Presentations
Sub Regional MDG-Based Workshop for North Pacific Countries
June 2007
| Day 1, Session 1 | Objective: To better Understand poverety and MDG trends in the context of national development efforts in North Pacific Countries MDGs monitoring and reporting in the North Pacific; Carol-Flore Smereczniak, UNDP PC MDG1: Definition and trends of poverty in the North Pacific, and policy implications; David Abbott, UNDP PC |
| Day 1, Session 2 | Objective: Practical steps to integrate the MDGs into the planning and budget frameworks Integrating the MDGs into National Sustainable Development Strategies; Degol Hailu, UNDP Caribbean SURF From a National Strategy to sector plans: Why a longer-term vision must be translated into strategic objectives and sector plans to achieve the MDGs: David Smith, UNESCAP How to prepare MDG based lan or Strategy; Yuba Raj Khatiwada, UNDP RCC |
| Day 2, Session 3 | Objective: To look at the charactieristics of pro-poor policy and pro-poor budgets What constitutes pro-poor policy? David Abbott, UNDP PC MDGs needs assesment and costing methodology; Yuba Raj Khatiwada, RCC |
| Day 2, Session 4 | Objective: To look at how policies in the health sector can be costed Health costing tool;Yuba Raj Khatiwada, RCC Integrated Health Model (xls) HIV costing tool; Kazuyuki Uji, RCC Rights-based resposnes to HIV in the North Pacific;Suki Beavers, UNDP PC |
| Day 2, Session 5 | Objective: To look at how policies in the education sector be costed Education costing tool;David Abbott, UNDP PC Education Costing Tool(xls) |
| Day 3, Session 6 | Objective: To look at how the environment and energy costing tools can support policy development , and draw linakges between development processes and disaster risk reduction for MDG achievement Energy and environment linkages; Thomas Jensen, UNDP RCB Energy costing tool;Thomas Jensen, UNDP RCB Energy needs assessmment tool (xls) DRR for the achievement of MDGs; Moortaza Jiwanji, UNDP PC/PIFS Environment needs assessmment; Paul Steele Environment needs assessmment tool(xls) |
| Day 3, Session 7 | Objective: Translating costing into expenditure frameworks Budgeting to achieve the MDGs (pdf), David Hutton Translating costing into expenditure frameworks (case studies); David Hutton Translating costing into expenditure frameworks (solutions); David Hutton Analysing education expenditure |
| Day 4, Session 8 | Objective: Making the link between national development strategies and expenditure frameworks Translating costing into expenditure frameworks (case studies2); David Hutton Translating costing into expenditure frameworks (solutions 2); David Hutton Kiribati action planning Yap action planning |
High Level Regional Consultation on HIV and the Law, Human Rights and Ethics
April 2007
A three day High Level Consultation on HIV and the Law, Ethics and Human Rights held in Auckland, New Zealand from April 11 – 13 brought together Attorney Generals, Ministers of Justice, Health Ministers, Parliamentarians and senior government officials from 15 Pacific Island countries. The consultation, organized by the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Pacific Centre, Pacific Regional Rights Resource Team (RRRT) and UNAIDS was aimed at increasing knowledge on HIV, ethics, human rights and the law; reviewing HIV related legislation as well considering drafting instructions for legislative reform in Pacific Island countries.
The consultation covered five main areas relating to HIV and the Law in separate panel discussions:
The consultation covered five main areas relating to HIV and the Law in separate panel discussions:
- Panel 1: Why a Human Rights Approach to HIV Related Legislation and Why the “Classic” Public Health Approach to HIV has not been Successful
- Panel 2: Access to Medications, Care and Information (blood transfusions, organ donations, procedures) WTO, TRIPS
- Panel 3: Privacy, Confidentiality and Testing
- Panel 4: CRIMINALISATION – Why Criminalization is Counter Productive and Contrary to Human Rights Penal Codes
- Panel 5: Pacific Legislative Responses: PNG & Pohnpei
| Panel 1 | Why a Human Rights Approach to HIV Related Legislation and Why the “Classic” Public Health Approach to HIV has not been Successful |
| Panel 2 | Access to Medications, Care and Information (blood transfusions, organ donations, procedures) WTO, TRIPS |
| Panel 3 | Privacy, Confidentiality and Testing |
| Panel 4 | CRIMINALISATION – Why Criminalization is Counter Productive and Contrary to Human Rights Penal Codes |
| Panel 5 | Pacific Legislative Responses: PNG & Pohnpei |
Presentations on MDG-based planning and the Development of a Pro-poor Policy and Budgeting Framework
October 2006
| Session 14 | Aid Effectiveness in the Pacific - good practice, Noumea Simi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Samoa. |
| Session 16 | Aid Coordination & Management to achieve the MDGs, Aidan Cox, UNDP Bangkok Regional Centre. |
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