| 19th
Executive Committee Meeting 2011
01 November, 2011, Pretoria, South
Africa
The 19th Executive Committee Meeting
of Partners in Population and Development
(PPD) was held on 1st November 2011
in Pretoria, South Africa. The following
members attended the meeting:
1. H.E. Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad, Honorable
Union Minister of Health and Family
Welfare of the Government of India
and Chair of PPD
2. H.E. Dr. Li Bin, Minister of
National Population and Family Planning
Commission (NPFPC), Government of
the People’s Republic of China
and the Vice Chair of PPD
3. H.E. Prof. Dr. AFM Ruhal Haque,
Host Country Board Member and Honorable
Minister of Health and Family Welfare,
Government of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh
4. Dr. Boniface Omuga K’Oyugi
MBS, Secretary and CEO of National
Coordinating Agency for Population
and Development (NCAPD), Government
of Kenya
5. Prof. Habiba BEN ROMDHANE, Treasurer,
PPD Board and President, Director-General
National Board for Family and Population
19th
Executive Committee Meeting
of PPD
These
meetings finalized a new Governance
Charter, approved a new Administrative
Manual, Financial Manual and Personnel
Manual for streamlining the functioning
of the organization and ensuring greater
participation and transparency. The
existing by-laws were revised for
the first time since the inception
of PPD. The amendments expanded the
membership of the Executive Committee
and provided for constitution of new
Committees for closer and more effective
oversight on Program and Financial
matters. Besides reviewing the progress
made in different spheres of population
development, a new Strategic Business
Plan for the period 2012-2014 was
also approved to facilitate expansion
of activities for the benefit of the
member countries.
The Board unanimously re-elected its
existing Executive Committee for a
further 3 year term. The members of
the newly constituted Executive Committee
include India as Chair, China as Vice-Chair,
and Kenya as Secretary, Tunisia as
Treasurer and Mexico and South Africa
as members and Bangladesh as a permanent
member.
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