Lusaka Meeting

28 Feb - 01 Mar 2008
Thirteen country teams involved in the International Health Partnership and related initiatives, and the Harmonization for Health in Africa Initiative met with development partners and civil society representatives between 28th February and 1st March 2008. The countries were: Burundi, Burkina Faso, Benin, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger and Zambia.

The objectives were to:

1. Share experience and promote learning about sector-wide approaches and harmonization and alignment of national and international agencies in support of the national health plans, strategies and budgets, including memoranda of understanding (MoU), codes of conduct and compacts.

2. Share experience about bottlenecks caused by development partners that hinder the effective strengthening of national health plans to achieve their results.

3. Hear from the international community on how they are planning to change their ways of working in order to support partner countries achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

4. Consider how in-country coordination of different global and regional initiatives could be further improved to strengthen health services, and what actions are required at country, regional and global level for these improvements to take place.

5. Provide feedback on global inter-agency policy work currently under way aimed at improving international assistance to national health plans and strategies, and strengthening country mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation. 

Agenda

Lusaka Agenda EN FR
Participant List EN

Presentations

DAY 01:
Carol Nyirenda CSO views FINAL
Ministers Keynote Speech Lusaka
Julian Schweitzer Lusaka Presentation Feb 26 v3
Agnes Soucat A new business for aid the compact
Chris Mwikisa HHA Lusaka
Tim Martineau NHP Session Lusaka 4
Nejmudin Kedir Ideal strategies and plans gvt views lusaka


DAY 02:
UNICEF WB Results-based budgeting and financing 29 Feb 08
Sue Perez Special Session CSO discussion 29 Feb 2008
Ties Boerma Lusaka presentation Evaluation
Ties Boerma Lusaka presentation Evaluation
Carol Nyrienda Roadmap for Engaging CS in Countries


DAY 03:
Closing Remarks Hon Minister IHP Lusaka Final
Way Forward March 1 10 04

Conclusions

Way Forward EN
Lusaka Meeting Final Report EN