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Saatja: EURO Governance <[email protected]> Saadetud: 25.08.2023 18:38 Adressaat: EURO Governance <[email protected]> Teema: SAVE THE DATE: Pre-RC73 side-events Manused: image001.jpg (version in the Russian language will follow shortly) Dear RC73 Participants, As previously indicated in the RC73 Guide for Participants, drawing upon the lessons learned from the 72nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe and with the goal to enhance focused discussions during the Regional Committee plenary session, as well as to allow sufficient time for networking and meaningful interactions among Member States, the Secretariat has scheduled this year’s side events leading up to the 73rd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe. These events will take place virtually or in a hybrid format every Monday starting from 4 September and until 16 October, between 10:00 and 11:30 (CEST). Please find below an outline of the thematic focus of these side-events Briefing on WHO’s Fourteenth In May, the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly, having General Programme of Work considered the report by the (GPW14) Director-General on sustainable financing, requested the Director- 4 September 2023, 10:00-11:30 General to develop the draft Fourteenth General Programme of CEST Work, 2025–2028 (GPW 14) in consultation with Member States, as the technical strategy to underpin the first WHO investment round in the last quarter of 2024. GPW 14 is to replace the Thirteenth General Programme of Work, 2019–2025 (GPW 13) one year early, include a financing envelope and strong results narrative and draw on lessons learned from GPW 13. It will be considered for approval by the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly in 2024. This session is organized to brief Member States in the WHO European Region on the consultative process to develop GPW14. Launch of the European Quality of care is the central component of health systems Quality of Care and Patient performance. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed many pre-existing Safety Status Report – state of weaknesses in quality of care. However, efforts to address the play and future prospects many challenges facing health systems have also led to the 11 September 2023, 10:00- introduction of social and digital innovations and approaches, such 11:30 CEST as new models for engaging and ensuring the participation of patients and families. The new WHO/Europe report, "European Quality of Care and Patient Safety Status Report," launched at this event, spotlights  novel approaches to ensure quality of care, identifies tracer indictors to measure what matters, and proposes a set of objectives and key results that will put health systems on the right track to deliver quality care. Supporting health leadership With a vision to support health leadership today while building up for the present while the health leaders of tomorrow, the Pan-European Leadership developing health leadership Academy offers learning opportunities and placements with for the future: the Pan- WHO/Europe for early and mid-career public health and health- European Leadership Academy related professionals. Launched in September 2021, ELA was 18 September 2023, 10:00- established to provide structured opportunities for professional 11:30 CEST development within WHO/Europe, and thus create a network of trained health professionals to support and advance the European Programme of Work. Since then, two cohorts – tier 1 of early career public health and health professionals, and tier 2 - mid-career professionals from ministries of health and institutes of public health, have completed programmes and placements with WHO/Europe. This session will bring together ELA champions and alumni, together with Member States, partners and WHO staff who have collaborated on the project, to report on the initiative, share their experiences and successes, and look to scaling up the initiative in the next biennium. Launch of the Youth4Health One in three people in the WHO European Region is under the age Network of 30. Since 2021, WHO/Europe has increased efforts to engage 25 September 2023, 10:00- youth as equal partners in health and well-being decision-making. 11:30 CEST A key outcome of the first Youth4Health Forum that was held in Tirana, Albania, last year, has been the establishment of a Youth4Health Network. This network provides a platform for meaningful engagement with young people, seeks to amplify and embed youth voices and perspectives, and ensure youth participation in all areas of WHO/Europe’s work. At this event, the official launch of the Youth4Health Network, youth representatives will present the network’s work and discuss the importance of youth engagement with decision-makers. Renewing commitments: Although significant advances have been made in improving sexual towards advancing sexual and and reproductive health in the WHO European Region, there reproductive health for remain stark differences in outcomes between Members States, Universal Health Coverage in and more must be done to achieve the Sustainable Development the WHO European Region Goal targets. Indeed, decades of gains across the Region may be at 2 October 2023, 10:00-11:30 risk, with slowing or stagnant progress in reducing maternal CEST mortality rates, limited access to services, and unacceptably high prevalence of sexual and intimate partner violence, of great concern. The rolling back of policies for gender equality and sexual and reproductive health threaten progress.  This side event will provide the latest regional status on sexual and reproductive health, present promising examples of country practices and generate discussion by experts and practitioners from across the Region on the steps that need to be taken to support countries in making progress in this area. The European Medical Teams The Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) Initiative works to improve Initiative in the WHO the timeliness and quality of health services provided by national European Region: taking the and international Emergency Medical Teams, as well as enhance Global 2030 Strategy to the the capacity of national health systems in leading the activation and regional, subregional and coordination of rapid response capacities in the immediate national levels aftermath of a disaster, outbreak, or other emergency. 9 October 2023, 10:00-11:30 CEST Recently, EMTs have been deployed to support response activities for COVID-19, Ukraine, and following the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. In the WHO European Region, the Initiative is developing, providing tailored support, better governance, and engaging at local level on training, development, coordination, and emergency response. The side event will update Member States on the progress of the EMT Initiative in the WHO European Region, and provide an opportunity to discuss the creation of a Regional EMT Action Plan for 2024-2030, that will reinforce health systems' preparedness, response, and resilience by integrating EMT capacities into national frameworks. The proposed plan is aligned with the "Preparedness 2.0" priority and the global EMT 2030 Strategy. Briefing on the health systems On 12-13 December 2023, WHO/Europe and the Government of conference, “Trust and Estonia will convene a health systems conference in Tallinn, Transformation” marking the Estonia. Focusing on the themes of “Trust and Transformation”, the 15th anniversary of the Tallinn conference will mark the 15th anniversary of the Tallinn Charter: Charter Health Systems for Health and Wealth. It will follow the trajectory 16 October 2023, 10:00-11:30 of the original 2008 Ministerial Conference when the Charter was CEST adopted, and subsequent anniversary conferences in 2013 and 2018, to ensure regional commitment to the health system values enshrined in the Charter. The 2023 conference will again be open to Member State delegates as well as representatives from key partners and those representing patients, health workers, civil society, resource partners and academia. It will put forward an outcome statement on behalf of its participants, which will contribute to an agenda item at the 74th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe. As the host country, Estonia will lead the process of developing the statement, and engaging Member States and non-state actors will be essential. This virtual side event will provide an opportunity to outline plans for December’s Tallinn conference, and consult on an early draft of the outcome statement. The side events will be conducted in English with Russian interpretation. The Regional Governance team will provide the necessary connection details in due course. While we await these specifics, we kindly request you to reserve space in your schedules for these important events. Your active participation is greatly anticipated and valued. Sincerely yours, Regional Governance and Languages Unit Executive Director’s Division WHO Regional Office for Europe Marmorvej 51, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark T: +45 45 33 68 51 [email protected] | WHO/Europe - Governance Regional Governance SharePoint