Multistakeholder meeting on the development of the rehabilitation workforce in central Asia and eastern Europe: 7–8 June 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark

Overview

The aim of this hybrid meeting was to initiate a high-level discussion among decision-makers and rehabilitation stakeholders to support the development of competency-based rehabilitation education in central Asian and eastern European countries. Participants worked towards producing a roadmap for developing rehabilitation education in the nine attending countries (‎Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)‎. The objectives of the meeting were to: 1. identify strategies to build political support and leadership for educating rehabilitation professionals in the targeted countries; 2. establish a roadmap for competency-based education for rehabilitation professionals, harnessing regional partnership and drawing on lessons learned from shared experiences to date; 3. identify next steps for strengthening education of rehabilitation professionals in the countries of the region.