Report of the Sixty-Third Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe
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Report of the sixty-third session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe Çeşme Izmir, Turkey, 16–19 September 2013 Keywords REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PRIORITIES RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION EUROPE EUR/RC63/REC/1 Address requests about publications of the WHO Regional Office for Europe to: Publications WHO Regional Office for Europe UN City, Marmorvej 51 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Alternatively, complete an online request form for documentation, health information, or for permission to quote or translate, on the Regional Office web site (http://www.euro.who.int/pubrequest). © World Health Organization 2013 All rights reserved. The Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization welcomes requests for permission to reproduce or translate its publications, in part or in full. 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CONTENTS Page Opening of the session .......................................................................................................................... 1 Election of officers ......................................................................................................................... 1 Message from the Director-General ............................................................................................... 1 Adoption of the agenda and programme of work .......................................................................... 2 Other matters .................................................................................................................................. 2 Address by the WHO Regional Director for Europe ............................................................................. 2 Report of the Twentieth Standing Committee of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe .............. 7 WHO reform ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Overview of the impact of the WHO reform on the Regional Office for Europe .......................... 8 Implementing the programme budget 2014–2015, including strategic resource allocation, and financial situation of the Regional Office for Europe ........................................................... 10 Process for developing the programme budget 2016–2017 ......................................................... 11 Outcome of the first Financing Dialogue ..................................................................................... 13 Implementing Health 2020: progress and developments since RC62 and launch of the Review of social determinants and the health divide in the WHO European Region: final report .................. 14 Health 2020 monitoring framework, including indicators .................................................................. 17 WHO European Ministerial Conference on Nutrition and Noncommunicable Diseases in the Context of Health 2020 ....................................................................................................................... 19 Eighth Global Conference on Health Promotion: the Helsinki statement on Health in All Policies: a call for action; including Europe Day – Promoting Health in All Policies – experiences from the European Region ............................................................................................... 21 High-level meeting on health systems in times of global economic crisis – an update of the situation in the European Region ........................................................................................................ 22 Progress in implementing the European Environment and Health Process – report of the European Environment and Health Ministerial Board ........................................................................ 23 Regional framework for surveillance and control of invasive mosquito vectors and re-emerging vector-borne diseases 2014–2020 ....................................................................................................... 27 Progress report on measles and rubella elimination and the package for accelerated action to achieve elimination by 2015 ................................................................................................................ 28 Governance of the Regional Office for Europe ................................................................................... 30 Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Regional Committee for Europe and of the Standing Committee of the Regional Committee for Europe ...................................................... 30 Review of the status of resolutions adopted by the Regional Committee during the past ten years (2003–2012) and recommendations for sunsetting and reporting requirements ................. 32 Elections and nominations ................................................................................................................... 33 Executive Board ........................................................................................................................... 34 Standing Committee of the Regional Committee ........................................................................ 34 European Environment and Health Ministerial Board ................................................................. 34 Regional Evaluation Group .......................................................................................................... 34 Partnerships for health ......................................................................................................................... 34 Geographically dispersed offices: business cases and progress reports .............................................. 36 Primary health care ...................................................................................................................... 36 Preparedness for humanitarian and health emergencies ............................................................... 37 Noncommunicable diseases ......................................................................................................... 38 Health systems strengthening ....................................................................................................... 38 Environment and health ............................................................................................................... 39 Investment for health and development ....................................................................................... 39 European Mental Health Action Plan 2014–2020 ............................................................................... 40 Matters arising out of resolutions and decisions of the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board .................................................................................................................................. 42 Follow-up to the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases .................... 42 Health in the United Nations post-2015 Development Agenda ................................................... 43 International Health Regulations (2005) ...................................................................................... 44 Global Vaccine Action Plan ......................................................................................................... 45 Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: financing and coordination ................................................................................................................................. 46 Progress reports ................................................................................................................................... 47 Confirmation of dates and places of future sessions of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe .. 49 Other matters ....................................................................................................................................... 49 Closure of the session .......................................................................................................................... 50 Resolutions and decisions ..................................................................................................................