PAN AMERICAN NETWORK OF COLLABORATING AND REFERENCE CENTERS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Preparatory Meeting
Cuernavaca, Morelos. México
January 19-20, 2006
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“Managerial Strategy for the Work of thePan American Sanitary Bureau for the period
2003-2007”
• improving the Secretariat’s ability to stimulate action at country level,
• focusing attention on those priorities where greater impact is urgently needed.
• Empowering staff to be more creative in the design and implementation of PAHO´s technical cooperation.
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PAHO´s organizational corporate objectives for change
• “the office will be recognized as the Region’s primary source of health information and there will be increased networking and sharing of knowledge inside the Organization and between the Organization and its national partners”.
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PAHO´s organizational corporate objectives for change
• “Priorities will be addressed through innovative technical cooperation approaches and strategic management of the Secretariat’s resources, underlining the importance of horizontal cooperation among countries as a key expression of Pan Americanism”.
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Regional Meeting of Collaborating and Reference Centers on Environmental Health Risk Assessment,
Brasilia, Brazil, december of 2003
• PAHO will continue to stimulate shared work between national centers, as means to add greater value on specific topics in specific geographic areas.
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Regional Meeting of Collaborating and Reference Centers on Environmental Health Risk Assessment,
Brasilia, Brazil, December of 2003,
• the role of the collaborating and reference centers is crucial to open more strategic and complementary spaces for technical cooperation opportunities at both regional and subregional level. These should be done through increasingly integrated work modalities, fostering the creation of more efficient and effective co-managed networks.
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Regional Meeting of Collaborating and Reference Centers on Environmental Health Risk Assessment,
Brasilia, Brazil, December of 2003,
PAHO´s collaborating and reference centers networks could perform an expanded strategic role, enhancing the Organization capacity on scientific and technical aspects in key areas such as:
• information sharing, • multicenter research projects, • assessments and monitoring, • capacity-building, • human resources development,• direct consultancy to countries.
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Meetings of Collaborating Centers on Health Promotion
• Health promoting schools. Puerto Rico, 2004
• Healthy housing centers. Peru, 2005
• Healthy municipalities centers. Peru, 2005
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THEME DESIGNATED IN PROCESS TOTAL
Occupational Health 11 7 18
Tobacco 4 0 4
Environmental Epidemiology 7 1 8
Water 1 0 1
Violence 7 0 7
Health Promotion 4 7 11
Healthy Municipalities 2 5 7
Health Promoting Schools 1 9 10
Healthy Housing 2 1 3
TOTAL 39 30 69
WHO Collaborating Centers by theme, designated and in process
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WHO Collaborating Centers by country, designated and in process
COUNTRY DESIGNATED IN PROCESS TOTAL
Argentina 0 2 2
Bolivia 1 1 2
Brasil 3 4 7
Canada 9 2 11
Chile 2 2 4
Colombia 2 3 5
Costa Rica 1 0 1
Cuba 2 3 5
España 0 1 1
Mexico 3 1 4
Nicaragua| 0 1 1
Peru 0 3 3
Puerto Rico 0 1 1
Uruguay 0 2 2
USA 16 3 19
Venezuela 0 1 1
TOTAL 39 30 69
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Objective
To create the Pan American Network of
Collaborating and Reference Centers for
Sustainable Development and Environmental
Health as an autonomous and complementary
mechanism of PAHO´s technical cooperation, in
compliance with the goals and results envisioned
in SDE programs at the regional, subregional and
country levels.
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Composition of the Network
The Network will be comprised by Collaborating
Centers designated by WHO and Reference
Centers selected by PAHO (academic, service and
civil society institutions at national and
subregional levels) with a potential of becoming
international benchmarks in the various topics
under SDE’s technical competence.
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Essential functions of the Network
• To incorporate SDE priorities in technical, political and public agendas at the national subregional and regional levels.
• To collect, organize, analyze, disseminate and publish scientific and technical information.
• To develop and adapt methodologies and instruments for the assessment and analysis on: environmental risks, consumer patterns, lifestyles and healthy environments.
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Essential functions of the Network
• To develop and adapt methodologies and instruments related to advocacy, marketing and social communication –appropriate to regional context
• To train human resources and develop educational programs
• To take part in shared research programs.
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Essential functions of the Network
• To provide consultancy services on scientific and technical topics related to policy making.
• To provide direct technical cooperation to member countries.
• To organize technical forums and facilitate the exchange of knowledge.
• To mobilize complementary resources for the self-financing of the Network and other projects related to technical cooperation.
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Strategies
The Network should be at the same time plural and a convergent mechanism.
• The Network should be an autonomous effort, technically supported by PAHO and other stakeholders
• The Network should foster collective work, creating appropriate opportunities for an exchange of experiences, both virtual and face to face.
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Strategies
Membership be based on technical criteria and in response to proposals submitted by the countries.
• The Network’s everyday operation should be the responsibility of the participating centers with the support of PAHO and other stakeholders.
• The Network should be able to incorporate other international scientific agencies and associations as support institutions.
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Strategies
• PAHO (in particular PWR) officers should become important liaisons with the Network
• Special attention should be paid to the needs and requests submitted by priority countries , particularly in topics related to the Unfinished Agenda and the Millennium Development Goals.
• The reference institutions taking part in the Network should be designated for a four-year period and should be periodically evaluated.
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Strategies
• The reference institutions taking part in the Network in due time may be proposed for becoming WHO collaborating centers
The Network’s products should be reflected in the Biannual Programs and Budgets (BPB)s
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Financing of the Network
In the short term, PAHO will provide “seed funds” for the development of the Network.
TCC and extra-budgetary funds will be encouraged.
In the mid-term, the Network –with the support of the participating countries, other stakeholders and PAHO– should mobilize its own resources.
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Criteria for the selection of reference
institutions to participate in the Network • Scientific and technical production • Relevance and leadership at national and
international levels• Contributions and commitment to sustainable
development • Stability in human, financial and technological
resources and/or potential for growth• Willingness in contributing to the compliance of
PAHO´s and priorities • Willingness to participate as providers of
technical cooperation to member countries
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Priority themes to guide the work of the Network
• Health promotion• Health determinants• Education for health• Social communication• Communication of risks• Health promoting schools and
universities• Monitoring of risk and
protection practices and factors
• Healthy municipalities, cities and communities
• Urban health• Local development
• Social and citizen participation• Healthy housing• Basic sanitation• Environmental Health and
Children • Workers’ Health• Tobacco• Sanitary monitoring • Consumer health• Violence• Chemical safety• Road safety• Food security
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Future steps
• Finalize technical documents and criteria for the selection of Reference Centers
• Prepare a detailed budget, including a proposal for the creation of two funds: research and publications
• Organize and carry out the Second Meeting of SDE Collaborating and Reference Centers
• Include the work proposals of the Collaborating and Reference Centers in the 2006 – 2007 BPB