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SEE Health Network. and Regional Cooperation in SEE. Prepared for presentation at the 13 th CRS meeting of the NDPHS Brussels 21-22.4.2008. Overview. Review of the history of regional cooperation Recent developments in the regional cooperation in public health in SEE

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  1. SEE Health Network and Regional Cooperation in SEE Prepared for presentation at the 13th CRS meeting of the NDPHS Brussels 21-22.4.2008

  2. Overview • Review of the history of regional cooperation • Recent developments in the regional cooperation in public health in SEE • The vision for the future

  3. Stability Pact for SEE(History and Structure) • Established in 2001 to promote peace and stability in the region; later to assist SEE countries to EU integration and accession • Leadership provided by Special Coordinator, Dr Busek; Regional Table and Three Working Tables.

  4. Stability Pact for SEE(History and Structure) – Con‘t • 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

  5. 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 Europeto a regionally-owned Regional Co-operation Council

  6. Regional Cooperation • Regional Cooperation is important: • To SEE itself • fighting organized crime, • to increasing trade and attracting investment, • to strengthening disaster preparedness and prevention • a prerequisite and a tool for the European and Euro-Atlantic integration

  7. Stability Pact beyond 2007SEE Cooperation Process • Economic and Social Development • Infrastructure • Justice and Home Affairs • Security co-operation • Building Human Capital • Parliamentary Co-operation (overarching theme) Gender mainstreaming; social cohesion and involvement of civil society

  8. SEECPStructure • Regional Co-operation Council (RCC) • Secretary General from the region • Secretariat in Sarajevo, BIH • Co-financing of the future regional set-up

  9. Stability PactSEE Health Network • 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

  10. Second Health Ministers Forum With special participation of Ministers of Finance “Health and Economic Development in South - eastern Europe in the 21 Century” Skopje, 25-26 November 2005 • The Skopje Pledge: • Health - an essential investment for economic development • Long-term commitment of governments to public health and health system reform process • Transforming SEE projects into long-term programmes for regional collaboration • Maintaining, expanding and strengthening partnerships • Full transferring of ownership to SEE countries (MoH) by 2008 10

  11. South-eastern Europe Health Network: Main features • 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 8 priority public health areas • Over 8 million Euros raised and in implementation • Health system approach applied -

  12. Albania Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases France, Greece, WHO Bosnia and Herzegovinia Enhancing Social Cohesion by Strengthening Community Mental Health Services Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, WHO Bulgaria Information for Community Mental Health Services Greece, OSI, GI, WHO Croatia Institutional Capacities of Public Health systems for Strengthened Tobacco Control Norway, WHO Romania Blood and Blood products Switzerland, Slovenia, CoE, WHO Improving Maternal and Neonatal Health in SEE Institutional Capacity and Intersectorial Collaboration for Access to Safe Food Products Belgium,Greece, Italy, Switzerland, WHO Norway, WHO Moldova Serbia CEB (loan) Croatia Reconstruction and Modernization Of Andrija Stampar School of Public Health in Zagreb, Croatia THE ONGOING PROJECTS Health Policy and Technical Advice WHO – COE Leading Country Partners/Donors

  13. Political MoH Fora (once in 4-5 years) Presidency Executive Committee Secretariat Regional Meetings (twice yearly) National Political Coordinators (Alternates) Technical projects Project Steering Committees Regional Project Managers & Offices Country Project Managers & Offices SEE Health Network

  14. Road Map for SEEHN beyond 2007 • SEEHN continues to operate in line with the MoH commitments: Dubrovnik and Skopje Pledges • Increased ownership and/or responsibilities by the region in line with the SEECP/RCC • Continued leadership and support by Partners and Donors

  15. Regional Cooperation – Health • SEE Health Network (next steps) • MoU on the future of regional cooperation • 2 Ministerial declarations on Mental Health and implementation of IHRs • ‘Call for Proposals’ for the location of the seat of SEEHN Secretariat • 18th Meeting of SEEHN in Chisinau Moldova (May 30 – June 1, 2008) • Statement by SEEHN Presidency of Moldova during the Health Systems Performance - Ministerial Conference in Tallin, Estonia, June 2008. • Joint meeting with European Commission TAIEX on manpower mobility in Health, June 30-July 1, 2008.

  16. Visionfor the future of SEEHNand the regional cooperation in public healthhealth system reformscontributing to economic development of the region

  17. The future SEEHNEnhanced forms of cooperation and organizational capacities New Secretariat of SEE HN in the regionRegional Development Centres for the agreed technical areas of cooperationSEE financial contributions (based on GDP of the country as for RCC Secretariat) for the Secretariat/annual SEEHN meetings

  18. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRESwill beexisting or new institutions in all SEE

  19. Tasks of the Regional Cooperation Centres-Promotion of the SEEHN policies and priorities-Information sharing- Networking- Innovation- Research- Fundraising- Projects implementation

  20. Summary • The Stability Pact for SEE is transformed into Regional Co-operation 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

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