Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health
Accountability workshops
Implementing the Commission on Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health
As part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission, national stakeholders are to hold a series of regional and national accountability workshops that will ultimately cover 75 priority countries.
These workshops will allow national stakeholder engage in a self-assessment that will serve as the basis for the development of a roadmap and the setting of priorities. Below, find the planned workshops, with links to reports from the workshops when available.
First Asia-Pacific workshop on developing country roadmaps
Implementing the recommendations of the Commission on Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health
19-21 MARCH | MANILA, PHILLIPPINES - Delegations from seven Eastern Asian countries (China & Mongolia), South-Eastern Asian countries (Cambodia, Lao, Philippines and Viet Nam) and Papua New Guinea, supported by a range of country, regional and global partners*, met in Manila, Philippines on 19-21 March to develop country roadmaps to strengthen national accountability and action for improving women’s and children’s health. The Manila workshop, one in a series of regional workshops that will ultimately cover 75 priority countries, is part of the action plan for implementing the recommendations of the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health. The Commission, which issued its final report in May 2011, outlined recommendations in three areas: better tracking of results, better tracking of resources, and better oversight of results and resources, nationally and globally.
African countries meet to develop country accountability roadmaps
13-14 FEBRARY 2012 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - Delegations from ten sub-Saharan African countries*, supported by a range of regional and global partners, met in Dar es Salaam on 13-15 February to develop country roadmaps to strengthen national accountability and action for improving women’s and children’s health. The Tanzania workshop, one in a series of regional workshops that will ultimately cover 75 priority countries, is part of the action plan for implementing the recommendations of the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health. The Commission, which issued its final report in May 2011, outlined recommendations in three areas: better tracking of results, better tracking of resources, and better oversight of results and resources, nationally and globally.
23-25 April 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka
The workshop will cover six countries of the Strategic Workplan: Bangladesh, DPR Korea, India, Indonesia, Myanmar and Nepal. Dates and venue will be confirmed.
May 2012, the Americas region
Dates and venue of the workshop will be confirmed.