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Jose “Oying” Rimon Deputy Director Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population & Reproductive Health Abidjan & the Demographic Dividend Momentum

• Side Event (Washington, DC, Sept. 2011) • FP Conference (Nov. 2011) • African Ministers of Finance and Health (, , July 2012) • African Union’s Conference of Ministers in Charge of Youth Development (, Equatorial , Sept. 2012) • World Bank commissions 15 policy papers • Gates Institute: 4 papers of 5 country case studies. • USAID, UNFPA, Hewlett, Packard, WEF Abidjan: 6th Joint UNECA/AUC Conference of the Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

March 20-26 Main Events

Thursday 21st March 2013: Meeting of the Committee of Experts - Demographic Dividend - ENGAGE Presentation: - Dr. Sheila Macharia, US Agency for International Development/ - Commentaries: and UNFPA Main Events

Sunday 24th March 2013: V.I.P Ministerial Panel - Realizing the Demographic Dividend for - Chair: H. E. Mr. Carlos Lopes, United Nations Under-Secretary General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa - Panelists: - H. E. Daniel Kablan Duncan, Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire - Prof. David Canning, Harvard University - Dr. Chris Elias, President, Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - H. E. Dr. Ken Lipenga, Minister of Finance, - H. E. Mr. Mubarak Lo, Minister, Office of the President, Senegal, Deputy Chief of Staff - Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund - H. E. Dr. Kosit Panpiemras, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, Bangkok, and the Former Minister of Finance, Thailand

Main Events

Sunday 24th March 2013: Technical Seminar - Policy and Program Priorities for Realizing the Demographic Dividend - Chair: Ms. Thokozile Ruzvidzo, African Centre for Gender and Social Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa - Official Remarks: - Dr. Daniel Kress, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Amb. Dr . Olawale I. Maiyegun, African Union Commission - Prof. Andrew Mason, National Transfer Accounts and University of Hawaii - Ms. Prudence Ngwenya, African Union Commission - Prof. Amy Tsui, Johns Hopkins University - Dr. Abdo Yazbek, World Bank Group - Commentaries - Dr. Isabella Aboderin, African Population and Health Research Center - Mr. Sahlu Haile, David and Lucile Packard Foundation - Dr. Benoit Kalasa, United Nations Population Fund

Main Events

Monday March 25th March 2013: Ministerial Conference Session - 6th Joint UNECA/AUC Conference of the Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development - Official Remarks - Dr. Chris Elias, President, Global Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Dr. Elias will the Ministers of Finance on the Demographic Dividend

Other Events in Abidjan

• March 20th, 2013 • Journalist training • March 25th, 2013 • National Transfer Account Seminar on the 2nd Demographic Dividend • Open discussion on the strategy for the Demographic Dividend Dissemination post conference • March 26th, 2013 • Meeting of the Demographic Dividend Steering Committee members Kuala Lumpur: Women Deliver

Panels Organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Women Deliver: Panels

Theme: Unmet Need for Contraception

Second Day:

 Market Shaping Practices in Reproductive Health: Producing Greater Access to Supplies and Services (2 hours) Thursday May 30, 2013, 11am-1pm Moderator: John Skibiak, Director, Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition Presenters: • Hema Srinivasan, Manager, Supplier Relations on the Drug Access Team, Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) • Denise Harrison, Senior Market Development Advisor , USAID • Klaus Brill, Vice President, Corporate Commercial Relations, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals • Ventakesh Iyer, Director of Corporate Strategy, Famy Care Ld., India • Lembit Rago, Coordinator, Quality Assurance and Safety: Medicines, WHO

More people would have access to contraceptives and services with a more efficient and competitive market. To achieve change we need to examine how major Northern manufacturers can lower product cost, how Southern based generic manufacturers can compete in international procurement, and how WHO’s prequalification programs can assist in making this happen

Women Deliver: Panels

 The London Summit (FP2020): From Pledges to Actions (2 hours) Wednesday 11am-1pm Moderator: Jose Oying Rimon, Deputy Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Panelists: • Chris Elias, President, Global Development Program, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • Nick Dyer, Director of Policy, Department for International Development (DFID)* • Kate Gilmore, Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA • Win Brown, Senior Program Officer, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation • TBD, Representative from the FP2020 Rights and Empowerment Group (R&E) • Poonam Mutreja, Executive Director, Population Foundation of India • Tewodros Melesse, Director-General, IPPF

The London Summit on Family Planning was a seminal event in the revitalization of the global FP agenda. However, the extraordinary pledges made by various actors need to be put into action. This panel will discuss the progress, follow through, and major challenges to achieving the goal of having 120 million more women using modern contraceptive by 2020.

Women Deliver: Panels

Developing Country Response to Reach the FP2020 (1 hour) Wednesday Lunch 1:30pm-2:30pm Moderator: Theo Sowa, Africa Women’s Development Fund Panelists: 3 Developing Countries Ministers of Health

This panel will provide an in-depth look at how developing country leaders are making progress to realize the commitments made to family planning during the 2012 London Summit and now through FP2020. What can government learn from one another and others to realize the extraordinary agenda set in London?

SOURCE: www.purerocketscience.com 2013 International Conference on Family Planning www.fpconference2013.org International Steering Committee

• 39 member organizations • Over 50 representatives • Subcommittees • Scientific Review • Best practices • Media/Communication • Youth/Emerging leaders

National Steering Committee • Lead by Federal Ministry of Health of • Dr. Kesetebirhan Admasu, Minister of Health • Represented by Dr. Tewodros Bekele and Yemeserach Belayneh

Organizational Arrangement for the 2013 International Family Planning Conference

Abstracts

• Individual abstracts • Preformed Panel abstracts

Outline for Abstracts Research abstract Program/Best Practice abstract 1. Significance/background 1. Significance/background 2. Main question/hypothesis 2. Program intervention/activity tested 3. Methodology (location, study design, 3. Methodology (location, setting, data source, data source, time frame, sample size, time frame, intended beneficiaries, analysis approach) participant size, evaluation approach) 4. Results/key findings 4. Results/key findings 5. Knowledge contribution 5. Program implications/lessons High Level Policymakers Meeting

• On November 12, 2013, ministers, high-level policymakers and donors will meet to discuss policy and financing issues. • The one-day, high-level meeting will be held in conjunction with the third International Conference on Family Planning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It will be a closed session, by invitation only, to high-level policymakers including ministers of health and finance, members of parliament, experts from within Sub-Saharan Africa, and representatives from the donor community. In Closing

Finally, we need creative, silly and substantive ideas to make this a conference we will never forget.

SOURCE: moneystartinfo.com