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National Action for Financing: Post-2015 advocacy entry points and opportunities
In 2015, substantial changes are proposed to the present development financing architecture. This presents both threats and opportunities for the
availability of funding for reproductive health (RH) supplies and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) at the global, regional, national
and subnational level.
With support from the Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC) Innovation Fund, IPPF is implementing the National Action for Financing (NAF)
project to work with stakeholders to position funding for RH supplies as a critical element in the new development financing architecture. This
publication provides a calendar of main financing events upcoming in 2015 to enable stakeholders to understand the advocacy entry points and
opportunities to help influence decision-making, increase funding and improve access to RH supplies and SRHR. Enclosed is a list of upcoming
financing events, and suggested actions for advocates to call for the inclusion of RH supplies and SRHR. A small table of past events in 2015 is
included for reference and background. It is important to note this document’s criteria for ranking events: Number and level of participants;
importance of outcome documents/ declarations as potential reference documents for the international development community.
Within the list of upcoming events, IPPF would like to draw specific attention to three particular events upcoming included in this document, with
suggested actions:
October 18-21, Mexico city: Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference -
Suggest advocates approach listed local stakeholders (see table) working on health/ RH in Mexico to (jointly) advocate for increased
domestic and international funding for RH supplies, in the context of this conference.
Approach Dr. Mickey Chopra (speaker – [email protected] ), Chief of Health at UNICEF and member of GFF working group, to discuss
opportunities for RHS under the GFF.
29 Nov. – 4 Dec 2015, Harare, Zimbabwe: ICASA - International Conference on AIDs and STIs in Africa
Ally with CWGH to bring across broader health messages, beyond HIV + advocated for integrated HIV/ RH approach.
Form new alliances with HIV/AIDS community to jointly explore implementation possibilities of Post-2015 indicators related to HIV and RH
30 Nov. – 11 Dec, Paris: COP21 – Paris Climate Change Conference:
Refer to report recommendations and messages on the importance of RH supplies for sustainable development and management of
resources / climate change.
Contact youth / gender constituency focal points and work in partnership with youth/ Gender organisations registered for the event to take
these messages forward.
Advocate for climate funding to be invested into RH supplies and SRHR.
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TIMELINE ENTRY
POINT/
OPPORTUNITY
KEY STAKEHOLDERS TACTICS AND TOOLS FOR INFLUENCING
September
28 Sept.,
New York
Second annual
GFF Investors’
group meeting
Consists of participating countries, contributing
bilateral donors, member of H4+, World Bank, NGOs
(represented by Joanne Carter, Results) private sector,
PMNCH (represented by Betsy McCallon, White Ribbon
Alliance).
Contact details:
REGISTATION:
KEY SESSIONS:
OUTCOME: The Investors Group is a multi-
stakeholder representation for the Global Financing
Facility Trust Fund with explicit commitment to
provide significant finance or in-kind support to
investments cases. This is one of two annual
Investor Group meetings.
ACTIONS: liaise with Joanne Carter and Betsy
McAllon and ask them to kindly bring forward RHS-
related questions during the discussions, e.g.:
News regarding new donor commitments to
GFF? Next steps?
Will there be opportunities for funding for
RHS and CSOs under the GFF?
How can CSOs monitor the impact of the GFF
on health and RH spending in developing
countries?
How can the GFF contribute to sustainable
RHS procurement? Any opportunities for
involving
How can we avoid that taking up loans for
social sector spending leads to unsustainable
debt on developing countries’ side?
Refer to UNCTAD principles on responsible
lending.
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October
Oct 6-11,
Lima, Peru
IMF/ WB annual
meeting and
Civil Society
Policy Forum
The Annual Meetings are chaired by a Governor of the
IMF and the Bank, with the chairmanship rotating
among the membership each year.
They bring together central bankers, ministers of
finance and development, private sector executives,
and academics.
CSO forum participants:
World Bank/ IMF Civil Society informal Working group:
[email protected] ; [email protected]
Madame Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director and
Jim Yong Kim, WBG President; WBG Executive
Directors.
Senior Management of the WBG and IMF.
Registered NGOs: Oxfam; Save the Children; Plan
International; Transparency International.
Major Peruvian stakeholders to be approached:
- ForoSalud – Health CSO platform based in Lima, also
looking at RH issues.
- INPPARES
- UNFPA Peru
- Members of the following SRHR platform: MESA DE
VIGILANCIA CIUDADANA EN DERECHOS SEXUALES Y
DERECHOS REPRODUCTIVOS:
• Movimiento Manuela Ramos.
• PROMSEX
• CENDIPP
REGISTATION: The online registration system
to accept applications for civil society registration
will open on June 15, 2015 and will close on
September 4, 2015. Registration will not be
granted after this deadline, thus CSO
representatives are encouraged to request
register early.
KEY SESSIONS: The Civil Society Policy Forum,
a program of policy dialogue sessions for Civil
Society Organizations (CSOs), will be held at the
National Museum in Lima from October 6 – 9. It
will include: an Orientation Session on the WBG;
a CSO Townhall with Madame Christine Lagarde,
IMF Managing Director and Jim Yong Kim, WBG
President; a Roundtable with WBG Executive
Directors; a CSO Reception with Senior
Management of the WBG and IMF; and about 50
policy dialogue sessions on a wide range of
development topics that highlight efforts to
tackle poverty reduction, boost shared
prosperity, secure financial stability, promote
high employment and sustainable economic
growth around the world.
Deadline for submission of session proposals
closed. Sessions already approved can be viewed
at the following link. Approved so far: 18
sessions, 2 of which are related to Human Rights
approach in WB financing and 1 related to youth
employment (Plan international).
OUTCOME: At the Annual Meetings, the Boards
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• CMP Flora Tristán
• INPPARES
• APROPO
• Asociación Grupo de Trabajo Redes
• CESIP
• REDESS Jóvenes
• APPRENDE
• Sociedad de GinecoObstetricia
- Allianaza por la Solidaridad Peru.
Government Peru:
- Minister of Health:
Aníbal Velásquez Valdivia
- Minister of Finance:
Alonso Arturo Segura Vasi
of Governors make decisions on how current
international monetary issues should be
addressed and approve corresponding
resolutions.
ACTIONS:
Register asap as participant, by 4 September.
Ally with Peruvian stakeholders (listed here)
to incentivize them to participate and/or to
elaborate common messages to take forward
to the conference/ communicate to the Civil
Society Informal Working group.
Liaise with Civil Society Informal Working
Group and NGOs having sessions at the CSPF
to put common messages across on
development and RHS financing.
Use opportunities for exchanges with IMF and
WB leaders to ask about loans for health
issue.
11-13 Oct.,
Berlin ,
Germany
World Health
Summit
Speakers include:
Margaret Chan
Director-General, WHO
Marie-Paule Kieny
Assistant-Director General, World Health Organization,
Switzerland
Mark Dybul
The Global Fund, Executive Director
Hermann Gröhe
Federal Minister of Health, Germany
Saïd Aïdi
Minister of Health, Tunisia
Joe Cerrell
Managing Director, Global Policy and Advocacy, Bill &
REGISTATION: At following link – EUR 290
registration fee for NGOs.
KEY SESSIONS:
Positioning Health in the Post-2015
Development Agenda
Sexual Violence: The Health Sector Response
Health literacy and equity
UHC
Value-Based Healthcare
OUTCOME: The WHS mission is to bring
together researchers, physicians, key
government officials and representatives from
industry – as well as from NGOs and healthcare
systems all over the world – to address the most
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Melinda Gates Foundation
Joseph Jimenez
Chief Executive Officer, Novartis
Michael J. Klag
Dean, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health, USA
H.E. Richard Sezibera
Ambassador, Rwanda
Debra Jones
Director and UN Repr., Save the Children, USA
pressing issues facing every facet of healthcare
and medicine in the upcoming decade and
beyond. Make global recommendations and set
health agendas worldwide.
ACTIONS:
Use presence of high-level representatives/
experts from both the public and the private
health sector from both the developed and
the developing world to gather and discuss
best practices for PPPs for RHS.
Ask private sector representatives for more
information about their collaboration with
public sector in developing countries, if
applicable.
Approach Minister of Health of Tunisia and
Minster of Health of Germany to see how the
2 countries address the issue of RHS supply
chains – also in the context of Tunisia’s recent
major and very participatory health reform.
During session on health in Post-2015
highlight RHS needs for reaching RH-related
indicators
Sexual violence session: highlight RHS –
especially those women can control - as
essential element of sector response.
Session on value-based healthcare: highlight
value for money of RHS.
October 18-
21, Mexico
city, Mexico
Global Maternal
Newborn Health
Conference
Organized by
Organisations involved in the event:
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- USAID
- Carlos Slim Foundation
REGISTATION: Registration closed but
application for waiting list possible.
KEY SESSIONS: Six conference tracks, all
relevant:
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the Secretariat
of Health of
Mexico and 15
other convening
partners in
Mexico City.
- WHO / PAHO
- UNICEF
- Women Deliver
- UNFPA
- Save the Children
- Maternal Health Taskforce
- Maternal and Child Survival Program
- JHpiego
- Merck
- The partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child
health
Relevant speakers:
Christopher Elias
President, Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
Pablo Kuri Morales
Undersecretary of Health, Secretariat of Health of
Mexico
Alfonso Lenhardt (invited)
Acting Administrator, USAID
Geeta Rao Gupta
Deputy Executive Director, Programmes, UNICEF
Nazira Karimo Vali Abdula
Minister of Health of Mozambique
Richard Horton
Editor in Chief, The Lancet
Mickey Chopra
Chief of Health, UNICEF
Contact: [email protected]
Koki Agarwal
Director, USAID’s Maternal and Child Survival Program
1. Innovating to accelerate impact at scale
2. Measuring for evaluation and accountability
3. Bridging equity divides
4. Generating new evidence to fill critical
knowledge gaps
5. Strengthening demand for health care
6. Increasing health systems’ capacity to
respond to population need
Main panel sessions: centred around maternal
and newborn health, but some side events
relevant for RH/ FP:
Global Financing Facility - The World Bank
Group
Policy Dialogue: Improving Access to the
Highest Impact Maternal and Newborn
Health Innovations - PATH
Countdown to 2015: Launching the 2015
Report and celebrating a decade of
achievement - Countdown to 2015
Integration of Family planning and Maternal
and Newborn Health: challenges and missed
opportunities: Analysis of the Countdown To
2015 Coverage Technical Working Group -
Countdown to 2015
OUTCOME: This conference will offer the first
opportunity for the global maternal and newborn
health communities to discuss and strategize for
the new goals. A landmark technical conference
to discuss strategies for reaching every mother
and newborn with high-quality health care.
ACTIONS:
Relevant topics for RH supply funding
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Mexico-based stakeholders:
- Pablo Kuri Morales (speaker)
Undersecretary of Health, Secretariat of Health of
Mexico
- Dra. Mercedes Juan Lopez, Minister of health,
Mexico.
- Delegation of the European Union, Mexico:
Juan Garay, Head of Cooperation and public health
expert.
- Centro Nacional de Equidad de Género y Salud
Reproductiva, Secretaría de Salud de México:
• Act. Yolanda Varela, Directora de Planificación
Familiar
• Dra. Rocío Cuevas, Subdirectora de Planificación
Familiar
• C. Leopoldo Saavedra, Coordinador de Logística
- UNFPA Mexico:
• Javier Domínguez Del Olmo, Oficial nacional de
programas de salud reproductiva-México
advocacy:
- Health innovations: highlight RH supplies
innovations;
- Generate new evidence: Request that more
evidence needed on PS resource flows and
PPP best practices with regard to RH / RH
supplies; more funding needed for RH R&D
- Health systems capacity to respond to
population: argue that essential factor for
increasing capacity in the long run is ensuring
that women’s RH supply needs are met.
- Remind donors and stakeholders about launch
of Global Strategy at UNGA summit and
follow-up on its conclusions.
Refer to RHSC Mexico case study on the re-
centralization of contraceptive supplies for
recommendations on how to best manage
contraceptive supplies at national and
subnational level.
Approach some of the listed local
stakeholders working on health/ RH (some of
which were interviewed for the above case
study) in Mexico to (jointly) advocate for
increased domestic and international funding
for RH supplies, in the context of this
conference.
Approach Mickey Chopra, Chief of Health,
UNICEF, to discuss opportunities for RHS
under the GFF: [email protected]
20-21 Oct,
Luxembourg
European
development
aid after 2015
Vítor Caldeira, President of the European Court
of Auditors
Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European
REGISTATION: At following link
KEY SESSIONS: 3 panel discussions related to
EU development policy and effectiveness, all of
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What is at
stake?
European court
of Auditors
event on EU
development
aid policies.
Commission
Romain Schneider, Presidency of the Council of
the European Union, Minister for Cooperation
and Humanitarian Action
Linda McAvan, President of the Committee on
Development at the European Parliament
Neven Mimica, Commissioner for international
Cooperation and Development
Representative of the United Nations
Erik Solheim, Organisation for Cooperation and
Development (OECD), Chair of the
Development Cooperation Directorate (DAC)
Representative of an emerging country
Jean-Christophe Laloux, Director General for
Operations outside the European Union and
Candidate Countries, European Investment
Bank
Andrew Rogerson, Senior Research Associate,
Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure, Overseas
Development Institute (ODI)
Dr. Christoph Beier, Chief Operating Officer,
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
Mamadou Hady Sarr, Premier Président of the
Court of Auditors of Senegal
François Bourguignon, Chaire émérite, Paris
School of Economics
Mark Sundberg, Manager for the Independant
Evaluation Group at the World Bank
Representative of a National Audit Office
EU Commission – Budget
which are relevant.
OUTCOME: The conference, hosted by the
European Court of Auditors, aims at discussing
the future of development aid beyond
2015, how to evaluate its effectiveness and good
governance and coordination between the
various stakeholders.
ACTIONS:
Approach EP representatives (Linda
McAvan -
court of auditors and WB independent
evaluators to explore possibilities of
working together on monitoring EU’s
commitment to RH supplies as key pillar
for sustainable development.
Highlight mismatch between EU policies
and rhetorics about SRHR and (lack of)
funding available under the MFF 2014-20
for this topic.
Ask EU about their role for promoting use
of new financing modalities for health/
SRHR/ FP – also in the context of GFF.
Suggest next steps/ ways forward on how
to implement UNGA health and SRHR
commitments and invite present
stakeholders to collaborate.
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Marc Angel, President of the Foreign and
European affairs and Defence committee in the
Chamber of deputies of Luxembourg
November
9-11
November,
Indonesia
International
Family Planning
Conference
(ICFP) 2015:
Global
Commitments,
Local Action.
Co-hosted by the National Population and Family
Planning Board of Indonesia (BKKBN) and the Bill &
Melinda Gates Institute for Population and
Reproductive Health, the conference is expected to
host 3,500 participants - from more than 80 countries
including foreign governments, international
institutions, experts and practitioners in the field of
population, family planning and reproductive health
and gender.
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UNFPA’s Executive
Director Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin expected to attend
(tbc).
Contact: Juliana Zuccaro, Program Officer,
Confirmed side event organisers (prelim. agenda):
- BMGF
- IPPF
- Countdown 2015
- PAI
- PSI
- MSI
- PRB
- MSD
REGISTRATION:
http://fpconference.org/2015/register/
Online registration is open.
If you come from a developing country the cost will
be $400 USD; if you come from a developed
country the cost will be $500 USD. The prices will
go up by $100 USD as the conference gets closer.
KEY SESSIONS:
Concurrent sessions are formed on the basis of
abstracts that successfully pass through a blind
review process – submission deadline closed end of
May. Plenary sessions are developed by the
organizing committees.
IPPF abstract submissions have been approved
and included in preliminary side events agenda,
accessible at: link.
2015 program will include:
Opening and closing ceremonies, plenaries,
preformed panels and sessions determined by
abstract submissions, spotlighted tracks, round table
lunch discussions, the EXCELL Awards, the ICFP Time
Capsule installation, exhibit hall and marketplace of
ideas, and partner auxiliary events.
OUTCOME: ICFP is a movement and a platform
for strategic inflection points in the family
planning agenda.
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- UNFPA
- Rutgers WPF Indonesia
- UCSD
- K4Health Project
- CCP
- Pathfinder International
- FP 2020
- African Population and Health Research Center
- University Research Company, LLC
- Ipas
ACTIONS:
Opportunity to have first subject-focused
reflection on the outcome and impact of
FfD and Post-2015 frameworks on FP +
RHS funding.
Discuss way forward and forge alliances,
including with BMGF, for leveraging new
funding on basis of Post-2015 outcome.
Approach following key country
stakeholders, based in Indonesia, to
advocate for RH supplies:
- Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo
- Health Minister Dr. Nila Moeloek, at the first
ICFP preparatory meeting in Jakarta, May
2015: “We must seize the opportunity to
raise the revitalization of the family planning
programmes in Indonesia, especially in the
presence of Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Dr. Babatunde
and Jokowi [President Joko Widodo]”.
- Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Human
Development and Culture, Puan Maharani
(opened the first ICFP prep. Meeting)
- Dr. Siswanto Agus Wilopo, Head of the Center
for Reproductive Health from the Faculty of
Medicine at Gadjah Mada University in
Yogyakarta - Chair of National Scientific
Committee + member of ICFP abstracts
selection committee.
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18-19
November,
Brussels
AidEx Brussels. Aida Liha Matejicek
Head of Aid and Development Effectiveness and
Financing
DEVCO
Claus Haugaard Sørensen
Director - General
ECHO
Edwin de Voogd
Managing Director
IDA Foundation
Isabella Lõvin
Minister for International Development Cooperation,
Swedish Government
Jonathan Wong
Head of DFID's Innovation Hub
DFID
REGISTATION: at following link.
KEY SESSIONS: Conference theme:
collaboration.
Relevant sessons:
Collaboration - the answer to sustainability?
Collaboration - Wy must we embrace the concept?
Collaboration or competition?
OUTCOME: AidEx was created to help the
international aid and development community
engage the private sector in a neutral setting,
drive innovation and support the ever-growing
need for emergency aid and development
programmes.
ACTIONS:
Gather evidence on best-practices for PPPs
in the health sector
Explore opportunities for partnerships with
the private sector
Approach EU Commission to ask about
opportunities for funding for PPPs in the
RHS sector.
Ally with like-minded participants such as
IDA foundation for common messages on
RHS.
DECEMBER
29 Nov. – 4
Dec.,
Harare,
Zimbabwe.
ICASA -
International
Conference on
AIDs and STIs
in Africa
ICASA 2015 is organised by The Society for AIDS In
Africa (SAA), the custodian of ICASA, and the
Government of Zimbabwe.
List of speakers not yet published.
Key local stakeholders to be approached:
REGISTATION: at following link – DDL: 29 Oct.
Abstract submission closed.
Registration fee: USD 500 (MIC/ low income) – USD
850 (High income).
KEY SESSIONS:
Scientific programme:
Workshop: Integration of HIV and reproductive
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- Minister of Health and Child Care, Hon. Dr
Parirenyatwa
- Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) -
main health CSO platform in Zimbabwe.
ICASA contract details:
INQUIRIES EMAIL
General
Queries
Registration [email protected]
Partnership [email protected]
Programme [email protected]
health: Expanding access to services(SPC)
Leadership programme:
Plenary Sessions
Close the leadership gap – Empower
African women and girls (LPC)
The Africa we want: Youth reflecting on
the demographic dividend and the AIDS
response (LPC)
Sustainable funding: Innovative
approaches, national and global
accountability (LPC)
Stepping up the pace on the removal of
punitive laws to advance Human Rights
and Gender Equality(LPC)
Workshop: Empowering Adolescents and young
people in enhancing their Role in sustainable
development
OUTCOME: ICASA 2015 is expected to convene
our 10,000 delegates from nearly 150 countries,
including 200 journalists. The biennial
International AIDS Conference is the premier
gathering for those working in the field of HIV, as
well as leaders, people living with HIV and others
committed to ending the epidemic.
ACTIONS:
Ask Zimbabwe ministry of health about new
allocation just received (EUR 12 million)
from EU as contribution to Health transition
Fund for 2014-20 and whether it will cover
RHS needs.
Ally with CWGH to bring across broader
health messages, beyond HIV + advocated
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for integrated HIV/RH approach.
Form new alliances with HIV/AIDS
community to jointly explore
implementation possibilities of Post-2015
indicators related to HIV and RH
30 Nov. – 11
Dec., Paris,
France
COP21 – Paris
Climate Change
Conference
Within the UNFCCC, observers are split into nine
constituencies:
Business and Industry NGOs (BINGO);
Environmental NGOs (ENGO);
Local Government and Municipal Authorities
(LGMA);
Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPO);
Research and Independent NGOs (RINGO);
Trade Union NGOs (TUNGO);
Women and Gender organizations;
Youth NGOs (YOUNGO);
Farmers.
Constituency focal points contact details: here.
List of registered participating organisations can be
found at: Link.
IPPF EN already registered as admitted NGO.
Participants who could be possible allies for RHS:
Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN)
International Council of Women (ICW-CIF)
Ms. Radosveta Bruzaud
International Council on Human Rights Policy (ICHRP)
REGISTATION: Online registration closed on 22
June, at this link.
Application period for the UN Climate Change
Conference December 2015 (COP 21/CMP 11)
through the Side Events and Exhibits Online
Registration System (SEORS): Closed on Friday, 3
July 2015.
The observer organizations and Parties that
missed the deadline may apply to be on the
waiting list in case of cancellations. Please fill
in this form and send it
to [email protected]. There is no guarantee,
however, that the applicants on the waiting list
will receive a slot since there is no knowing
whether and when cancellations will happen.
N.B: IPPF EN has already been listed among
admitted organisations. Contact: Ms. Heather
Barclay.
Workshop/ meetings organized ahead of COP21
(calendar here): Participation of non-
governmental organizations is facilitated through
the constituencies, so as to aim for a balanced
representation of the admitted non-governmental
organizations.
The secretariat contacts constituency focal points
for them to nominate constituency
representatives based on the expertise required
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Mr. Robert Henry Archer
International Federation of Liberal Youth (IFLRY)
Ms. Tone Gjesdal Bjørndal
International Youth and Student Movement for the
United Nations (ISMUN)
Mr. Oluwole David Oshota
for respective workshops/meetings.
Constituency members interested in, and suitably
qualified in the matter of, a particular
workshop/meeting, should contact the respective
constituency focal point – list can be accessed
here.
KEY SESSIONS: Daily programme soon to be
published at following link.
OUTCOME: The twenty-first session of the
Conference of the Parties (COP) and the eleventh
session of the Conference of the Parties serving
as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto
Protocol (CMP).
ACTIONS:
Refer to report recommendations and
messages on the importance of RHS supplies
for sustainable development and
management of resources / climate change.
Contact constituency focal points and ally
with youth/ Gender organisations registered
for the event to take these messages forward.
Advocate for climate funding to be invested
into RHS.
7-8
December,
Le Bourget,
Paris,
France.
The Sustainable
Innovation
Forum (SIF15);
the largest
business-
focussed side
event held
during the
annual
Convening 750+ cross-sector participants from
business, Government, investors, UN, NGO and civil
society during COP21, SIF15 will be an unparalleled
opportunity to bolster business innovation in the
climate change arena. Building on year-round work
from Climate Action and UNEP, the expanded 2 day
Sustainable Innovation Forum 2015 will accelerate
international sustainable development and bring scale
to low carbon innovation.
REGISTATION: Online pre-registration:
http://www.cop21paris.org/register
You can pre-register your interest now, the
registration to the Forum will open in August 2015.
Limited space.
KEY SESSIONS: One session on supply chain
management.
OUTCOME: This large scale platform for business
will create dialogue, enable collaboration and
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Conference of
Parties (COP),
will take place
again in 2015
on 7-8
December in
the Le Bourget
area of Paris.
Contact: [email protected]
showcase game-changing solutions to climate
challenges. Featuring 80+ foremost expert
speakers, high level plenary sessions, interactive
panel debates, workshops, cultural components
and enhanced networking opportunities.
ACTIONS:
Refer to new RHS technologies as innovations
for sustainable development (see report
messages/ recommendations.
Seek new partnerships with businesses /
private sector to leverage funding for RHS
innovations.
Gather best-practice evidence on RH supplies
chain management.
2016
16-19 May
2016,
Copenhagen,
Denmark
4th Women
Deliver
Conference
Confirmed high-level speakers:
- Dr. Margaret Chan, Head of WHO
- Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Head of UNFPA
- Neven Mimica, EU Commissioner for
Development
- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Head of UN Women
- Anthony Lake, ED UNICEF
- Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of
Denmark
- Julia Gillard, Chair of Global Partnership for
Education
- Karl Hoffman, President Population Services
International
- Richard Horton, Editor in Chief, The Lancet
Side event contact:
Alyssa Mahoney
REGISTRATION: link
Pricing:
Before 31 Jan. 2016: US $500 Early Bird
Registration
1 Feb 2016 thru 15 May 2016: US $700 Regular
US $900 Onsite Conference Registration (16 May to
19 May).
US $400 Youth under 30 Registration
US $400 Group Rate (25 or more)
If you are interested in conducting a partner event,
please send an email to Alyssa Mahoney and include
the topic of the event that you wish to host. You will
then be connected to a contact at the Bella Center
who will work directly with you on all logistics,
including payments, from that point on.
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KEY SESSIONS: Agenda publication pending.
OUTCOME: Women Deliver’s conferences are
some of the world’s most premiere global
convenings to focus on the health, rights and well-
being of girls and women. Building on the
successes of Women Deliver’s three previous
global gatherings – in London in 2007, in
Washington in 2010 and in Kuala Lumpur
in 2013 – the 2016 Conference will bring together
advocates, policymakers, journalists, young
people, researchers and leaders of the private
sector and civil society to showcase what it means
and how it works when women and girls become
the focus of development efforts.
ACTIONS:
Consider organizing a RHSC side event for
more visibility.
Challenge key donor organisations such as
the European Commission and other on how
they are planning to contribute to helping
implement the GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR
WOMEN’S, CHILDREN’S AND ADOLESCENTS’
HEALTH 2016-2030 as well as the Addis-
launched Global Financing Facility on
Women’s and childrens’ health.
Approach philanthropies – e.g. Royal
Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark for
potential new funding for RHS.
Enquire with Head of Lancet about possible
publications on the topic of RHS funding in
the post-2015 context.
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KEY PAST EVENTS, FOR REFERENCE
July 2015
8 July
2015
Publication of Final
draft of the
outcome
document for the
UN Summit to
adopt the Post-
2015
Development
Agenda
UN member states. Final draft available here.
Actions: Refer to the following most relevant goals of draft for
future RH supplies advocacy:
Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all
ages
3.1 By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70
per 100,000 live births 3.2 By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns
and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce
neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1000 live births and under-
5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1000 live births
3.3 By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and
neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases
and other communicable diseases 3.4 By 2030, reduce by one third
premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention
and treatment and promote mental health and well-being
3.7 By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-
care services, including for family planning, information and education,
and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and
programmes 3.8 Achieve universal health coverage, including financial
risk protection, access to quality essential healthcare services and access
to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines
for all
3.c Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment,
development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing
countries, especially in least developed countries and small island
developing States
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the
public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other
types of exploitation
5.4 Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the
provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies
and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the
family as nationally appropriate
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5.5 Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal
opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political,
economic and public life 5.6 Ensure universal access to sexual and
reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with
the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population
and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome
documents of their review conferences
5.c Adopt and strengthen sound policies and enforceable legislation for
the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and
girls at all levels.
16 July
2015,
Addis
Ababa,
Ethiopia.
Adoption of the FfD
outcome
document at the
FfD Addis Ababa
conference
UN member states. Outcome document available here.
Actions:
Refer to the following most relevant FfD paragraphs for future RH
supplies advocacy:
12. Delivering social protection and essential public services for
all. To end poverty in all its forms everywhere and finish the unfinished
business of the Millennium Development Goals, we commit to a new social
compact. In this effort, we will provide fiscally sustainable and nationally
appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including
floors, with a focus on those furthest below the poverty line and the
vulnerable, persons with disabilities, indigenous persons, children, youth
and older persons. We also encourage countries to consider setting
nationally appropriate spending targets for quality investments in
essential public services for all, including health, education, energy, water
and sanitation, consistent with national sustainable development
strategies. We will make every effort to meet the needs of all
communities through delivering high-quality services that make effective
use of resources. We commit to strong international support for these
efforts, and will explore coherent funding modalities to mobilize additional
resources, building on country-led experiences
41. We are committed to women’s and girls’ equal rights and
opportunities in political and economic decision-making and
resource allocation and to removing any barriers that prevent
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women from being full participants in the economy. We resolve to
undertake legislation and administrative reforms to give women equal
rights with men to economic resources, including access to ownership and
control over land and other forms of property, credit, inheritance, natural
resources and appropriate new technology. We further encourage the
private sector to contribute to advancing gender equality through striving
to ensure women’s full and productive employment and decent work,
equal pay for equal work or work of equal value, and equal opportunities,
as well as protecting them against discrimination and abuse in the
workplace. We support the Women’s Empowerment Principles established
by UN-Women and the Global Compact and encourage increased
investments in female-owned companies or businesses.
September
9-10 Sept.,
Nairobi,
Kenya.
AidEx Africa Relevant speakers:
- Siddarth Chatterjee
Representative
UNFPA, Kenya Office
- Lisa Phillips
Head
DFID Kenya
- Calum McLean
Technical Adviser/ Food
Security,
European Commission
(ECHO)
- Jeanine Cooper
Representative of UNOCHA
Liaison Office,
African Union
- Samuel Chakwera
Assistant Representative
REGISTATION: Link – for NGOs: cost-free.
KEY SESSIONS: Programme link – Conference theme:
Collaboration
How can partnerships be created and managed to be effective
and deliver value to all parties?
Why collaborate and who benefits?
Collaboration - A view from the donor
Collaboration in Action
OUTCOME: aim of providing aid and development professionals —
from all sectors and from all over the world — with the opportunity
to meet and discuss the vital connection between the business and
not for profit sectors.
ACTIONS:
Use rare opportunity of presence of a UNFPA country office to
discuss PPPs for RH and RHS at country level.
Explore opportunities to collaborate with country-level private
sector on RHS supply.
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UNHCR Kenya Office
- Imam Qasim Rashid
Ahmad
Founder & CEO,
Al-Khair Foundation
- Peter Mwarogo, Country
Director, Kenya, FHI 360
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September,
Berlin,
Germany
G7 - Dialogue with
women in business,
science and research
and civil society
- VENRO:
Health Working group:
Bodo von Borries
Telefon: 030 2639299-13
b.borries(at)venro.org
- Contact VENRO G7
(‘MailanMerkel’ campaign):
Anke Kurat
REGISTATION: No information on agenda, participants etc
available yet. Monitor website. Contact VENRO (main German CSO
umbrella organisation) for more information on event &
registration.
KEY SESSIONS: Contact VENRO.
OUTCOME: Discussions to feed into G7 presidency (Germany)
priorities and actions.
ACTIONS:
Approach business women represented at the meeting to explore
possibilities of jointly advocating for RHS as a tool for women’s
economic empowerment and participation in the labour market
(see report messages).
Refer to G7 outcome, which launched an initiative on Women’s
Economic Empowerment, proposed by the German Presidency. The
focus of the initiative is professional qualifications and
entrepreneurial activity by women: By supporting the UN’s
Women’s Empowerment Principles, the G7 is underlining the
important role played by the private sector in creating an
empowering environment. The Principles were launched in 2010 by
UN Women and the UN Global Compact 2010. Businesses can sign
up to them, thus making a commitment to empower women. With
the communiqué adopted in Elmau the G7 are calling on
businesses to take account of these Principles in their work.
Contribute to work and position papers of VENRO’s working group
on health, regarding the G7 German presidencey priorities on
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Health: Fighting infectious diseases, improving child and
maternal health, and strengthening health care systems are
key concerns of the G7. The German government has put the issue
of increasing antibiotic resistance and the prevention and
treatment of neglected and poverty-related diseases on the agenda
of the summit. The German government will also scale up its
contribution to Gavi significantly, to a total of up to 500 million
euros by 2020. Ebola: The BMZ is making important contributions
(over 100 million euros) to emergency measures and has overall
responsibility for medium- to long-term reconstruction and
preventive measures on the ground.
Join VENRO G7 campaign ‘ „#MailanMerkel“ – mail to Merkel, for
joint messaging on women’s economic empowerment and health.
25-27
September,
New York.
UNGA Post-2015
Summit
Heads of State UN member
states
Contact points civil society:
- UN Non-Governmental
Liaison Service (UN-
NGLS);
- Women Major Group
REGISTATION:
KEY SESSIONS: No detailed agenda available yet. Monitor
website. Plenary meetings, 25-27 Sept. from 9am-9pm; open
plenary meeting on Friday, 25 September, 9 am: A representative
from civil society of appropriate stature and level will be included
in the list of speakers as keynote speaker after the opening
statements. Other than for Member States, the list of speakers for
the plenary meetings of the summit is closed now.
Proposed 6 themes for Interactive Dialogues
Eradicating poverty in all its dimensions and addressing inequality
Tackling climate change and achieving more sustainable lifestyles
Building strong, inclusive and resilient economies
Promoting peaceful societies and strong institutions
A renewed global partnership and adequate means of
implementation
Reviewing progress on SDG commitments; universality and
differentiations
OUTCOME: Post-2015 SDG Outcome Document: Draft 12 August
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2015; Launch of GLOBAL STRATEGY FOR WOMEN’S, CHILDREN’S
AND ADOLESCENTS’ HEALTH 2016-2030. Announcement of new
investments by donors to the Global Financing Facility (GFF).
ACTIONS:
Build on input provided to draft outcome document through CSO
group (see above) and consensus found in April on how to align
SDG indicator and FfD outcome documents
Use CSO FfD outcome document input as a basis for advocacy on
RH funding.
Refer to simultaneous launch of Global Strategy to remind
stakeholders about the need to prioritize women’s health and RH
needs. Connect with relevant stakeholders present for the launch
of the strategy to join advocacy efforts on this topic.
Approach major CSO groups/ platforms working on health/RH and
attending the summit to influence proceedings.
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