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Bruno Meessen, Laurent Musango, Claude Sekabaraga (on behalf of the CoP members) Dakar, 14/12/2010

Our plan for 2011. Bruno Meessen, Laurent Musango, Claude Sekabaraga (on behalf of the CoP members) Dakar, 14/12/2010. Our vision.

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Bruno Meessen, Laurent Musango, Claude Sekabaraga (on behalf of the CoP members) Dakar, 14/12/2010

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  1. Our plan for 2011 Bruno Meessen, Laurent Musango, Claude Sekabaraga (on behalf of the CoP members) Dakar, 14/12/2010

  2. Our vision • (1) PBF as a health system strenghtening strategy that can help African countries to accelerate progress towards universal coverage, the health MDGs and better governance of their health system. • (2) The dissemination of PBF policy in Africa should be ensured by African experts.

  3. Our analysis of the challenges PBF is difficult. It requires contextualisation and tapping tacit and explicit knowledge  highly qualified expertise combining analytical skills and field experience. High enthusiasm for the strategy  We need many experts, rapidly. They will have to be able to design, implement and evaluate PBF schemes, with a real concern to limit the risks and perverse effects.

  4. The CoP as the main strategy to address these challenges The solution = African experts! We have to: Expand their number. Build their capacity. Update/upgrade their PBF expertise. Empower them as regional experts. Enhance their circulation at regional level.

  5. Implications for our activities They should: reach different regions of Africa. be inclusive, but focus on practitioners. address needs of African experts in terms of capacity building. ensure broad vision and critical mind. be led by senior African experts. enhance the ‘regional community’ dimension.

  6. CoP as a Knowledge Management strategy • By its membership and its activities, our CoP should cover the full spectrum of issues to be covered by any KM strategy: • Share existing knowledge among members. • Enhance acquisition of knowledge by newcomers. • Enhance utilisation of knowledge. • Identify knowledge gaps. • Accumulate, create and develop new knowledge. • Store knowledge.

  7. Implications for our membership It should cover the whole spectrum of knowledge holders and users: • Practitioners. • Policy makers. • Technical assistants and consultants. • Trainers. • Researchers. • Field innovators. • Knowledge brokers.

  8. Implications for our activities Dissemination: books, papers, workshops, e-debate. Acquisition: training, debate, access to literature. Use: tools with operational relevance. Identification: studies, debate, brainstorming. Creation: studies and working groups. Store: websites,e-library.

  9. Our ambition • The CoP as the leading knowledge platform on PBF in Africa. To be assessed on the following indicators: • Most PBF experts are members of the CoP. • Most of the PBF knowledge is produced by CoP members. • Many knowledge users are members. • There is enough quality assurance internally to improve/validate knowledge.

  10. Main objectives for 2011 Membership: continue expansion, with a focus on East and West Africa; yet, with a same level of intimacy and trust. Domain: maintain focus on PBF, but welcome interest for other RBF mechanisms (e.g. demand-side)?

  11. Main objectives for 2011 New! Practices: how to design and implement a pilot PBF; how to scale up; how to improve your PBF scheme. Governance: more delegation.

  12. Main objectives for 2011: activities Consolidate. Perpetuate. Innovate. Improve.

  13. Consolidate New! Funding needed! • The Book on PBF in Central Africa. • A Spin-off: the PBF CoP working paper series • The scientific supplement on health sector reform in Rwanda. • The PBF toolkit.

  14. Perpetuate/repeat Funding needed! New! • Regional workshops: • Bujumbura February 2011. • Saly, March 2011. • Tanzania, November 2011. • PBF courses. • Google group: • Market place/opportunities (e.g. courses). • Info sharing. • Debate. • Online readers club.

  15. Innovate: capacity building Funding needed! Development of operational tools. Training: advanced 1-week course on economic forecasting and budgeting of a PBF policy; short courses for decision-makers. Short capacity building sessions during workshops. E-learning on the PBF-toolkit.

  16. Innovate: quality assurance Funding needed! Working groups on important topics (‘good practices’). Study tours in the Great Lakes; internship. Peer review of projects.

  17. Innovate: evidence Funding needed! Develop a pulti-country research project involving African scholars (small studies). Evaluation tools. Literature review. Training to enhance scientific skills. Coaching for members writing scientific papers. Financial support for CoP members whose papers are accepted at international conference.

  18. Innovate: ICT platforms Funding needed! • Mendeley®: storage of papers. • Test new tools (chat, videoconference…) • Collaboration with the RBF website • Blog • Mapping PBF in Africa • Web platform: migrate to www.HHA-online.org? • Expert database. • Calendar of events.

  19. Improve Funding needed! • Recognition that different actors are complementary. • Better coordination around training activities and materials. • Better coordination on country workshops with involvement of CoP members as trainers. • Better coordination with other CoPs. • A first workshop with the PPP CoP in 2011?

  20. Facilitation of the CoP • Challenges: • Manage the growth and the high expectations. • Workload. • Raise funds for the CoP. • Involve members. • Strategies: • An African hub (ESP Kigali). • A junior expert as support (ESP Kigali). • Yearly report 2010; advocacy. • Favour participatory decision-making.

  21. Our concerns For 2011, no commitment from HHA agencies yet. We need much stronger and predictable commitment from sponsors. Agencies must fully integrate the CoP members as resources in their own operations. E.g. country workshops.

  22. Our request to HHA: full funding(i.e. 1 agency finances most of the activity) Saly, March 2011. Study tours (organisation). Peer-review of projects. The advanced course. Development of tools. Multi-country research project (1 meeting with scientists to develop a protocol). Mapping PBF in Africa.

  23. Our request to HHA: co-funding(i.e. agencies finance part of the activity) Participation costs for participants to CoP events (workshops, conferences, courses, study tours). Time and participation costs for agency staff to the CoP event. Recruitment of CoP experts as consultant or trainers. Facilitator time.

  24. Conclusion We believe that PBF could be a major breakthrough for African health systems. We are very aware of policy risks and want to ensure that the strategy is correctly designed and implemented. We are ready to take responsibility for this policy development, we need your strong support.

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