Applications open: East and Asia Pacific Region online IPHU on Democratising Global Health Governance
Local Strategies for Global Health: How Grassroots Mobilisation and Advocacy can Contribute to Democratising Global Health Governance
The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Region of the People's Health Movement is pleased to invite applications for a Six-Session online IPHU Workshop on Democratising Global Health Governance: 15th Oct ‘24 to 19th Nov 2024 on Tuesdays (weekly) at 6 AM UTC/ 2 PM Manila time. The course is for the interested applicants from the EAP region.
Objectives
The Objectives of the Workshop are to:
• explore the interplay between community activism around local health issues and the challenges of global engagement;
• introduce PHM activists from EAP region to PHM’s WHO Watch program;
• review key issues addressed in the recent World Health Assembly; explore the local and regional implications of those issues and identify local and regional priorities for engagement;
• explore the potential outcomes and challenges involved in policy engagement with government officials regarding their policy positions on current issues of international debate;
• develop our policy analysis, policy development and policy advocacy skills; and
• identify local and regional priorities and plan for priority actions.
Who is the workshop planned for?
• The total enrolment will be limited to 30 participants.
• Priority, with respect to enrolment, will be given to activists within PHM, including activists in organizations affiliated with PHM
The enrolment policy aims to achieve:
• geographical mix,
• gender balance,
• diversity of involvements, and
• diversity of skills, interests, experience, and backgrounds.
Workshop Agenda
The workshop agenda will comprise six topics over six weeks:
• WHO Watch: process, experience, outcomes,
• About WHO: history, structures, functions, governance,
• Global health governance: the wider environment of forces,
• PHM’s ‘theory of change’ in its GHG work,
• Policy and advocacy skills,
• Watching the Regional Committees of WHO.
Each topic will include:
• introduction to the topic,
• a set of learning objectives,
• a reading program and suggested exercise/s,
• a webinar discussion.
Cross-cutting themes will include:
• the social determination of health,
• comprehensive primary health care,
• the political economy of health,
• health system strengthening,
• the right to health: principles,
• solidarity and struggle across class, gender, and coloniality,
• people’s health and environmental justice.
Workshop approach
• The workshop will be resourced by experienced PHM activists from the region including activists with experience as WHO Watchers in Geneva. The workshop will be conducted in in English.
• The course requires putting in 4-8 hours of reading weekly before the sessions. See more detailed Workshop Program please see the document uploaded towards the end of this post.
Application and Deadline
• Applications only for activists from EAP region. Apply online at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JEcXHVRoqZSHDT2Cjm3Hrp_RhfMn4NfS9rU1hzN2tKM/edit
• Deadline for applications: 24th September 2024
• Dates for the six sessions: 15th Oct, 22nd Oct, 29th Oct, 5th Nov, 13th Nov, 19th Nov (Tuesdays, every week) at 6 AM UTC/ 2 PM Manila time.
• Contact: [email protected] or <[email protected]>