Non-state actor consultation on the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being

30 April 2019 10:00-18:00  

Labouisse Hall, UNICEF, 3 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017

Twelve global health and development organizations - Gavi, GFF, Global Fund, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, Unitaid, UN Women, WFP, WHO and the World Bank - are exploring new ways of working together to accelerate progress towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets. To guide their collaboration, organizations are developing a Global Action Plan (GAP) to be presented at the UN General Assembly in September 2019.

Affected communities, civil society organizations and other non-state actors play a key role in shaping the Plan. This one-day consultation, which follows the UN General Assembly multi-stakeholder hearing on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), provides an opportunity for face-to-face discussion with a broad range of non-state actors in further developing the Plan. The consultation will focus on the GAP Accelerator 3, on civil society and community engagement and Accelerator 4, on the determinants of health (Accelerators refer to cross-cutting areas where collective action has the potential to accelerate progress towards the health-related SDGs - more information available here).

Community, civil society and other non-state actors are encouraged to apply, and particularly participants from affected communities and civil society organizations working at country level. Please note that application does not guarantee participation (see below).

The 12 agencies have been working closely with the Civil Society Engagement Mechanism (CSEM) established by CSOs to engage with UHC2030. CSEM members have formed a GAP Civil Society Advisory Group to engage on the Global Action Plan, which will be represented at this consultation.

Find out more and apply to attend here.

Language: Interpretation will be offered in English, French and Spanish.

Organizers: UNAIDS and WHO with support from UNDP.

Participation

Criteria to identify participants should interest exceed room capacity (approx. 85 + organizers): Should interest exceed the room capacity, the GAP  Community and Civil Society Engagement Working Group, together with the CSEM GAP Advisory Group will seek to ensure a balance of: geography; age and gender; sectoral representation; thematic focus/health issue of interest; and affected population group.

Please note that it may be difficult to accept multiple requests for participation from the same organization.

Organizers will seek to livestream the plenary discussions (more information to follow).

A summary report from the consultation will be disseminated widely and available online.

Support to participants: Selection does not entail financial support to enable participation. Delegates are asked to identify funding opportunities themselves.