About Us
The NGO Committee on Ageing at the United Nations Vienna was constituted in 1981 on the occasion of the first UN World Assembly on Ageing in Vienna in 1982. The UN unit responsible for the preparations was then situated at the UN seat in Vienna. This conference presented a milestone in the attention of the public, given the various issues connected with ageing.
Executive Board
Election Period 01/2024 – 01/2026
Member Organisations
The following Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) with consultative status with ECOSOC are currently members of the NGO Committee on Ageing at the United Nations Vienna
Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)
Mag. Maximilian Edelbacher (main representative)
European Federation of Older Students in Universities (EFOS)
Ingrid Dummer
Dr Katarina Grunwald
Dr Nadezda Hrapkova (President)
European Federation of Older Persons (EURAG)
Mag. Dirk Jarré (main representative)
Graduate Women International (GWI)
Mag. Elisabeth Francis (main representative)
HelpAge International (HAI)
Dr Alexandre Sidorenko (main representative)
International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG)
Prof Dr Thomas Frühwald (main representative)
International Council of Jewish Women (ICJW)
Mag. Deborah Kamil (main representative)
Gerda Frey
Eva Robey
International Council of Women (ICW)
Eleonore Hauer-Róna (main representative)
International Federation on Ageing (IFA)
Dr Jacqueline Stark (main representative)
International Federation for Home Economics (IFHE)
Dr Gertraud Pichler (main representative)
International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA)
Dr Ulrike Waginger, MSc (main representative)
Dr Shantu Watt
Mag. Heimo Zwischenberger
International Federation of Business and Professional Women (IFBPW)
Rita Assogna (main representative)
Marlene Parenzan
International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW)
Maria Moritz (main representative)
International Inner Wheel (IIW)
Ceja Gregor-Hu (main representative)
International Longevity Centre – Global Alliance (ILC-GA)
Gertraud Dayé (main representative)
Servas International
Angelika Hofmann (main representative)
Soroptimist International
Christine Peer-Valenta (main representative)
Dr Martina Gredler
Mag. Marion Prechtl
Society for the Advancement of Global Understanding
Ing. Gebhard Fiedler (main representative)
Mag. Sieglinde Teuwen
Women’s Federation for World Peace (WFWP)
Renate Amesbauer (main representative)
Dr Maria Riehl
Women’s International Zionist Organisation (WIZO)
Dr Hava Bugajer-Gleitman (main representative)
Mag. Dina Baranes
Leonie Baranes
ZONTA International
Dr Ingeborg Geyer (main representative)
Dr Gertraud Ribitisch
Affiliated Organisations
The following additional organisations are supporting the NGO Committee on Ageing at the United Nations Vienna by contributing regularly to our work
European Network of Green Seniors (ENGS)
Birgit Meinhard-Schiebel
European Union of Women (EUW)
Charlotte Winkler
