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| Consultative
Meeting of Experts and Member of International Programme
Advisory Committee (IPAC) on Strategic Programme
Development |
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: 17-19 April, 2008 |
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PPD
has a new Strategic Business Plan (SBP) for (2008-2011)
which was developed after a long process of consultations
with Board Members, Partners Country Coordinators (PCCs),
international experts and stakeholders. This SBP was
discussed and approved at the PPD Board Meeting held
in Rabat, Morocco in November 2007. For the implementation
of the SBP, in collaboration with the Department of
Health, Ministry of Public Health, Government of Thailand,
PPD organized a three-day Consultative Meeting of Experts
to identify specific area of programme interventions
and avenues for their implementation. The meeting was
held in Bangkok, Thailand, between 17th and 19th April
2008 in conjunction with PPD’s International Programme
Advisory Committee (IPAC). Participants at the meeting
included IPAC members, Representatives of Government
of Kingdom of Thailand, Senior Governmental Officials
from PPD member countries (MC), Prominent Scholars and
Experts in the field of RH, Population and Development
as well as Staff from PPD’s Secretariat, China
Office and Africa Regional Office (ARO). Representatives
of Donor Agencies, Partner Institutions (PIs), Non Governmental
Organizations (NGOs), and Civil Society Organizations
(CSOs) also attended the Consultative Meeting.
Opening
Session of the workshop was graced by Dr. Siripon Kanshana
Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Public Health,
Government of Thailand and Representative of PPD Board
Member for Thailand, Mr. G. Giridhar, CST Director and
UNFPA Representative, Thailand, Dr. Nantha Auamkul,
Additional Director-General, Department of Health, Ministry
of Public Health, Government of Thailand, Dr. Sopon
Mekthon, Deputy Director General, Department of Health,
Ministry of Public Health, Government of Thailand and
Mr. Harry S. Jooseery, Executive Director of PPD. Dr
Sopon Mekthon, proudly reiterated the Government of
Thailand’s support to PPD, and pledged for a reinforced
partnership in addressing Population and Family/Reproductive
Health issues worldwide, in a context of achieving ICPD
and MDGs. Dr Mekthon focused also on the importance
of addressing the issue of maternal and child health,
and highlighted the achievements of Thailand in RH/FP
programmes.
Opening
Session of the Workshop
Mr. Jooseery in his speech appreciated Thailand’s
commitment to South-South Cooperation and highlighted
Thailand’s achievements in tackling the scourge
of HIV/AIDS, integration of RH and FP programs into
the national public health services and accelerating
contraceptive prevalence rate through 100% condom program.
Mr. Jooseery also emphasized that South-South Cooperation
does not preclude any form of North-South Cooperation.
Mentioning the sharp decline in the donor assistance
to FP from 55% in 1985 to 16% in 2007, he warned that
continuous dwindling assistance to FP will have disastrous
effect, especially in developing countries where contraceptive
use is the lowest in the world.
Following
were the main issues discussed in the workshops:
1.
Strategic Business Plan of PPD: Goals, Output and
Activities;
2. Capacity Development Plan of PPD;
3. Human Resource Plan of PPD;
4. PPD’s Programme Priorities and Project Development;
5. Financial resources and donor commitments;
6. PPD’s visibility and sustainability;
7. Roles and responsibilities of IPAC
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