The Action For Global Health round table was hosted by The Centre on 2 April 2008 and saw presentations from the Slovenian Presidency of the EU, the OECD, The French Foriegn Ministry, the European Commission as well as Action For Global Health. Contributing to the debate in addition to the participants were other representatives of EU Member States, the World Health Organisation, the World Bank, Global Alliance for Vacines and Immunisation (GAVI Alliance), UNICEF, UNFPA as well as independent development experts and NGOs.
The roundtable was an opportunity for Action For Global Health to present their recomendations and a briefing on health aid cooperation and effectiveness. The early results of case studies that have been undertaken in six different developing countries for the networks anual report on aid effectiveness were also presented.
The international community agreed a set of five principles to improve aid effectiveness at a High Level Forum in Paris in 2005 under the auspices of the OECD. Health is a key sector in the aid effectiveness debate as it is being used as a ’tracer sector’ to ilustrate how well the international community are applying these ’Paris Principles’. This appraisal will be a major input to the next High Level Forum review on aid effectiveness in Accra Ghana in September 2008.
The timing of the event was key as it enabled Action For Global Health to present its position on health aid effectiveness to Council representatives one week prior to their first discussions on the Commission Communication on development. These discussions commenced on 10 April 2008 the day after adoption by the Commission of the package. It is these Council discussions that will elaborate EU positions for the Accra High Level Forum in September.
The Action For Global Health round table final report is now available that includes all the presentations given.
