PHM-Exch> REGISTER NOW for series of G2H2 hosted meetings, 17-21 January 2022: "Beyond the agenda of the WHO Executive Board"
MMI Thomas Schwarz
tschwarz at medicusmundi.ch
Tue Jan 11 01:31:51 PST 2022
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Series of civil society workshops and public briefings and debates
hosted / co-hosted by the Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2), 17-21 January
2022
Beyond the agenda of the WHO Executive Board:
People's realities, determinants of health, democratic governance.
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Dear colleagues at PHM,
In the week before the <https://apps.who.int/gb/e/e_eb150.html> 150th
Session of the WHO Executive Board, a series of meetings organized by the
Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2) and some of its members including PHM will
provide a space for sharing, assessing and debating health policy and
governance challenges that go beyond the items covered by the formal agenda
of WHO EB, bridging from health policies to people's realities, addressing
determinants of health and promoting democratic governance.
Find below and <https://g2h2.org/posts/january2022/> here the overview and
more detailed outlines of the various sessions set up as a mix of public
briefings and debates and closed civil society workshops and also include an
intersectoral roundtable co-hosted by G2H2 as part of a broader team.
Updates and documentations will be published on the G2H2
<https://g2h2.org/posts/january2022/> website. And get in touch with our
secretariat or the session organizers to know more.
We invite you to register now for the sessions you want to attend, using the
separate registration forms for the
<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrd-moqzguEtYtTCScYnObLY1oyhPdWT
Qd> two closed civil society workshops, the
<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VZS2FZaMRuSGzZCOMCt7eg>
intersectoral roundtable and the
<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gjj35NyLToiP-PlFQsvhkg> four
public briefings and debates. And thanks for helping us to promote the
meetings, forwarding the announcement to your teams, partners and networks!
Best regards, and all the best for the new year!
Thomas, MMI Network / G2H2 Secretariat
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Programme overview
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Monday and Tuesday: Civil society workshops
Monday, 17 January 2022, 13.00-14.30 and 15.00-16.30 CET
Are global civil society organizations still relevant at the UN
organizations?
Civil society workshop organized by IAHPC
Language: English
Tuesday, 18 January 2022, 13.00-14.30 and 15.00-16.30 CET
Back to Alma Ata: WHO, democratic space and citizens' participation in
shaping health policies
Civil society workshop organized by Viva Salud
Language: English
Workshops set up as Zoom meetings: register
<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrd-moqzguEtYtTCScYnObLY1oyhPdWT
Qd> here
Programme details and contacts: see below, and G2H2
<https://g2h2.org/posts/january2022/> website
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Wednesday: Intersectoral roundtable
Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 14.00-15.30 CET
Our future at stake: The corporate capture of multilateralism
Roundtable co-hosted by G2H2 as part of the People's Working Group on
Multistakeholderism
Languages/interpretation: English, Spanish
Public meeting set up as Zoom webinar: register
<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VZS2FZaMRuSGzZCOMCt7eg> here
Programme details and contacts: see below, and TNI
<https://www.tni.org/en/event/our-future-at-stake-the-corporate-capture-of-m
ultilateralism> website
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Wednesday to Friday: Public briefings and debates
Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 16.00-17.30 CET
Health systems and pandemic response in Latin America: Lessons for the
Pandemic Treaty debates
Public session organized by PHM/ALAMES
Languages/interpretation: English, Spanish
Thursday, 20 January 2022, 13.00-14.30 CET
The "Universal Health and Preparedness Review": Looking at the proposed new
accountability mechanism from a civil society and global public health
governance perspective
Public session organized by Save the Children
Language: English
Thursday, 20 January 2022, 15.00-16.30 CET
Sustainable healthy diets: Why are they so crucial after COVID-19?
Public session organized by SID
Languages/interpretation: English, Spanish, French
Friday, 21 January 2022, 15.00-16.30 CET
The pandemic treaty and the right to development: learning from COVID-19
lessons
Public session organized by G2H2 project team
Language: English
Meetings set up as Zoom webinars: register
<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gjj35NyLToiP-PlFQsvhkg> here
Programme details and contacts: see below, and G2H2
<https://g2h2.org/posts/january2022/> website
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Session outlines
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Monday, 17 January 2022, 13.00-14.30 and 15.00-16.30 CET
Civil society brainstorming/strategizing workshop (closed session)
Are global civil society organizations still relevant at the UN
organizations?
Escalating tensions between Member States and the UN organizations signal a
decline of multilateralism and a return to the Westphalian system,
marginalizing accredited civil society organizations and undercutting real
progress towards sustainable global health policies and practices that
benefit structurally vulnerable populations. So what role, if any, can
global civil society play to make the deliberations and outcomes of UN
organizations fit for 21st century purpose?
Global civil society drives a cosmopolitan vision of sustainable peace and
human development. The UN has traditionally recognized civil society as a
key partner in accomplishing its mission and goals. The ECOSOC and WHO
Secretariats have divisions that accredit CSOs and facilitate their
participation in member state meetings. Yet this participation is largely
contingent on Member State support or withdrawal thereof. Unless member
states take affirmative action to support the role of civil society in UN
meetings, requesting that they be given a meaningful voice in deliberations,
global civil society voices, already marginalized, will quickly become as
irrelevant as the inter-agency cooperation framework - mandated by the UNGA
to help member states achieve the SDGs. New geopolitical alignments are
challenging these inter-agency collaborations, along with CSO space, voice,
and funding, further endangering a sustainable global health and human
rights agenda.
* Civil society workshop organized by: International Association for
Hospice and Palliative Care
* Programme details: G2H2 <https://g2h2.org/posts/january2022/>
website
* Language: English
* Registration (civil society only):
<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrd-moqzguEtYtTCScYnObLY1oyhPdWT
Qd> here
* Contact for enquiries: Katherine Pettus, <mailto:kpettus at iahpc.com>
kpettus at iahpc.com
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Tuesday, 18 January 2022, 13.00-14.30 and 15.00-16.30 CET
Civil society brainstorming/strategizing workshop (closed session)
Back to Alma Ata: WHO, democratic space and citizens' participation in
shaping health policies
Community engagement and participation were at the heart of the Alma Ata
Declaration in 1978. The fourth article of the Declaration states that
"people have the right and duty to participate individually and collectively
in the planning and implementation of their health care".
More than 40 years later, this sounds like a faraway dream. Social movements
and activists defending the right to health are facing increasing pressure
all over the world and citizens' control over health policy stands at an all
time low. How can we change this trend? How can social movements and health
activists be involved and participate in decision-making about national and
local health governance? What can be done to create and enhance the
democratic space for social movements defending the right to health in WHO's
Member States? And why should the WHO relate to these actors and questions?
And how?
In this civil society workshop, we want to think with the wider movement for
the right to health about how we and the World Health Organization can
strengthen the democratic space for the social movement for health and
improve citizen's control over health policy.
* Civil society workshop organized by: Viva Salud
* Programme details: G2H2 <https://g2h2.org/posts/january2022/>
website
* Language: English
* Registration (civil society only):
<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrd-moqzguEtYtTCScYnObLY1oyhPdWT
Qd> here
* Contact for enquiries: David Verstockt, <mailto:david at vivasalud.be>
david at vivasalud.be / Jasper Thys, <mailto:jasper.thys at vivasalud.be>
jasper.thys at vivasalud.be
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Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 14.00-15.30 CET
Intersectoral roundtable (public meeting)
Our future at stake: The corporate capture of multilateralism
The roundtable aims to address the agenda of multistakeholderism promoted by
the World Economic Forum and to initiate a dynamic exchange and contribute
to building a dialogue between concerned social movements, affected sectors
and governments. The roundtable will contest the vision and trajectory of
the multistakeholder approach as the only way to address the multiple
inter-related crises, and will explore the challenges to be faced in
exposing the take-over of our common future by the actors of global
corporate power and what is to be done about it.
* Roundtable organized by the People's Working Group on
Multistakeholderism
. Languages/Interpretation: English, Spanish
* Website (TNI):
<https://www.tni.org/en/event/our-future-at-stake-the-corporate-capture-of-m
ultilateralism> here
* Registration:
<https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrd-moqzguEtYtTCScYnObLY1oyhPdWT
Qd> here
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Wednesday, 19 January 2022, 15.00-16.30 CET
Public briefing and debate
Health systems and pandemic response in Latin America: Lessons for the
Pandemic Treaty debates
Latin America is the region that has been paying one of the highest prices
in this pandemic, not only because of the policy of Covid-19 denial by some
high-profile politicians, but also because of the legacy of international
financial policies aimed at drastic reductions of public investment in
health. Because of this, health systems and surveillance systems in Latin
America have been weakened or even suppressed in some countries.
These strategies, pursued by multilateral circles and rich countries in
particular, have undermined WHO's and PAHO's authority and role in the
world, and by doing so they have undermined the needs of Latin America for
another kind of global governance in health, more democratic and inclusive.
In this session, we want to explore if and how the process for a Pandemic
Treaty can provide a space to push for reforms that could lead to a new
framework of global governance. Different case studies have been developed
at regional, national, and subnational levels: they provide illustration of
experiences, barriers, and facilitated processes of social participation in
identifying health solutions in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. These
examples can provide instances of democratic control that could inspire an
alternative perspective of health governance, as well as governance of
intergovernmental and regional health institutions.
It is our conviction that also the global dimension of health governance
might draw important lessons from such concrete experiences from Latin
America, in relation to the preparedness and response to future pandemics,
particularly if we want to look at the construction of health sovereignty
and global equity in health. At the end of the discussion, we aim to have a
better idea of how to influence international health organisations in a way
to support the needs of everyone.
* Session organized by: People's Health Movement and ALAMES
* Languages/Interpretation: English, Spanish
* Registration Zoom webinar:
<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gjj35NyLToiP-PlFQsvhkg> here
* Contact for enquiries: Ana Vracar, <mailto:ana at phmovement.org>
ana at phmovement.org
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Thursday, 20 January 2022, 13.00-14.30 CET
Public briefing and debate
The "Universal Health and Preparedness Review": Looking at the proposed new
accountability mechanism from a civil society and global public health
governance perspective
The Universal Health and Preparedness Review (UHPR) has been proposed by WHO
as a means to increase accountability and transparency among Member States
in gap identification and capacity building for better health emergency
preparedness. The peer-review nature of the envisioned UHPR would ensure
that key issues identified will be acted upon at the highest political
levels of government and that relevant recommendations will be followed up
upon and monitored on regular basis. It is envisioned that the UHPR will
help establish a platform for multisectoral engagement across government and
whole of society to review the nation's health and preparedness progress and
challenges.
The objective of the session is to brief civil society organizations (CSO)
and other actors on the Universal Health and Preparedness Review and to
discuss options for the engagement of the civil society in the UHPR
mechanism, notably using the lessons from CSO engagement in other
accountability mechanisms such as the Universal Periodic Reviews.
. Public session organized by: Save the Children
. Language: English
. Registration Zoom webinar:
<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gjj35NyLToiP-PlFQsvhkg> here
. Contact for enquiries: Margot Nauleau,
<mailto:margot.nauleau at savethechildren.org>
margot.nauleau at savethechildren.org
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Thursday, 20 January 2022, 15.00-16.30 CET
Public briefing and debate
Sustainable healthy diets: Why are they so crucial after COVID-19?
The concept of diets has gained ground at different levels over the past few
years. It has become a central element of discussion within the food and
agriculture community, as well as in the health arena, especially under the
framework of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition and the 2030 Agenda and
the Sustainable Development Goals. The concept of diets goes beyond the mere
understanding of food as a product consumed in isolation. It rather embraces
the diverse elements that constitute diets and assess how these might
contribute to the health of individuals. Under a food systems approach,
diets have been increasingly linked with the environmental and cultural
aspect. Civil society platforms have long advocated for the unconditionality
of a healthy planet for healthy diets. For their part, FAO and WHO have
jointly developed guiding principles for supporting governments' policies to
transform food systems.
These important efforts have sparked discussions on the need to incorporate
terminology aimed to capture the interconnectedness between health, food,
environment, culture, and society. It is through this nexus that the concept
of "sustainable healthy diets" has emerged and affirmed itself. But multiple
barriers to the implementation of these approaches remain, which are often
reflected in negotiating outcomes. This policy dialogue aims to reflect on
these barriers, and stimulate strategic discussions towards advancing the
notion of "sustainable healthy diets", while giving evidence on how this
concept may indeed be key for driving systemic change in the political
economies of food production, distribution, and consumption, particularly
after the COVID-19 pandemic.
* Public session organized by: Society for International Development
(SID)
* Languages/interpretation: English - French - Spanish
* Registration Zoom webinar:
<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gjj35NyLToiP-PlFQsvhkg> here
* Contact for enquiries: Magdalena Ackermann,
<mailto:mackermann at sidint.org> mackermann at sidint.org
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Friday, 21 January 2022, 15.00-16.30 CET
Public briefing and debate
The pandemic treaty and the right to development: Learning from COVID-19
lessons
In a historic special session of the World Health Assembly, the
international community has unanimously decided to embark into negotiations
for a new pandemic convention or other binding instrument, with the aim to
better prepare and respond to future pandemic events. A certain enthusiasm
has been triggered in global health circles by the novelty of this
diplomatic route. The negotiating wind now has gained worldwide strength,
but what sense of direction it will actually take does not yet seem to be
very clear, due to a combination of missing evidence and thematic
complexity. The World Health Assembly Special Session has indicated
different possible routes, not necessarily converging.
While it may be too early to assess the outcome of the pandemic treaty
negotiations, it is necessary to recall some problematic issues that civil
society organizations see looming at the horizon, building on the
<https://g2h2.org/posts/whypandemictreaty/> G2H2 report "The politics of a
WHO pandemic treaty in a disenchanted world" launched in November 2021 and
integrating an analysis of the debates at the World Health Assembly Special
Session. Questions remain on the evidence about the need for a new treaty.
Doubts also are triggered by the emerging cultural approach of the treaty
narrative so far. Overall, in the multipolar competitive scenario of today's
international community, the main concerns hinge on the fact that this new
potential legal instrument - with its explicitly advocated justification of
tackling pandemic preparedness and response - may incarnate the implicit
ideological function of preserving existing relations of power among
nations, regardless of their failures, in the name of an old conception of
global health security.
* Session organized by: G2H2 pandemic treaty project team
* Language: English
* Registration Zoom webinar:
<https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gjj35NyLToiP-PlFQsvhkg> here
* Contact for enquiries: Nicoletta Dentico,
<mailto:ndentico at sidint.org> ndentico at sidint.org
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Stay safe and healthy!
Spread solidarity, not the virus!
Geneva Global Health Hub
Thomas Schwarz, Secretariat
Route de Ferney 150, CP 2100
1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
<http://www.g2h2.org/> www.g2h2.org - <mailto:info at g2h2.org>
info at g2h2.org
Phone +41 22 920 08 06
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"We build a strong civil society space in Geneva
for more democratic global health governance."
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