March 2–3, 2020, London, UK
Meeting objectives
During this meeting, participants will:
- Share progress on analytic activities (e.g., methods, data collection, preliminary learning)
- Strengthen alignment between analytic activities, as well as between the analytic activities and the conceptual framework
- Identify and address challenges, gaps, and needs in the analytic agenda
- Discuss emerging themes and implications for the analytic agenda and narrative
- Develop strategies and specific actions to advance analyses and workplan
Agenda
Monday, March 2
9:30 – 9:50am [20 mins] | 1. Welcome · Opening remarks: Richard Horton and Tarja Halonen · Introductions and opening thoughts: What are your hopes for this meeting?
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9:50 – 10:05am [15 mins] | 2. Secretariat Update Presenters: Peter Friberg and Sara Fewer · Conceptual Framework · Funding report
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10:05 – 11:25am [80 min] | 3. Metrics WG Facilitator: Tarja Halonen
Report on work to date (Valerie Percival) · WG Objectives · Preliminary findings · Other planned work · Implications for the next phase: Opportunities, challenges, and needs
Plenary discussion [30 min] · Emerging themes and messages · Interlinkages with other analytical activities · Conclusion and action points
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11:25 – 11:40am [15 mins] | Break
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11:40 – 1:00pm [80 min] | 4. Health & Peacebuilding WG Facilitator: Sara Fewer
Report on work to date (Gavin Yamey and Ben Oppenheim) · WG objectives · Overview of activities · Implications for the next phase: Opportunities, challenges, and needs
Plenary discussion [30 min] · Emerging themes and messages · Interlinkages with other analytical activities · Conclusion and action points
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1:00 – 2:00pm | Lunch
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2:00 – 3:20pm [80 mins] | 5. Institutions WG Facilitator: Gavin Yamey
Report on work to date (Carolyn Chisadza) · WG objectives · Preliminary findings · Other planned work · Implications for the next phase: Opportunities, challenges, and needs
Plenary discussion [30 min] · Emerging themes and messages · Interlinkages with other analytical activities · Conclusion and action points
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3:20 – 3:35pm | Break
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3:35 – 4:45pm [70 mins] | 6. Synthesize across the Working Groups Facilitator: Jocalyn Clark · How well do the analytic activities fit together? · What interlinkages should be further explored? · How well are the analytical activities achieving the conceptual framework? What gaps or challenges remain for the analytic agenda? · Identify key topics for further discussion on Day Two
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4:45 – 5:00 [15 mins] | 7. Close of day · Richard Horton and Tarja Halonen |
Tuesday, March 3
9:30 – 9:45am [15 mins] | 8. Review of Day One and key questions for Day Two · Peter Friberg and Sara Fewer
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9:45 – 10:15am [30 mins] | 9. Guest Speaker: Gender norms framework for peaceful societies Facilitator: Geeta Rao Gupta · Ben Cislaghi, Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the Centre for Gender, Health and Violence
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10:15 – 11:15am [60 mins] | 10. Case studies Facilitator: Tarja Halonen · WHO/EMRO case studies (Sara Fewer) · Proposed objectives, country/topic selection, and methodology (Valerie Percival)
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11:15 – 11:30am | Break
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11:30 – 12:30pm [60 mins] | 11. Interlinkages on SDG 3, 5, and 16 Facilitator: Peter Friberg · Mapping analytic activities to SDG targets
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12:30 – 1:00pm [30 mins]
| 12. Next Generation Commissioners Facilitator: Sara Fewer · Suggested projects and approaches (Minna Lyytikäinen)
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1:00 – 2:00pm | Lunch
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2:00 – 3:15pm [75 mins] | 13. Advancing the analytic agenda Facilitator: Richard Horton · What are the emerging themes and big ideas? · What are the implications for analytic activities moving forward? · How will the meeting’s discussions be incorporated and addressed in the next phase of analyses?
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3:15 – 3:30pm | Break
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3:30 – 4:00pm [30 mins]
| 14. Timeline and workplan Presenter: Sara Fewer
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4:00 – 4:30pm [30 mins] | 15. Tour de table Facilitator: Johan Dahlstrand · Reflections from each participant: What is one positive takeaway from this meeting? What is one weakness or area for improvement?
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4:30 – 5:00pm [30 mins] | 16. Close of meeting · Peter Friberg and Jocalyn Clark |
Participants:
1. Tarja Halonen, Chair Former President of Finland; Member, UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation; Alternate Co-Chair, High-Level Steering Group for Every Woman Every Child
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2. Peter Friberg, Co-Chair Co-Founder and Director, Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation (SIGHT), Stockholm, Sweden; Professor, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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3. Carolyn Chisadza, Commissioner Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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4. Minna Lyytikäinen, Next Generation Commissioner Doctoral Student, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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5. Ben Oppenheim, Commissioner Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University, New York, NY, USA; Senior Scientist and Director, Product Development, Metabiota, San Francisco, CA, USA
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6. Valerie Percival, Commissioner Associate Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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7. Geeta Rao Gupta, Commissioner Executive Director, 3D Program for Girls and Women and Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation, Washington, DC, USA
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8. Gavin Yamey, Commissioner Director, Duke Center for Policy Impact in Global Health and Professor of the Practice of Global Health and Public Policy, Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, NC, USA
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9. Jocalyn Clark Executive Editor, The Lancet, London, UK
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10. Richard Horton Editor in Chief, The Lancet, London, UK
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11. Johan Dahlstrand, Secretariat Operations Manager, SIGHT
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12. Robert de Meijere, Secretariat Intern, SIGHT, Stockholm, Sweden; Master student, Global Health, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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13. Sara Fewer, Secretariat Lancet-SIGHT Commission Manager, SIGHT, Stockholm, Sweden; Co-Director, Evidence to Policy Initiative, Global Health Group, Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA |