1ST HEALTH SECTORDAYS BRUSSELS 29 NOVEMBER - 7 DECEMBER 2012

PROGRAM

Venue: Espace Jacquemotte, BTC-CTB, Hoogstraat / Rue Haute 147, 1000 Brussels

DAY 1: 29 NOVEMBER 2012 – ITM ANTWERP 08:30 – 17.30

Be-cause health Seminar: “People centered care” In Antwerp, Institute of Tropical Medicine All information on http://www.be-causehealth.be/en1

DAY 2 : 30TH NOVEMBER 2012 – BTC BRUSSELS

8.30 – 17.00

HIV

08.30 – 12.00

HIV Morning Seminar “Fighting HIV & AIDS within a global health context.”

12.00 – 13.00

Lunch

13.00 – 14.30

Friday noon session “HIV and Advancing the Right to Health” Mark Heywood, Co-founder of the Treatment Action Campaign and of Section 27 – South Africa

14.30 – 15.30

Drink

15.30

Bowling

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Registration and payment of fees must be done by each participant.

DAY 3 : 3RD DECEMBER 2012 – BTC BRUSSELS 8.30 – 16.00

Universal Health Coverage : Concepts – policies - strategies

8.30-9.00 Registration 9.00 – 9.15

Welcome words of BTC’s Management Committee By Carl Michiels

9.15 10.15

Presentation “Universal Health Coverage: Concepts, global trends and challenges” By Joe Kutzin, WHO Q&A

10.15 – 10.45

Coffee break

10.45 – 12.00

Presentations “Communication of the EC on Social Protection in EU Development Cooperation” By Maria Rosa De Paolis, EC “Universal Health Coverage and the Belgian Cooperation” :  The policy note on Universal Coverage of the Belgian Development Cooperation By Ignace Ronse, DGD  COOPAMI – BTC : New partnership through a framework agreement By Michel Vigneul, COOPAMI  The MASMUT platform By Valerie Van Belle en Alain Coheur, MASMUT Q&A

12.00 13.00

Debate “Role & value of cooperation in contributing to UHC”

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 15.00

Presentations “Feedback on the “Regional Conference on Social Health Protection in the East African Community” , By Michel Tierens, BTC Rwanda Country examples : Context, Roadmap to UHC, challenges  Universal coverage in Peru : the SIS experience By Julio Pedroza, BTC Bolivia  Universal coverage in Burundi By Luc Geysels , BTC Burundi

15.00 – 16.00

Debate “Differences between LIC and MIC and Challenges”

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DAY 4 : 4TH DECEMBER 2012 – BTC BRUSSELS

9.00 – 16.00

Health financing policies: how to finance UHC?

9.00 – 9.10

Introduction

09.10 – 10.45

Presentations  Health financing: different mechanisms, strengths and weaknesses, challenges By Bruno Meessen, ITM  Health insurance: typology, differences (SWOT), techniques of mutualities By Jurien Toonen, KIT Q&A

10.45 – 11.00

Coffee break

11.00 15.00

Case Carousel 1. Burundi: The Health Insurance Card (CAM) By Fedjo Galbert, BTC 2. Senegal: Equity Fund By Stephanie Stasse, BTC 3. Uganda: Funding sexual and reproductive health care through vouchers By Lydia Ettema, MSI 4. Ruanda : Performance-based financing for better quality of services in Rwandan health centres By Willy Janssen, BTC 5. Bolivia : SUMI By Julio Pedroza, BTC 6. DRC : The project law on UHC By Alain Mboko Iyeti & Fabienne Ladrière

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

15.00 – 16.00

Plenary Discussion and conclusion Case Carousel

16.15 – 16.45

Free Podium

DAY 5 : 5TH DECEMBER 2012 – BTC BRUSSELS 9.00 – 16.00

Structural organization of UHC: Roles and responsibilities of each level and stakeholders

9.00 – 09.10

Introduction

9.10 – 10.45

Presentation  The organizational structure: the different positions, roles and responsibilities. Defining packages. By Michel Vigneul Q&A

10.45 – 11.00

Coffee break

11.00 15.00

Case Carousel 1. Rwanda: Mutualities in health By Nicole Curti-Kanyoko, BTC 2. Senegal: Organizational structure of UHC implementation By tbc 3. Uganda: The role of Private Not for Profit health institutions in increasing access to health services and promoting UHC By Filippo Curtale, BTC 4. Benin : Scaling up mutualities By Graziella Ghesquière, BTC 5. Mauritania : Setting up UHC By Michel Vigneul, COOPAMI 6. Tool: The impact of using an insurance open software By Frank Verbeke, VUB

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

15.00 – 16.00

Plenary Discussion and conclusions on Case Carousel

16.15 – 16.45

Free Podium

18.30 – 20.00

Magritte Museum

DAY 6 : 6TH DECEMBER 2012 – BTC BRUSSELS 09:00 – 16.00

Knowledge Management at BTC

09.00 – 09.10

Introduction

09.10 – 10.40

Presentations  Link between Capitalization and M&E By Myriam Van Parijs, BTC Brussels 

Example DRC: Capitalization of the introduction of the flat fee system By Stephanie Stasse, BTC Senegal

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The contract with KIT for capitalization : presentation of the partnership between KIT – BTC By Fabian Clément, BTC Brussels

10.40 – 11.00

Coffee break

11.00 – 13.00

Presentations  Concepts and methodology of Capitalization and Action Research By Jurien Toonen, KIT  Presentation of Benin as country example By Evariste Lodi-Okitombahe, BTC Benin Group work :  Identification of capitalization initiatives on UHC  Development of the “Capitalization Trajectory”

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 17.00

Plenary  Presentation of identified capitalization initiatives  Decision on priorities to capitalize for 2013-2014  Composing operational units/teams to implement the Capitalization Trajectory

17.00 – 18.00

Break

18.00 – 20.00

BTC debate: “Value for Money or Results Obsession Disorder?” Open session for all development partners http://www.btcctb.org/fr/news/debat-waar-voor-je-geld-zegen-bedreiging-voorontwikkelingssamenwerking

20.00 -

Cocktail

DAY 7 : 7TH DECEMBER 2012 – BTC BRUSSELS

9.30 – 11.00

BTC Policy notes

9.30 – 9.40

Introduction

9.40 10.40

Presentations 

Policy notes: Why, how? Process? By Paul Bossyns, BTC Brussels

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The “Backstopping” policy note By Karel Gyselinck, BTC Brussels

Discussion 10.40 – 11.00

Group Picture & Coffee break

11.00 – 16.00 11.00 12.10

BTC Brainstorming : “Improving our execution rates – bottlenecks and way forward” Introduction By Paul Verle, BTC Brussels Presentations  Facts & Figures: Analysis of results of 55 BTC projects By Luc Langouche, BTC Brussels  3 short country cases Q&A

12.10 – 13.00

Brainstorming  Reality and experiences of the programs: identification of bottlenecks Discussion  Summary/categorization of the causes/bottlenecks

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 16.00

Discussion  The way forward: Looking for solutions

16.00

Evaluation of the Sector days Closing