Dialogue and Mutual Understanding Across Generations

The United Nations Programme on the Family and the United Nations Programme on Youth of the Division for Social Policy and Development of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) organized, in collaboration with The Doha International Institute for Family Studies and Development (DIIFSD), an Expert Group Meeting on Dialogue and Mutual Understanding across Generations, held from 8-9 March 2011 in Doha, Qatar.

Background materials

• Summary Report
• Agenda
• Statement by Her Excellency Noor Al Malki
• Statement by Renata Kaczmarska
• Recommendations
• List of Participants

Papers

• Towards and alternative approach for the development of national youth policies
  by Ahmed Al Hendawy (Arabic)
• Youth Arab’s Immigration, Employment and the Future of the Regio
  by Ahmed Younis
• Challenges to Dialogue and Understanding Across Generations Some Lessons from Latin America
  by Ana Maria Goldani
• Existing frameworks for dialogue and mutual understanding across generations: family, community, educational institutions and workplace
  by Antonio Monserrat
• Existing framework for dialogue and mutual understanding across generations: family, community, educational institutions and workplace
  by Donna M. Butts
• Paper
  by Falko Mohrs
• Trends that Affect Parents and Children in Our Present World
  by Ignacio Socías
• The World Programme of Action (WPAY) and of the International Year of the Youth(IYY)
  by Jacque Koroi
• Older adults in small households; causes and consequences
  by Jenny Gierveld
• Promoting intergenerational understanding between the young and old: the case of Singapore
  by Leng Leng Thang
• Creating Synergy for Youth Empowerment
  by Maha Fayyad Mohamed
• The changing patterns of Intergenerational Relations in South Africa
  by Makiwane Monde
• Intergenerational Dialogue as a Way to Diagnose and Prevent Violence
  by Paola Silva
• Paper
  by Pat Dolan
• Youth in the ESCWA Region: Situation and Responses
  by Paul Tacon
• The role of youth concerning generation’s dialogue
  by Rasha Fatian Salim (Arabic)
• Lesson learned from the current approaches to promote dialogue and understanding as well as reinforcing youth participation
  by Rasha Fatian Salim (Arabic)
• Intercultural and Intergenerational dialogue from an Asia Pacific Perspective
  by Samah Hadid
• Platform for a Generational Dialogue on the Future of Latin America: A Window on the Future
  by Simone Cecchini