| Government
of India Reinforces its Commitment
and Contribution to PPD
The
ED of PPD Mr. Harry Jooseery
met H.E. Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss,
Honourable Board Member of PPD
and Minister of Health and Family
Welfare, India, along with Mr.
Naresh Dayal, Secretary, Ministry
of Family Welfare of India and
Ms. Aradhona Johri, Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Family Welfare of
India. The Honourable Minister
firmly reiterated the unequivocal
commitment of the Government
of India to PPD and its South-South
Cooperation Initiatives. Mr.
Jooseery briefed the Honourable
Minster on the recent, ongoing
and planned PPD activities.
The discussions took place on
the development of strategic
business plan, capacity development
plan, human resources plan,
RH commodity exchange among
Member States, resource mobilization
endeavours and advocacy campaign
among the Member States and
key players in the international
arena towards integration of
ICPD and MDGs, RH and HIV/AIDS
Programs and RH Commodity Security
through South-South Cooperation
mechanism. In response, the
Minister offered all possible
support and assistance towards
reinforcing PPD Secretariat
and expressed India’s
willingness for accelerated
cooperation with the PPD Member
States in the specific areas
common concern. The Minister
also assured to positively consider:
-
Placement of a Business Development
Consultant at the PPD Secretariat
specialized in program development
and resource mobilization.
- Assisting
PPD Secretariat in the development
of its e-MIS for better coordination
and monitoring of its activities
for the promotion of South-South
Cooperation.
- Provision
of fellowships to the professionals
of PPD Member States through
its premiere training institutions.
- Providing
RH Commodities to PPD Member
States as part of South-South
Cooperation initiative
Mr.
Jooseery with H.E. Dr. Anbumani
Ramadoss (middle)
Honourable Minister of Health
and Family Welfare of India
and
Mr. Naresh Dayal, Secretary,
Ministry of Family Welfare of
India.
The
Minister expressed his satisfaction
on the pace of progress PPD
has been achieving recently
in addressing the most burning
reproductive health, population
and development issues facing
the PPD Member States and other
developing countries.
PPD
and the Government of the
Philippines in Dialogue on
Accelerated Collaboration
and Accession to PPD Membership
Considering
the cultural, programmatic,
strategic and geo-political
importance of Asia’s
sole catholic Christian country,
the Philippines peninsula,
the present PPD leadership
intend to reinforce its collaboration
with the country which was
initiated late in the nineties.
Accordingly, the Executive
Director opened dialogue with
the country which culminated
in an official mission during
12 to 15 August 2007 to the
country.
Mr.
Jooseery briefing H.E. Dr.
Francisco Duque (in the right),
Secretary of Health of Philippine
together with Mr. Thomas Osias,
Executive Director, Commission
on Population
Mr.
Jooseery explaining the S-S
Initiative to
Dr. Romeo Manalo, Under-Secretary
of Foreign Affairs of Philippine
In
Manila, Mr. Jooseery had a
number of high-profile meetings
in which he discussed avenues
for accelerated cooperation
and the possibility of the
Government of the Philippines
accession to PPD Membership.
He met with H.E. Dr. Francisco
Duque, Secretary of State,
Dr. Romeo Manalo, Under-Secretary
of State and senior government
officials of the Ministry
of Health and Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. The Ministers
and senior civil servants
warmly welcomed the Executive
Director and the discussion
held in friendly and cordial
atmosphere that generated
profound enthusiasm about
PPD. This has been demonstrated
in the willingness of the
Ministers and senior Government
officials to initiate necessary
formalities within the government
to submit the Expression of
Interest of the Government
of the Philippines to join
PPD.
The
ED also took the opportunity
to discuss with Mrs. Suneeta
Mukherjee, UNFPA representative
in Manilla. Mrs. Mukherjee,
pledged her support to PPD
in its endeavour to enlist
Philippine as Member States
of PPD.
Acting
Director of Packard visits PPD
Secretariat
The
Acting Director of Population
and Development of Packard Foundation,
Ms. Sono Aibe visited PPD Secretariat
on 20th August 2007 during her
stop over visit to Bangladesh.
During her stay PPD’s
current projects and activities
were reviewed. In the discussion
Mr. Jooseery emphasized on the
further potential collaboration
between Packard and PPD. It
was acknowledged that the technical
and financial assistance of
Packard had a great impact on
South-South Collaboration and
for sustainable development
of reproductive health in PPD
Member States. Both PPD and
Packard agreed on the need to
develop meaningful projects
to strengthen S-S Collaboration
for the achievement of MDGs
and ICPD Program of Action.
Ms.
Sono Aibe, Acting Director of
Population and Development of
Packard Foundation sharing Packard’s
view with PPD staff
Ms.
Sono Aibe, the Acting Director
of Population and Development
of Packard Foundation (5th from
the left) with the staff in
the PPD Secretariat
Afro-Asian
Parliamentarian’s Dialogue
on Population, Health and Community
Capacity Building for Sustainable
Development toward TICAD IV
and G8 Summit in 2008
Mr.
Jooseery attended the “Afro-Asian
Parliamentarian’s Dialogue
on Population, Health and Community
Capacity Building for Sustainable
Development toward TICAD IV
and G8 Summit in 2008”
from 28th August to 2nd September
2007 at Tokyo and Gunma, Japan.
The meeting was organized by
Asian Population and Development
Association (APDA) and AFPPD
with support from UNFPA and
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Japan (MOFA).
Mr.
Jooseery presenting a paper
on “South-South Cooperation:
What it has achieved?”
at the meeting
More
than 50 participants including
Parliamentarians from Asia-Pacific,
African, European countries
and Japan along with representatives
from UNFPA, IPPF, MOFA, Secretariats
of National Committees on Population
and Development and Selected
NGOs and other related organizations
attended the meeting.
The
two-day Parliamentarians’
meeting offered a platform to
foster dialogue among parliamentarians
and experts from the Asia-Pacific,
African and European countries
including Japan on critical
issues surrounding Population
and Development and issues related
to Asia and Africa. They shared
their experiences, best practices
and lessons learned, policy
tools and action plans to accelerate
progress towards the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs).
Particular focus was on the
promotion of development cooperation
between Japan and Asian &
African countries through community
capacity building, as well as
Japan & South-South Dialogue.
Parliamentarians adopted a Statement
of Commitment for submission
to the G8 Summit in 2008 outlining
specific actions toward Afro-Asian
and Japanese cooperation in
achieving sustainable development.
PPD
Executive Director made a presentation
on the achievements of South-South
Cooperation in promoting ICPD
Goals and MDGs and urged parliamentarians
to promote South-South Cooperation
as a key strategy to move forward
prioritizing in meeting urgent
Reproductive Health needs. He
insisted that South-South Cooperation
gets a prominent place in the
Statement of Commitment of the
Afro-Asian Dialogue
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