Transcript SEE Health Network

Regional Cooperation in SEE
SEE Health Network
SEECP Health Ministerial Meeting
“Achievements and challenges of strengthening
health system performance through addressing
inequalities in health services in South Eastern
Europe”
Chisinau, 7 November, 2008
Snežana Čičevalieva
Head of the Executive Committee of the SEE HN
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Overview/Report
• Review of the history of
regional cooperation
• Recent developments in the
regional cooperation in public
health in SEE
• The vision for the future
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Stability Pact for SEE
Established in 2001 to promote peace and
stability in the region; later to assist SEE
countries to EU integration and accession
 Working Table I – Democracy
 Working Table III – Security and Defense
 Working Table II – Economy
– Initiative for Social Cohesion
• Employment
• Housing
• Health
• Social Protection
• Social Dialogue
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Regional Cooperation Council
 Stability Pact (SP) handed over to Regional
Cooperation Council (RCC) – 28 Feb 2008
 From a conflict prevention and confidence
building initiative in South Eastern Europe
to a regionally-owned Regional Cooperation Council
 RCC structure:
 Secretary General from the region
 Secretariat in Sarajevo, BIH
 Co-financing of the future regional set-up
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Stability Pact beyond 2007
SEE Cooperation Process
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Economic and Social Development
Infrastructure
Justice and Home Affairs
Security co-operation
Building Human Capital
Parliamentary Co-operation (overarching
theme)
Cross-cutting issues:
Gender mainstreaming; social cohesion
and involvement of civil society
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SEE Health Network Milestones
 Dubrovnik Pledge, 2001
Regional Collaboration; agreed on seven
Public Health priority areas (regional
projects) of common concern
 Skopje Pledge, 2005
Reinforcing the regional collaboration on
Public Health priority areas
Stressing the importance of investing in
health
Achieving and sustaining Regional
Ownership
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South-eastern Europe Health Network:
Main features today
 Public health as a bridge to peace, reconciliation,
stability and economic development
 Ownership and leadership of the SEE countries
 Strong partnership between
- 9 SEE countries (ALB, BIH, BUL, CRO, MDA, MNE,
ROM, SER, MKD)
- 9 donors/partners (BEL, GRE, ITA, FRA, HUN, NOR,
SVN, SWE, SWI)
- 4 international organizations (coE, CEB, WHO/EURO
and SP-SCI)
 Regional cooperation in 9 priority public health areas
 Over 8 million Euros raised and in implementation
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 Health system approach applied
THE ONGOING PROJECTS
Leading
Country
Albania
Health Policy and Technical Advice
WHO – COE
Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases
Partners/Donors
France, Greece,
WHO
Enhancing Social Cohesion by Strengthening
Community Mental Health Services
Belgium, Greece,
Hungary, Italy,
Slovenia, WHO
Information for Community Mental
Health Services
Greece, OSI, GI,
WHO
Institutional Capacities of Public Health
systems for Strengthened Tobacco Control
Norway, WHO
Blood and Blood products
Switzerland, Slovenia,
CoE, WHO
Serbia
Institutional Capacity and Intersectorial
Collaboration for Access to Safe Food Products
Belgium,Greece,
Italy, Switzerland, WHO
Moldova
Improving Maternal and Neonatal Health in SEE
Norway, WHO
Strengthening Public Health Services in SEE
WHO
Bosnia and
Herzegovinia
Bulgaria
Croatia
Romania
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Macedonia
SEE Health Network
Structure
Political
 MoH Fora (once in 4-5
years)
 Presidency
 Executive Committee
 Secretariat
 Regional Meetings
(twice yearly)
 National Political
Coordinators
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Technical
projects
 Project Steering
Committees
 Regional Project
Managers & Offices
 Country Project
Managers & Offices
SEE Health Network agenda 2008-the way we work
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18th Regular Meeting of SEEHN in Chisinau Moldova (May
30 – June 1,)
Joint Statements through SEEHN Presidency of Moldova
during the Health Systems Performance - Ministerial
Conference in Tallin, Estonia, June.
Joint meeting with European Commission TAIEX on
manpower mobility in Health, June 30-July 1,.
AMEE Conference on Health Workforce, Prague, Sept.
European Health Forum-Gastein, October, 2008
Ministerial Meeting, Moldova, Octomber
Signing the MoU/Ministerial declarations
‘Call for Proposals’ for the location of the seat of SEEHN
Secretariat
19th Meeting , Montenegro, November
Inauguration of the SEE HN Secretariat
Global Fund and ECDC joining the partnership
Road Map Beyond 2008
VISION
for the future of SEEHN
and the regional cooperation in public health
to further strengthen health system reforms
to widen the pool of experts and promote them
to contribute to the economic development of the region
enhanced forms of cooperation
Developed structural, organizational and administrative
capacities
increased SEE financial contributions
further networking with the networks (NDC), EC and other
organisations and structures for
REGIONAL EUROPEAN ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH
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IN SEE
Regional Cooperation – Health
SEE Health Network (2008 and beyond)
 Memorandum of Understanding on the future
of regional cooperation
 Process of transforming of Projects into
long term programs started
(Regional Development Canters)
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Promotion of the SEEHN policies and priorities
Information sharing
Networking
Innovation
Research
Fundraising
Projects implementation
Summary
The Stability Pact for SEE is
transformed into Regional Cooperation Council based in region.
Regional ownership and contribution
will increase considerably after 2008
Continued Partners support
essential even after 2008
In the health area a similar approach
is followed
Future activities: MoU and
Secretariat essential
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Thank you.
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