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:
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
Input paper 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)
Civil society co-organizers
Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH)