From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Thomas Schwarz MMI</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:schwarz@medicusmundi.org">schwarz@medicusmundi.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="DE-CH">
<div><p><span lang="EN-GB">A group of NGOs and international NGO networks will contribute to the People’s Health Assembly in Cape Town with a critical reflection on the role and the future of private not for profit health service providers and international NGOs: What does it need to make NGOs part of the solution and not the problem? We will link the discussion on the integration of NGOs in national health systems with debates on the role of NGOs in global health governance and civil society. Please have a look at the program below. If you are with us in Cape Town, you are welcome to join us. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">For the organizers: Thomas Schwarz, Executive Secretary, Medicus Mundi International Network</span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB"> ………………<br><b>In the public interest? The role of NGOs <u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB">in global health governance and civil society<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p><span lang="EN-GB"> ………………</span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">Saturday, 7 July 2012, 17:00-19:00, room C9<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-GB">The challenge of integration<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><i><span lang="EN-GB">“NGOs, if not careful and vigilant, can undermine the public sector and even the health system as a whole, by diverting health workers, managers and leaders into privatized operations that create parallel structures to government and that tend to worsen the isolation of communities from formal health systems.”</span></i></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB"> Regina Bakitte and George Tumwesigye Owakukiroru, UCMB, Uganda:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">The challenge of integrating private not for profit health service providers in the national health system of Uganda<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="IT"> Gemma Salvetti and Bruno Abarca, Medicus Mundi Catalunya, Angola office: </span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">NGOs and health system strengthening – proposals to increase integration and improve impact<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span> Thomas Schwarz, Medicus Mundi International Network. </p><p><span lang="EN-GB">Is your NGO rather strengthening or weakening the national health system? <u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB"> Inputs followed by open discussion.</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Moderator: Remco van de Pas, Wemos, Netherlands<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">Both modules can be attended independently.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB"> ………………</span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Sunday, 8 July 2012, 17:00-19:00, room C9<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><b><span lang="EN-GB">NGOs – the good, the bad and the evil?<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><i><span lang="EN-GB">“International NGOs are at a crossroads. Caught up in a tide of technocracy, they have become outsider experts disconnected from the real struggle. But which road should they take? Can they transform societies, or should they opt for a more modest role, as catalysts for change?”</span></i></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p> Thomas Gebauer, medico international, Germany:<u></u><u></u></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">Aiding at change and abetting crimes - high time to re-politicise NGOs<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"> Itai Rusike: Community Working Group on Health, Zimbabwe</span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">A look at NGOs from a civic/community based organization<br></span> <span lang="EN-GB">Angela Kageni, Aidspan, Kenya<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Civil society as "watchdogs" in national and international health policy <br><u></u><u></u></span></p><p> <span lang="EN-GB">Joyce Chanetsa, IBFAN<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">Public vs. business interest NGOs as actors in global health<br>
<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">Inputs followed by open discussion.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">Moderator: Remco van de Pas, Wemos, Netherlands<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB">Both modules can be attended independently.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB"> ………………<br>Workshop details, documentation, organizers: <a href="http://www.bit.ly/pha3-ngo-workshop" target="_blank">www.bit.ly/pha3-ngo-workshop</a> <br>Workshop announcement as PDF: <a href="http://www.bit.ly/pha3-ngo-workshop-leaflet" target="_blank">www.bit.ly/pha3-ngo-workshop-leaflet</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-GB">Contact: <a href="mailto:schwarz@medicusmundi.org" target="_blank">schwarz@medicusmundi.org</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div><br>