The International Association of Applied Psychology at the United Nations in Geneva

The various ageism advocacy NGOs are located in the NY, UK, Geneva, Canada, Australia and other countries and their meetings are spread across the world necessitating continuous inter-NGO coordination and alliance building The example given highlights the complexity of advocacy at the UN and international conference level. [...] In order to bring to bear psychological perspective s to the working of the SDGs, it would be beneficial for the respective IAAP representatives to identify which of the UN agencies and/or offices hosted in their city is in charge of which of the SDG goals and targets and how do these goals interrelate. [...] As one of the largest professional groups, there is a need for IAAP to reach out and create alliances with other like-minded professional communities so as to strengthen the relevance of the field of Psychology and to better present the social and behavioural sciences at the UN. [...] 15 10 To move the IAAP and its members towards more participation in the discourse, deliberation and actions of the UN and the SDGs is not self-evident and requires major efforts to explain to the IAAP members the role and mandates of the UN Agencies and their link to the SDGs. [...] Division 2 – Psychological Assessment and Evaluation Deals with the development of educational and psychological tests and their administration, the expansion of state and national educational testing programs, and the use of tests in work and clinical contexts.