ICTs and Older Persons: ICT Literacy to Empower and Include Older Persons
Centre for Socio-Eco-Nomic Development
Session 191
This event will explore ICT technologies deployed for different functional areas in promoting the wellbeing and inclusion of the older persons, such as in mental health, physical health, safety, employability, learning, and related social innovations. Case examples will be presented to highlight the criticality of being equipped with digital literacy and confidence to be engaged with benefits and opportunities offered by the various application of ICT technologies for older persons.
Prof Saner is a member of the UN HLPF Stakeholder Group on Ageing and the NGO Committee on Ageing in Geneva. He initiated the first workshop on ICT and Ageing during the 2019 WSIS and continues to work for the economic rights of the older persons. Currently, he participates in the ISO Technical Committee 314 on Ageing Societies to prepare a new ISO Standard on Age Inclusive Workforce. Prof Saner is a prolific writer and researcher covering human rights, the responsible business conducts, organisational theory, behaviour science, psychology, negotiations, SDGs and arts. He serves in the PPP Bureau of CICPPP UNECE and contributes to the development of the UNECE People-First Public-Private Partnership Standard and promotes the participation of older persons in major infrastructure investment projects.
Prof Saner-Yiu has done research in the area of quality services in the care institutions and community-based day care service. She is a member of the UN HLPF Stakeholder Group on Ageing and the NGO Committee on Ageing in Geneva. She specialises in organisation development and transformation and has designed and implemented major projects at the national level for performance improvement and organisational transformation in different countries. She publishes widely on learning technology, skill development, leadership and the role of NGOs in the context of SDGs and social development. Presently, she represents Switzerland in the ISO Technical Committee 314 on Ageing Society and participates in the preparation of ISO Guidelines for An Ageing Inclusive Workforce and the development of other standards related to active ageing and wellbeing.
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C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
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C2. Information and communication infrastructure
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C3. Access to information and knowledge
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C4. Capacity building
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C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-learning
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C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-health
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C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
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Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
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Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
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Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
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Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
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Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
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