Programm

Part 1: Swiss NGO’s experience working in fragile contexts

9:30

Welcome Speech
Thomas Vogel, President of the Network Medicus Mundi Switzerland

Switzerland: How to meet responsibilities in a changing environment
by Ambassador Thomas Greminger (SDC)

Entwicklungspolitik, Gesundheit und das liebe Geld

Eine zivilgesellschaftliche Gesundheitsperspektive auf die kommende Botschaft über die internationale Zusammenarbeit der Schweiz
by Martin Leschhorn Strebel (MMS)

Part 2: SDGs and health

11:15

The Social Determinants of Health and the search for health equity in the times of the SDGs
by Eugenio Raul Villar Montesinos (WHO)

UNO Agenda 2030 für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung:
Meilenstein für grundlegende Veränderungen oder blosses Blendwerk?
by Thomas Schwarz (MMI)

Panel Discussion “Are we on the right track to health for all in a changing world?”

Part 3: Achieving health for all - roles and involvement of civil society in the global South and North

14:00

Engaging with civil society through parallel-tracking

by Glenn Laverack (WHO)

Bridging between local engagement and global processes
by Nonjabulo Mahlangu (Community Working Group on Health, Zimbabwe)

Group A:

What are the next steps for MMS advocacy work based on the message in Switzerland?

Group B:

How have the MDGs influenced the programs/ projects of Swiss NGOs and our partner organisations and how to deal with the SDGs?

Group C:

Change from the bottom – what is the role of international community to promote and support community participation in health issues through community mobilization and advocacy?

16:00

16:30

Presentation of the main findings

Closure