The German Federal Government appoints a commission of experts to prepare the Government Report on Older People in Germany regulary.

The office at the German Centre of Gerontology has been supporting the expert commission since 1995. Support includes organisational matters as well as providing parts of the report content.

In order to provide ongoing support for decision-making processes relating to ageing policy, the German Bundestag called on the Federal Government in 1994 to present an age report during each legislative period. To this end, the Federal Government appoints honorary expert commissions, which are made up of independent experts. The expert commission takes around two years to prepare its report.

The expert commission for the preparation of the Federal Government's Tenth Ageing Report began its work on 22 September 2025. Eleven experts from the fields of gerontology, geragogy, social sciences and psychology were commissioned by the Federal Minister for Education, Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Karin Prien, to prepare a report on the topic of ‘Education and Learning in Old Age’ by spring 2027.

A website on the Tenth Report in Ageing is currently under construction.

For information on the Ninth Report on Ageing and on the previous Ageing Reports please look: www.neunter-altersbericht.de