PHM-Exch> [PHM NEWS] CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: How to advance cooperation and solidarity within and beyond aid? Civil society workshop in Kampala, 15-16 November 2019

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Linda Shuro <linda at phmovement.org>
From: Thomas Schwarz <schwarz at medicusmundi.org>



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Workshop announcement and Call for Expressions of Interest
(Deadline: 30 September 2019)



How to advance cooperation and solidarity within and beyond aid?
Civil society workshop in Kampala, 15-16 November 2019
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Dear colleagues

*For many countries and societies struggling with access to health and
health equity, aid is still a challenging reality*, and this reality needs
to be examined and acted on: What’s wrong with “health aid” and its actors,
structures, paradigms and policies, methods and processes, and how can the
failures and shortcomings of aid be challenged and addressed? How do we
achieve real cooperation and solidarity within and beyond aid?

*It is quite a challenge to find attention and traction for a critical
civil society analysis and proposals on how to advance cooperation and
solidarity within and beyond aid.* Critical and independent civil society,
i.e. groups that are not funded by or beholden to powerful global health
actors and donors, are too often crowded out by well-funded NGOs that
support the dominant narrative.

*The Kampala workshop on “How to advance cooperation and solidarity within
and beyond aid?” will create a space for critical society groups* for
sharing, strategizing and hopefully initiating joint action. A core group
of organizations and people will be inspired by the workshop and committed
to carry the “Kampala Initiative” forward in a continued democratic and
transparent interaction, and allowing newcomers to join in anytime.

*The Kampala workshop will take place on Friday 15 November and Saturday 16
November 2019 (two full days). *It will provide a space for intensive
debate and work and is therefore neither a large, public event nor a
training session, but a *gathering of a small group of 20-25 experts,
practitioners and activists* who have the potential of developing civil
society critiques and solutions to the challenges of health aid and being
the initial core of a team and process that advances sharing and joint
action beyond the workshop.

*Confirmed participants* *will form four working groups*, each of them
focusing on a challenging subtopic/theme (see concept note) and a
particular case selected by the group. Working groups will organize
themselves and begin work well ahead of the meeting.

*Four public webinars (mid-October to mid-November) *prepared by the
thematic working groups will extend our reach to a broader civil society
audience, to start the thematic work and to collect input by those who
cannot make it to the workshop. These webinars will be announced by
separate communications.



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INTERESTED? ENGAGE!
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If you consider attending the Kampala workshop or if you like to know more
about the Kampala initiative, read the concept note with full information
on the background and objectives, themes and programme of the workshop and
how to engage.

·         Concept note: Download PDF
<https://www.medicusmundi.org/kampala2019/beyond-aid-2019-concept-note-version-13-september-2019.pdf>

·         Announcement leaflet: Download PDF
<https://www.medicusmundi.org/kampala2019/beyond-aid-2019-announcement-and-call-for-expressions-of-interest.pdf>

Use our online form to submit your expression of interest for attending the
Kampala workshop or for getting informed on the workshop outcomes.

·         Expressions of Interest: Online Form
<https://forms.gle/kSJCUPbmMeXS7GZq7>
Strict deadline: Monday 30 September 2019

Get updates on the workshop and related webinars

·         Website <https://www.medicusmundi.org/kampala2019> of the Kampala
initiative

Follow us on Twitter!

·         #KampalaInitiative
<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23KampalaInitiative&src=typed_query>

·         #BeyondAid <https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BeyondAid&src=typd>



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KAMPALA INITIATIVE: CORE GROUP
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·         African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation
(ACHEST)

·         Center for Health Human Rights & Development (CEHURD)

·         Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN)

·         Foundation for Integrated Rural Development (FIRD)

·         Health Poverty Action

·         Medicus Mundi International Network (MMI)

·         People’s Health Movement (PHM)

·         Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations
Institute (SEATINI)



Status: 20 September. This list will be completed, as further organizations
are invited to join the initiative. The workshop is financially supported
by the Open Society Foundations (OSF).



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CONTACTS FOR ENQUIRIES
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·         Ravi Ram, People’s Health Movement
phm.esafrica at phmovement.org

·         Thomas Schwarz, MMI Network
schwarz at medicusmundi.org



This announcement and Call for Expressions of Interest was sent to you by:

Thomas Schwarz, Executive Secretary

Medicus Mundi International
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