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November, 2011
PPD
Board and Executive committee met
at Pretoria South Africa
Pretoria,
South Africa —
Partners
in Population and Development (PPD)
organized its 16th Annual Board meeting
and 18th Executive Meeting in Pretoria
South Africa with remarkable participation
of its Board member. H.E. Mr. Ghulam
Nabi Azad, Honorable Union Minister
of Health and Family Welfare of the
Government of India and Chair of PPD
Board presided over these events.
This year Board meeting, ornamented
with active participation of 9 Ministers
(PPD’s Board Members) from different
member countries, representatives
from different donor agencies, Partner
Country Coordinators and Government
delegation from Sri Lanka.
Participants
of the Board Meeting
The Board reviewed the programs that
were made in the year 2010, expressed
their deepest appreciation to the
Executive Director and his team .The
Board Members renewed commitment and
support of their respective Governments
towards South-South Cooperation in
the greater interest of the developing
countries. The Board placed on records
the substantial assistance and support
of United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA), The Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation , Intra health, DFID, The
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,
Venture Strategies and Population
Communication to PPD.
The Board Members agreed that the
17th Annual Board meeting will be
on November 2012 in Bangladesh.
Simultaneously,
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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