Sixty-first Regional Committee for Europe: Baku, 12–15 September 2011: provisional programme

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZAT ION REG IONAL OFF ICE FOR EUROPE Scherfigsvej 8, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Telephone: +45 39 17 17 17 Fax: +45 39 17 18 18 E-mail: rc@euro.who.int Web: http://www.euro.who.int/en/who-we-are/governance Regional Committee for Europe EUR/RC61/3 Rev.1 Sixty-first session Baku, Azerbaijan, 12–15 September 2011 6 September 2011 112422 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Provisional programme Monday, 12 September 2011 09:00–10:00 Opening of the session Election of officers Adoption of the provisional agenda and programme EUR/RC61/2 Rev.1, EUR/RC61/3 Rev.1 10:00–10:45 Address by the Regional Director • Report on the work of the Regional Office EUR/RC61/5, EUR/RC61/8 Rev.2 10:45–11:15 Coffee break 11:15–12:30 Discussion of the Regional Director’s address and general debate 12:30–14:30 Lunch break (Technical briefing – 1½ hours) Ministerial lunch: Developing the new European health policy – Health 2020: Governance for health in the 21st century; Social determinants of health Technical briefing: Developing the new European health policy – Health 2020: Setting Health 2020 targets 14:30–14:45 Ceremony: A strengthened partnership with the Global Fund 14:45–15:30 Report of the Eighteenth Standing Committee of the Regional Committee (SCRC) and Matters arising out of resolutions and decisions of the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board EUR/RC61/4, EUR/RC61/4 Add.1, EUR/RC61/6, EUR/RC61/Conf.Doc./1 15:30–16:00 Coffee break 16:00–18:00 Developing the new European policy for health – Health 2020 • Vision, values, main directions and approaches – Ministerial panel discussion: Governance for health in the 21st century EUR/RC61/9, EUR/RC61/Conf.Doc./2, EUR/RC61/Inf.Doc./4–7 EUR/RC61/3 Rev.1 page 2 Tuesday, 13 September 2011 09:00–10:15 Address by the Director-General 10:15–10:45 Coffee break 10:45–12:30 Developing the new European policy for health – Health 2020 (continued) • The health divide – Ministerial panel discussion: European experiences in addressing the social determinants of health EUR/RC61/Inf.Doc./5 12:30–14:30 Lunch break (Technical briefing – 1½ hours) Ministerial lunch: Progress made towards attaining the Millennium Development Goals in the WHO European Region and Decade of Vaccines Technical briefing: WHO reform for a healthy future 14:30–16:00 Health systems strengthening in the WHO European Region • Interim report on implementation of the Tallinn Charter and the way forward – Ministerial panel discussion: Critical health system challenges in the WHO European Region and the role of the WHO Regional Office EUR/RC61/11, EUR/RC61/Inf.Doc./2 16:00–16:30 Coffee break 16:30–18:00 Health systems strengthening in the WHO European Region (continued) • Strengthening public health capacities and services in Europe: a framework for action – Panel discussion: Way forward in strengthening public health services and capacities in the WHO European Region and the role of the WHO Regional Office EUR/RC61/10, EUR/RC61/Conf.Doc./3 Rev.1, EUR/RC61/Inf.Doc./1, EUR/RC61/Inf.Doc./9 EUR/RC61/3 Rev.1 page 3 Wednesday, 14 September 2011 09:00–10:30 WHO reform for a healthy future EUR/RC61/21 10:30–11:00 Coffee break 11:00–12:30 WHO reform for a healthy future (continued) • The programme budget as a strategic tool for accountability EUR/RC61/Inf.Doc./10 12:30–14:00 Lunch break 14:00–15:00 Private meeting to agree on: • Nomination of four members of the Executive Board • Election of three members of the SCRC • Election of a member of the Policy and Coordination Committee of the Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction • Award: the Jo Asvall Public Health Research Fellowship EUR/RC61/7, EUR/RC61/7 Corr.1–2 15:00–15:30 Coffee break 15:30–17:15 Action plan for implementation of the European strategy for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2012–2016 • Endorsement of the European Declaration on the Health of Children and Young People with Intellectual Disabilities and their Families EUR/RC61/12, EUR/RC61/Conf.Doc./4, EUR/RC61/Conf.Doc./5 European action plan to reduce the harmful use of alcohol 2012–2020 EUR/RC61/13, EUR/RC61/Conf.Doc./6 17:15–18:30 Partnerships – Panel discussion: United Nations organizations working together for health in the European Region EUR/RC61/3 Rev.1 page 4 Thursday, 15 September 2011 09:00–10:30 Strategic coherence of the work of the WHO Regional Office for Europe • Policy on the WHO Regional Office for Europe’s Geographically Dispersed Offices (GDOs) • The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies EUR/RC61/18, EUR/RC61/20, EUR/RC61/Conf.Doc./10, EUR/RC61/Inf.Doc./11–12, EUR/RC61/BD/2–3 10:30–11:00 Coffee break 11:00–12:30 Strategic coherence of the work of the WHO Regional Office for Europe (continued) • The Regional Office’s country strategy EUR/RC61/16, EUR/RC61/17 Rev.1, EUR/RC61/Conf.Doc./9, EUR/RC61/BD/1 12:30–14:00 Lunch break 14:00–16:00 European strategic action plan on antibiotic resistance EUR/RC61/14, EUR/RC61/Conf.Doc./7 Action plan to prevent and combat multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in the WHO European Region 2011–2015 EUR/RC61/15, EUR/RC61/Conf.Doc./8, EUR/RC61/Inf.Doc./3 European Action Plan for HIV/AIDS 2012–2015 EUR/RC61/19, EUR/RC61/Conf.Doc./11, EUR/RC61/Inf.Doc./8 16:00–16:30 Coffee break 16:30–16:45 Confirmation of dates and places of regular sessions of the Regional Committee in 2012–2015 EUR/RC61/Conf.Doc./12 16:45–17:00 Other matters 17:00–18:30 Approval of the report Closure of the session