| 08-10
November, 2006
Partners
in Population and Development (PPD)
and National Population and Family
Planning Commission (NPFPC) of China
jointly organized an “International
Workshop for Senior Officials on Capacity
Building in Program Management on
Population and Development”
at the Beijing Friendship Hotel in
Beijing
Beijing, China —
Partners in Population and Development
(PPD) and National Population and
Family Planning Commission (NPFPC)
of China jointly organized an “International
Workshop for Senior Officials on Capacity
Building in Program Management on
Population and Development”
at the Beijing Friendship Hotel in
Beijing, China from 08 to 10 November
2006. The Inaugural Ceremony of the
Workshop was chaired by the H.E. Dr.
Zhao Baige, Vice-Minister, National
Population and Family Planning Commission
(NPFPC) of the Government of the People’s
Republic of China.
In
the left H.E. Mr. Zhang Weiqing, Chair
- PPD Board, Minister, NPFPC, China
delivering opening speech in the Workshop.
In the right, PCCs and other participants.
The
following dignitaries delivered statements
at the inaugural session:
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H.E. Mr. Jianmin Hua, State Councilor
and Secretary General of the State
Council of the Government of the
People’s Republic of China
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H.E. Mr. Zhang Weiqing, Chair,
PPD Board and Minister, NPFPC,
Government of the People’s
Republic of China
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H.E. Mr. Jianguo Wei, Vice-Minister,
Ministry of Commerce, Government
of the People’s Republic
of China
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Dr. Gill Greer, Director-General,
International Planned Parenthood
Federation (IPPF)
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Mr. Sultan Aziz, Director, Asia-Pacific
Division, United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA)
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Mr. Sangeet Harry Jooseery, Executive
Director, Partners in Population
and Development.
Mr.
Harry Jooseery, Executive Director
of PPD giving speech in the opening
ceremony of the Workshop
The
inaugural ceremony coincided with
the signing of 3 Memorandums of Understanding
(MOUs) between Partners in Population
and Development (PPD) and the Government
of the People’s Republic of
China in respect of the assistance
to be provided by China to the PPD
Member States from 2006 to 2010.
Signing
Ceremony of MOUs for South-South Cooperation
The
areas of assistance are:
(i) Capacity Building
(ii) Contraceptive Supply and Security
(iii) Institutional Development
for Reproductive Health Service
Delivery
The
discussions and deliberations of the
workshop were conducted in the following
four thematic sessions:
Session One: Strategic Directions
for South-South Cooperation in Population
and Development
Session Two: Experience Sharing on
South-South Cooperation in Population
and Development
Session Three: ODA and South-South
Cooperation
Session Four: Capacity Building on
Program Management
The
leading resource persons of the workshop
were:
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H.E. Mr. Jianguo Wei, Vice-Minister,
Ministry of Commerce, China
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Professor
Jay Satia, Executive Director,
International Council on Management
of Population Programme (ICOMP)
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Mr.
Jyoti Singh, PPD Permanent Observer
to the United Nations
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Dr. Nabiha Gueddana, Director
General, National Family and Population
Board, Tunisia
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Dr.
Jotham Musinguzi, PPD Treasurer
and Director, Population Secretariat,
Uganda
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Dr.
Hao Linna, Director General, Department
of International Cooperation,
NPFPC, China
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Dr.
Siswanto Wilolpo, Partners Country
Coordinator (PCC) and Deputy to
the Family Planning and Reproductive
Health, BKKBN, Indonesia
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Dr. Safa El-Baz, Assistant Minister
for Health and Population, Egypt
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Mr. Peter Hall, PPD Consultant
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Dr.
Fouad Hamadi, General Secretary,
Ministry of Health, Morocco
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Dr.
Rogelio Fernandez Castilla, Director,
Technical Support Division, UNFPA
HQ, New York
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Mr. Fujiya Koji, JICA, Japan
-
Mr.
Tewodros Melesse, Regional Director,
Africa Region, IPPF
Presentations
and discussions in the workshop covered
the following major areas:
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The general framework for capacity
building
- Strategic
directions for capacity development
as pathway towards achieving South-South
collaboration in Reproductive
Health, Population and Development
- Human
Resources, Institutional Capacity
Development and Transfer of Technologies
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Sharing of experiences and expertise
from national and regional perspectives
from China, Africa, Asia and Arab
world
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Policy dialogue for integration
of Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS
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Repositioning of Family Planning
and Reproductive Health for attainment
of the Millennium Development
Goals towards alleviation of poverty
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Enhanced advocacy to reposition
Reproductive Health on the Agenda
for poverty alleviation
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Support to South-South collaboration
as the key route to the sustainable
development
The
workshop was followed by field visits
to the grass-root health institutions,
elementary schools, community cultural
centres, home for the aged persons
and villagers’ households in
the Suburban of Beijing.
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A
comprehensive report on
the workshop is available
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