World Rehabilitation Alliance biennial in-person members meeting

12 and 13 July 2023, World Health Organization headquarters, Geneva Switzerland

Background

The World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) is a WHO-hosted global network of stakeholders whose mission is to support the implementation of the Rehabilitation 2030 Initiative through advocacy activities. The WRA objectives are to:

  • Conduct evidence-informed advocacy activities that increase support and raise awareness on rehabilitation.
  • Strengthen networking and knowledge sharing within the rehabilitation sector.

The WRA was officially launched on 11 July 2023. Following this, an in-person WRA members meeting took place, bringing all WRA members together for the first time.

The objectives of the meeting were to:

  1. Ensure all WRA members had a clear understanding of the vision and mission of the Alliance, as well as the WRA available resources and processes.
  2. Develop a clear plan to operationalize each workstream’s 2-year workplan.
  3. Ensure all WRA members had a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities.
  4. Identify priority next steps for WRA members, Steering Committee and Secretariat.

 

Participants

The meeting was attended by the WRA Steering Committee, representatives of WRA member organizations, and WHO Secretariat.

 

Format

The meeting was a hybrid event, involving both in-person and virtual participants. The meeting was a workshop style format, with substantial time allocated for breakout discussions in the different WRA workstreams.

 

Dates

12 July 2023 09:00–17:30 CEST

13 July 2023 09:00–13:00 CEST

 

Location

Auditorium Z3/4, WHO headquarters main building, Geneva, Switzerland.

 

Languages

The meeting was in English. Closed captioning was provided for all plenary discussions.

 

Photography

Please note that a professional photographer took photos during the first 2 hours of the meeting. These photos will be used on the WHO webpage and social media, and will be shared on the WRA shared drive. If you do not wish to be included in the photos, please notify us.

 

For more information, please contact rehabilitation@who.int