| 06-08
May, 2008
PPD
calls for Increased Donor Funding
to Family Planning (FP) and Reposition
of FP in National Development Agenda
Bali, Indonesia —
The PPD Executive Director Mr. Harry
S. Jooseery appealed to the international
community to increase funding to Family
Planning sector and to the developing
country governments to Reposition
Family Planning in the national agenda.
Mr. Jooseery made this statement while
he was speaking at the 2nd International
Conference on Reproductive Health
Management: Emphasis on Family Planning
organized by Government of Indonesia
and UNFPA in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
from 6 – 8 May 2008.
Mr.
Jooseery argued that the international
development assistance framework and
the national policy formulation mechanism
need to adapt with constantly evolving
challenges posed by “emergence
of a transnational public and private
sector integration and partnership”
and “growing influence of the
private sector, civil society and
NGOs”. He emphasized that PPD
is uniquely positioned to help all
concerned to face these challenges
due to its unique characteristics
of South-South Cooperation.
He
deplored the prevalent perception
that “South-South Cooperation
is an affair of developing countries
only” and stated that “the
North is funding the South-South Cooperation
not by compassion but by recognizing
the overall gain it brings to all
on planet earth”
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