This civil society dialogue with the WHO leadership will focus on three interrelated challenges in the promotion of social participation and accountability as a core element of democratic governance within and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic:
Read the input paper for the meeting (word – PDF) with introductions and civil society asks for commitment and action. The paper was drafted by the co-organizers and already shared with the WHO Secretariat as main reference for the dialogue with Dr Tedros.
Outline of the meeting
In this third dialogue meeting on the Covid-19 response between civil society organizations and the WHO leadership, we will not repeat the evidence already collected and the stories already told by civil society representatives from various countries. We take them as an agreed starting point for deepening the dialogue, and we will focus on what is to be done.
- In its interaction with Member States on promoting social participation and accountability at country level, WHO to provide political leadership beyond technical guidance
- In its own fields of work and related institutional processes and arenas, WHO to consistently deal with civil society engagement as a matter of social participation and accountability
- Civil society organizations, networks and platforms to get better organized in the promotion of good governance at all levels and at the same time consistently address own shortcomings in the field of participation and accountability
Read the input paper for the meeting (word – PDF) with introductions and civil society asks for commitment and action. The paper was drafted by the co-organizers and already shared with the WHO Secretariat as main reference for the dialogue with Dr Tedros.
Outline of the meeting
In this third dialogue meeting on the Covid-19 response between civil society organizations and the WHO leadership, we will not repeat the evidence already collected and the stories already told by civil society representatives from various countries. We take them as an agreed starting point for deepening the dialogue, and we will focus on what is to be done.
- Short introductions based on input document (by civil society panellists)
- Followed by moderated panel discussion with CSO/WHO experts
- Panels take up questions collected from a broader civil society audience ahead of and during the meeting (Slido poll)
- Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH)
- Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2)
- UHC2030 Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (CSEM)
- UHC2030 Social Participation Technical Network (SPTN), Civil society co-chair
together with the WHO Secretariat
- G2H2 website of this meeting
- CSEM website of this meeting
