg Institute of
Bioregulation and
Gerontology
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

14. EDUCATING THE POLITICAL LEADERS
about population ageing is a critical priority for
policy initiatives.
Most nations need to rethink employment,
education and income maintenance policies in
light of increasing demands for and by older
workers for meaningful jobs.
(Olshanski, Rattan, et.al.; 2011)
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

15. TRAINING SEMINARS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL POLICY
IN AGEING 2008-2011
UN ECOSOC
UNFPA
REGIONAL UN COMMISSIONS
10 SEMINARS IN ALL WORLD REGIONS
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16. UN WORKSHOP
On policy formulation, planning,
implementation and monitoring of the
MIPAA for Eastern Europe
and Middle Asia
Saint Petersburg
December, 2008
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

17. PROGRAMME
“Prevention of age-related
pathology and expanding
healthy period of life for the
population of Russia”
OBJECTIVE: to improve health and quality of life, to extent the
period of able-bodied life of elderly people, as well as
to enhance the economic effectiveness of utilization
of labor resources due to decreased morbidity and
disability and premature death rates
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

18. INTERNATIONAL FORUM
“SENIOR GENERATION”
International Congress
“Social Adaptation, Assistance and
Elderly Health in Present-day Society”
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

19. “SENIOR GENERATION” FORUM
• International congress:
“Social adaptation, support and health of elderly
people in modern society”
• Exhibition “Care, aid and assistance”
• Exhibition and trade-fair “Everything for the
health”
• Master-classes in arts and crafts (Textile painting,
beads plaiting, knitting, floristics, patchwork, stroke
painting, souvenirs made of birch bark, etc.)
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

20. PRIORITY NATIONAL PROJECT
“EDUCATION”
THIRD AGE UNIVERSITIES
Basic computer Creative Sports
skills departments departments
Health improvement
initiatives
→ established in more than one half of all regions of Russia
→ educational programs to about 10,000 ‘senior’ students per year
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

21. “SILVER AGE” - UNIVERSITY FOR THE ELDERLY
Since 2007 over than 3000 people “graduated” from the University
Moscow – Saint Petersburg – Samara – Novosibirsk – Kazan
– Nizhny Novgorod – Kursk – Sochi
MAIN IDEA: involvement of the older
population in active social life
OBJECTIVES: 1. adaptation of old people to the
modern life
2. providing opportunities for self-
realization of old people
3. socializing of old people
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

22. PC USAGE SKILLS TRAININGS
Conducted by students of several St. Petersburg’s Universities
• Using the main computer
programmes
• Opportunities of Skype system
• Creating on personnel email
address
• Social Networks
• Personal account: Payments
control without leaving home
• IP-TV.
Online consultations by lawyers of the International College of Lawyers
Online meetings with cinema and theater authors
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

23. WORKING PENSIONERS IN RUSSIA*
*RF Ministry of Health and Social Development, 2008
12
10,2
10
9,34
8,59
7,82
Million people
8
6
5,76
4
2
0
2001 2004 2005 2006 2007
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

24. TRANSMISSION OF PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
AND KNOWLEDGE TO YOUNGER PEOPLE
- the tool which promotes the development of
intergenerational relations by representatives of
older generations within the framework of
“Mentor” program which is implemented in the
regions of the Russian Federation.
In 2010 44 thousand instructors were engaged in
in-depth training of 72 thousand graduating
students.
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

25. POLICY ON AGEING
realized in the framework of strategic documents
adopted at the Federal level:
The Concept of Demographic Policy
of the Russian Federation to 2025
The Concept of Socio-Economic Development
of the Russian Federation to 2020
similar documents adopted at regional level

26. “This reminds us of the vital role
older persons play as intermediaries
between the past, the present and
the future; of the veritable lifeline
they provide in society.
WISDOM
Without the knowledge and wisdom
EXPERIENCE
of the old, the young would never
know where they come from or where
they belong. But in order for the old
to have a shared language with the
young, they must have the
opportunity to continue learning
throughout life.”
- KOFI ANNEN, SKILLS
UN SECRETARY GENERAL
Madrid, 2002
KNOWLEDGE
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

27. THANK YOU!
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of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences