Yours, Mine, Ours: Health and Open Society 2014-2017

The Plaza Hotel

Istanbul,Turkey

May 7-9, 2013

Final Agenda

Monday, May 6

9:00 – 6:00Registration Table Open

Main Lobby

Participants pick up meeting folders

6:00 – 8:00Welcome Cocktail

Sky Bar

Tuesday, May 7

Timekeeper: Krista Lauer

7:30 – 10:30Breakfast

Available at the Plaza Hotel Pub Restaurant (Lobby level); additional recommendations nearby

9:00 – 12:00Registration Table Open

Main Lobby

Participants pick up meeting folders

12:00 – 1:00Lunch

Available at the Plaza Hotel Pub Restaurant (Lobby level); additional recommendations nearby

1:00 – 2:00Welcome

Room: Sky Bar

Welcome by Marine Buissonnière

Remarks by GokceTuyluoglu, Executive Director, OSF-Turkey

Agenda overview by Jonathan Cohen on behalf of the Steering Committee

2:00 – 2:30Icebreaker

Room: Sky Bar

Facilitator: Brett Davidson and Cynthia Eyakuze

Session I: Context

How has the external environment informed and influenced our strategies, and how will it going forward?

Session organizers: Cynthia Eyakuze, Brett Davidson, Amrita Palriwala

2:30 – 4:15Plenary panel

Room: Sky Bar

Facilitator: Joanna Erdman

Presenter: Marine Buissonnière

Respondents: Zeljko Jovanovic, MasegoMadzwamuse, Binaifer Nowrojee, Jordi Vaquer

4:15 – 4:45Coffee Break(please sign up for break-outs during coffee)

4:45 – 6:00Interactive regional breakouts

Participants will break out into regional groups to deepen understanding of critical contextual developments in their countries, regions and issue areas, and their implications for health and rights work.

  1. Africa (OSISA, OSIEA, OSF-SA)

Facilitators:Faith Mwangi-Powell andIan Southey-Swartz

Room:Gemini (Minus 1 floor)

  1. Western Europe (OSIFE, OSEPI)

Facilitators: Raluca Bunea and Neil Campbell

Room:Myra (Minus 1 floor)

  1. Central and Eastern Europe (Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine)

Facilitators:Tamar Ezer and Lena Kucheruk

Room:Sky Bar

  1. Caucasus and Central Asia (Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan)

Facilitators: Aibek Mukambetov and Rachel Thomas

Room: Orion (Minus 1 floor)

  1. Asia (China, Burma)

Facilitators: Sarah Evans and Tom Kellogg

Room: Merkur (Minus 1 floor)

6:00 – 6:30Report back in plenary

Room: Sky Bar

Facilitator: Joanna Erdman

7:00Bus to the restaurant departs

7:30 – 9:30Group dinner

Restaurant: Marina Balik

Special Announcement from the GHAEC

TBDBus departs to the hotel

Wednesday, May 8

Timekeeper: Katia Lukicheva

7:30 – 8:30Breakfast

Available at the Plaza Hotel Pub Restaurant (Lobby level)

9:00Meeting Begins

Room: Sky Bar

Session II: Mission

Within the field of health and rights, how do we define “social inclusion” and “transparency, accountability and participation” as gauges of open society? How do these two concepts intersect?

Session organizers: Sanjay Patil, Jonathan Cohen, Amrita Palriwala, Vinay Viswanatha, Daniel Wolfe

9:00 – 10:20Plenary presentation and group exercise

Presenter: Daniel Wolfe

Exercise facilitators: Jonathan Cohen, Amrita Palriwala, Sanjay Patil, Vinay Viswanatha

10:20 – 10:50Coffee Break (please sign up for break-outs during coffee)

10:50 – 12:00Interactive thematic breakouts

Participants will break out into thematic groups to continue the discussion of four key themes raised in the plenary session.

  1. Social Inclusion

Facilitators: Michael Heflin and John Trainor

Room:Sky Bar

  1. Transparency, Accountability, and Participation

Facilitators: Erin Howe and Robert Lawrence

Room:Gemini (Minus 1 floor)

  1. Interplay between the two

Facilitators: David Scamell and Suzana Velkovska

Room:Myra (Minus 1 floor)

  1. Limitations of the Framework

Facilitators: Jamila Headley and Jaki Mbogo

Room: Orion (Minus 1 floor)

12:00 – 12:30Report-back in plenary

Room: Sky Bar

Facilitator: Ralf Jürgens

12:30 – 1:45Lunch

Plaza Hotel Pub Restaurant (Lobby level)

Session III: Fealty to the fieldandprogram concepts/own initiatives

How are we defining “fealty to the field” and “program concepts/own initiatives,” and what can we learn from each other’s approaches to these two areas?

Session organizers: Jonathan Cohen, Dasha Shkurpela, Victoria Tymoshevska

1:45 – 3:00Plenary panel: What does “Fealty to the Field” mean in practice?

Facilitator: Jonathan Cohen

Panelists: Masha Djordjevic, Janet Haven, Louise Olivier

3:00 – 3:30Coffee Break (please sign up for break-outs during coffee)

3:30 – 5:00Interactive breakouts

Participants will break into groups to discuss pairs of similar program concepts/own initiatives. Each pair consists of a PHP concept and a similar concept/own initiative from a thematic program or foundation that pre-submitted their strategy draft.

1.Decriminalization

Facilitator: Rachel Thomas

Presenters:Michael Heflin, Dave Scamell

Room: Sky Bar

2.Closed and semi-closed institutions

Facilitator: Krista Lauer

Presenters: Ralf Jürgens, Larisa Minasyan

Room: Gemini (Minus 1 floor)

3.Transparency, accountability, and participation

Facilitator: Binaifer Nowrojee

Presenters: Janet Haven, Vinay Viswanatha

Room: Myra (Minus 1 floor)

4.Shifting public discourse

Facilitator: Els Torreele

Presenters: Masha Djordjevic, Brett Davidson

Room: Orion (Minus 1 floor)

5:00 – 5:30Report-back in plenary

Facilitator: Mary Callaway

Room: Sky Bar

5:30 - Free evening

TBDBus to Sultanahmet departs

See leisure guide for recommended restaurants and attractions

Thursday, May 9

Timekeeper: Sebastian Kohn

7:30 – 8:30Breakfast

Available at the Plaza Hotel Pub Restaurant (Lobby level); additional recommendations nearby

9:00Meeting Begins

Room: Sky Bar

Session IV: Assessment

This session will focus on two aspects of assessment, both of which require moving beyond a formalistic “checklist” approach:

  • What is success, and how do we know we’re getting there?
  • How do we appropriately weigh the strength of our partners’ sustainability, governance, and social media engagement?

Session organizers: Brett Davidson, Cynthia Eyakuze, Sanjay Patil

9:00 – 10:15Plenary Panel

Presenter/facilitator: Brett Davidson

Panelists: Masha Djordjevic, Anne Gathumbi, Shari Turitz

10:15 – 10:45Coffee Break (please sign up for break-outs during coffee)

10:45 – 12:15Interactive breakouts

Participants will break into groups to discuss a current or past challenge related to assessing a grantee on their sustainability, governance, or social media presence. The discussion will emphasize moving beyond a “checklist” approach to weighing these issues as factors in grant-making decisions.

  1. Sustainability

Case study presenters: Azzi Momenghalibaf and Olga Rychkova

Facilitator: Kathy Foley

Room:Sky Bar

  1. Governance

Case study presenter: Ian Southey-Swartz

Facilitator: Louise Olivier

Room:Gemini (Minus 1 floor)

  1. Social media engagement:

Case study presenter: Heather Benjamin

Facilitator: Janet Haven

Room:Myra (Minus 1 floor)

12:15 – 12:45Report-back in plenary

Room: Sky Bar

Facilitator: Judy Klein

12:45 – 1:15Closing session

Reflections by Martin McKee (slide show by Sebastian Krueger)

Presentation by the GHAEC

Closing remarks by Marine Buissonnière

Room: Sky Bar

1:15 – 2:30Lunch

Plaza Hotel Pub Restaurant (Lobby level)