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Saatja: Elen Ohov <[email protected]> Saadetud: 21.07.2022 11:23 Adressaat: SM Info <[email protected]> Teema: FW: Voluntary contribution to support the work of the OECD Health Committee in 2022 - Estonia From: [email protected] &lt;[email protected]&gt; Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 6:50 PMTo: Elen Ohov &lt;[email protected]&gt;Cc: Heidi Alasepp &lt;[email protected]&gt;; Agris Koppel &lt;[email protected]&gt;; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]: Voluntary contribution to support the work of the OECD Health Committee in 2022 - Estonia Dear Ms Ohov, Please find attached a letter from Mr. Stefano Scarpetta, Director of the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, along with a model offer letter for your convenience, if needed. Thank you. Best regards, Isabelle Vallard (She/her)Health Committee Secretary/Administrative AssistantELS/Health Division 2, rue André Pascal - 75775 Paris Cedex 16 Tel: +33 1 45 24 19 61 Mob. +33 6 51 16 38 02 || Follow us on: via The Director DIRECTORATE FOR EMPLOYMENT, LABOUR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS Ms Elen Ohov Adviser European Union Affairs and International Co-operation Dpt. Ministry of Social Affairs Estonia DELSA/SS(2022)5 Wednesday, 20 July 2022 Dear Ms Ohov, Much progress has been made to implement the broad mandate Ministers gave to OECD in 2017 to help make health systems in their countries bettered centred around the needs to patients and populations. During the past few years, the Health Committee and the Secretariat furthered analyses on core elements to facilitate the transformation of health systems towards this goal. These include: work to develop new metrics of performance to assess people-centeredness; analyses on how to help health systems become more knowledge-based, and better able to put data to work for better health system performance; and analyses on how to respond to megatrends such as ageing and technological innovations, in a way that serves the needs of people and reduces unnecessary waste. The COVID-19 pandemic has made this agenda ever more critical, but also highlighted the importance of making health systems more resilient to unexpected high-impact shocks. Differences in pandemic outcomes across countries show that there is significant scope for improving resilience of both individuals and of health systems, and highlighted how health systems should not act in isolation from other sector. Responding to the crisis, OECD countries agreed during the second part of the OECD’s 2021 Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) on 5-6 October 2021 that “We believe there is no higher immediate priority than ending the health, economic, and social crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and building a green, inclusive, and resilient recovery for all.” The Secretariat has since March 2020 produced analyses and data to support countries in their response to the pandemic and beyond, including by leveraging the unique OECD cross-sectorial expertise. As countries emerge from this unprecedented crisis, during the second year of the 2021-22 Programme of Work and Budget biennium we are continuing to support policy makers you in charting a more sustainable and resilient tomorrow through stronger health systems, while continuing to implement the vision outlined by Health Ministers. This work further strengthens the Health Committee as a unique platform to undertake comparisons and analysis of advanced health systems. Specifically, during the rest of 2022 we plan to advance work to:  Build more resilient health systems that improve people's health outcomes, protect vulnerable groups, prepare health systems to face unexpected shocks, and support a sustainable recovery. This work will be conducted jointly with relevant OECD Directorates, and address issues around: the health system response to COVID-19; supply chains vulnerabilities to reduce risk of medical goods shortages; the social care challenge in long-term care systems; and the need to sustain efforts to deliver global public goods such as new vaccines and antibiotics.  Move forward with the Patient - Reported Indicators Survey (PaRIS) initiative, designed to develop new international benchmarks of health system performance as reported by patients. We are now moving towards the second phase of field trials ahead of the implementation of the main survey. This work will be a milestone to understand the extent to which health systems are truly able to address people’s needs, including when confronted with a health shock such as a pandemic. More than twenty countries have already joined the PaRIS survey and we are working closely with them for a successful implementation. ./.. 2, rue André-Pascal http://www.oecd.org/els/ Direct line 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France [email protected] Tel.: +33 (0) 1 45 24 19 88   Work with countries to improve the transparency of the pharmaceutical market to better understand the impact on the functioning of the market, so that novel therapies continue to be developed while making them accessible to all patients and affordable to payors.  Support policies to improve end of life care, encourage high-performing integrated care and mental health services and the digital transformation of health systems, including through the use of artificial intelligence technologies and progress towards good health data governance.  Undertake further country reviews, such as new reviews of health data infrastructure to help countries strengthen their data and information systems; and reviews on public health policy, which address risk factors and wider public health challenges including those from infectious diseases.  Deliver new health care workforce analyses, ensuring that enough health workers are trained and have skills to match rapidly-evolving service models and disease burdens, and addressing health professional migration in a global context. We continue to work closely with the WHO and the ILO within the context of the mandate from the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth.  Support countries in responding to demographic transformations, identifying policies to ensure the financial protection of people against the cost of care services, while developing high quality, fit for purpose care services.  Continue our core work of developing comparable data on health spending, the quality of care, patient safety, and other indicators of health system performance; and of modeling the cost-effectiveness of policies to tackle public health threats linked to risk factors and infectious diseases. Again, we need your support to help us deliver on the remaining part of the 2021-22 work programme. As you know, well over half of the work on health at OECD relies on voluntary contributions to deliver the work you have asked us to do. I hope that Estonia will be able to make a voluntary financial contribution to support the Health Committee’s work. We have a true opportunity to help countries transform their health systems to become more resilient to the crisis and people centred. To continue to maximise the value-for-money that we offer, rest assure that we will continue to work in closer collaboration with the WHO, the European Commission, the World Bank, the ILO, the Council of Europe, and other international bodies, to ensure that we operate to our strengths and avoid any duplication. We share our respective work programmes, and have systems in place to ensure joint collections on health statistics, to avoid overburdening countries. If you are unable to contribute at this time, we would still appreciate you letting us know so that we can plan accordingly. We look forward to our continued fruitful collaboration as we strive to make better health systems. Yours sincerely, Stefano Scarpetta CC: Ms Francesca Colombo, OECD Health Division Mr. Guillaume Haquin, Resource Management Officer, OECD ELS/MSU MODEL OFFER LETTER (On the letterhead of the donor) Date: Dear [Head of project], I am writing to inform you that [name of donor] will contribute [currency and amount] to support the work [ of the Health Committee or name of the project ] which is included in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Programme of Work and Budget under [the Output Area 2.4.1 or Ouput Result of the project] . The continu ation of any outputs beyond 2021-22 is subject to the inclusion of such outputs in the OECD’s Future Programme(s) of Work and Budget. I note that the OECD shall administer the contribution in accordance with its Financial Regulations and other relevant rules, policies and procedures which provide for an administrative cost recovery charge of 6. 48 % of the total contribution amount. This amount will be paid on [insert date] or upon receipt of an invoice from the OECD. To limit administration costs, should upon completion of the project an amount of EUR 2000 or less [for an offer of KEUR 100 or above]; or EUR 1000 or less [for offers of less than KEUR 100] remain unspent, the OECD shall not be required to return these funds to [name of Donor]. I note that the results of the work, in whatever form, shall be the sole property of the OECD. Any disagreement arising out of or relating to the interpretation of, compliance with or execution of this contribution shall be resolved by the Parties by mutual agreement. Yours sincerely,