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Protocol on Water and Health Ad hoc Project Facilitation Mechanism. Dr Roisin Rooney European Centre for Environment and Health WHO, Regional Office for Europe Rome E-mail. rro@ecr.euro.who.int. Outline of Presentation. Obligations under Protocol on Water and Health
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Protocol on Water and HealthAd hoc Project Facilitation Mechanism Dr Roisin Rooney European Centre for Environment and Health WHO, Regional Office for Europe Rome E-mail. rro@ecr.euro.who.int
Outline of Presentation • Obligations under Protocol on Water and Health • Ad Hoc Project Facilitation Mechanism • Update on Project proposals • First meeting in June 2008 Workshop on Water and Health, Bucharest, Romania 14-16 May 2008
Protocol on Water and Health • Parties are required to establish and report national and local targets, reduce outbreaks and incidence of water-related disease Workshop on Water and Health, Bucharest, Romania 14-16 May 2008
Article 14. Protocol on Water and Health • Article 11 – international cooperation • Article 14 covers international support for National action • AHPFM set up • Facilitator • Ad Hoc project clearing house • Help countries meet their obligations • Targets and target setting • Surveillance of water-borne diseases Workshop on Water and Health, Bucharest, Romania 14-16 May 2008
AHPFM December 07 meeting • Donors ( Norway, Germany, Netherlands, Israel, Switzerland) • NGO – Women in Europe for a Common Future • Agreed to set submission criteria and development application form • Pilot projects to be developed in the Ukraine and Moldova Workshop on Water and Health, Bucharest, Romania 14-16 May 2008
Submission criteria • Geographic scope • Eligibility • Designated focal points • Role of NGOs • Ownership • Local problems • Government priority • Public participation • Vulnerable groups • Co- financing • Target setting • Surveillance Workshop on Water and Health, Bucharest, Romania 14-16 May 2008
Application Form • Contact person • Project background and justification • Overall goal • Expected outputs • Implementation plan • Time schedule • Domestic institutions or NGOs • Other donors approached • Contributions in kind • Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop on Water and Health, Bucharest, Romania 14-16 May 2008
First meeting of the AHPFM in June 2008 Geneva • To agree on the format and selection criteria to assist EECCA and SEE countries and NGOs in submitting project proposals to meet the requirements of potential donors; • to discuss and agree on the application form (and accompanying guidelines) for project proposal submission; • to discuss possible donor assistance for the two pilot projects developed by Moldova and Ukraine • to discuss the future work of the AHPFM Workshop on Water and Health, Bucharest, Romania 14-16 May 2008