Membership criteria and responsibilities
Membership criteria
An organization seeking membership with the Alliance should meet the following criteria:
- Be active in the area of human resources for health, or a closely related field;
- Endorse the values and general principles of the Alliance, as reflected in its strategic plan;
- Represent an institution, agency or government active in the Alliance's priority areas; and
- Be actively supporting the attainment of the Kampala Declaration and the Agenda for Global Action on HRH.
Membership responsibilities
- Actively initiate and participate in collaborative activities to achieve MDGs and health for all;
- Contribute to Alliance activities. Contributions can include direct and indirect funding for HRH, technical expertise, staff time, and assistance with media and networking;
- Promote the principles and values of the Alliance; and
- Share knowledge and information on lessons learned, success stories, case studies, program results and policy approaches that help to accelerate action towards the health workforce crisis.
Members are encouraged to:
- Link to the Alliance website from their organization's website;
- Keep their profile contact information up-to-date by communicating changes to the Alliance secretariat;
- Contribute to Alliance activities and newsletter by sharing new ideas, data, best practices and other important and relevant news related to the health workforce crisis;
- Attend and contribute to the Global Forum on Human Resources for Health and satellite events;
- Participate in the implementation and monitoring of the Kampala Declaration and Agenda for Global Action;
- Regularly update the Alliance on their HRH activities to support the mapping at global, regional and country levels;
- Promote the work of the Alliance; and
- Advocate for health workers for all and all for health workers.