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Saatja: MENNE, Bettina Maria (Maria) <[email protected]> Saadetud: 10.09.2021 16:52 Adressaat: Mme H. Mas Santuré <[email protected]>; SM Info <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; BRAJOVIC, Mina <[email protected]>; Calleja Neville at Health Policy <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; Dr J.-C. Schmit <jean- [email protected]>; Dr O. Kalakouta <[email protected]>; Dr R. Goerens <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; FORCELLINI, Alvise <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; karen.vincenti <[email protected]>; KÖHLER, Kristina <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; M. J. Romagosa Massana <[email protected]>; mirjana.djuranovic <[email protected]>; MITENBERGS, Uldis <[email protected]>; Mr A. Ioannou <[email protected]>; Mr T. Gantar <[email protected]>; Mrs K.-V. Petrič <[email protected]>; Ms A. Knútsdóttir <[email protected]>; Elen Ohov <[email protected]>; natasa.terzic <[email protected]>; RURANE, Aiga <[email protected]> Koopia: NEMER, Leda Eugenia <[email protected]>; NIKOLIC, Lazar <[email protected]>; DA ROLD, Cristina <[email protected]> Teema: RE: Draft SCI roadmap for comments and SCI side event programme Manused: image001.jpg; image002.jpg; image007.jpg; image008.jpg; SCI side event draft program.pdf; SCI side event 17 September concept.pdf Dear SCI Focal Points and/or speakers at the RC71 side event, please find attached the updated provisional program and the concept note. In case of additional changes, please let us know, by Tuesday 14th September, 2021. Connection details for speakers: on Wednesday afternoon we will communicate the zoom connection details for speakers. The event will be live streamed on Friday, September 17 11:00 - 12:30 CET (Copenhagen) Live streaming on https://streaming.uncity.dk/who/ Please feel free to share with colleagues. Kind regards Bettina Dr Bettina Menne Ospedale SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Healthy settings Corridoio S. Domenico, 1st fl. WHO Regional Office for Europe 6777 Castello 30122 Venice, Italy European Office for Investment for Health and Development [email protected] +39345 6316196; + 390412793851 www.euro.who.int From: NIKOLIC, Lazar <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 19:13 To: MENNE, Bettina Maria (Maria) <[email protected]>; NIKOLIC, Lazar <[email protected]>; NEMER, Leda Eugenia <[email protected]> Cc: Mme H. Mas Santuré ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; BRAJOVIC, Mina <[email protected]>; Calleja Neville at Health Policy <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; DA ROLD, Cristina <[email protected]>; Dr J.- C. Schmit ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Dr O. Kalakouta ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Dr R. Goerens ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; [email protected]; FORCELLINI, Alvise <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; karen.vincenti <[email protected]>; KÖHLER, Kristina <[email protected]>; [email protected]; M. G. Rinaldi ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; M. J. Romagosa Massana ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; mirjana.djuranovic <[email protected]>; MITENBERGS, Uldis <[email protected]>; Mr A. Ioannou ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Mr T. Gantar ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Mrs K.-V. Petrič ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Ms A. Knútsdóttir ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; Ms E. Ohov ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; natasa.terzic ([email protected]) <[email protected]>; RURANE, Aiga <[email protected]> Subject: Draft SCI roadmap for comments and SCI side event programme Sent on behalf of Dr Bettina Menne: Dear SCI Focal Points and speakers at the RC71 side event, Thanks very much for participating in the SCI side event. The aim of this event is to bring together the small countries participating in SCI (and other Member States) to: 1. articulate a forward-looking vision as a bloc of countries and identify the most immediate areas of need and short-term priorities for a fair COVID-19 recovery that leaves no one behind; and  2. reflect on common priorities for the medium term, taking into account national health plans and using the European Programme of Work 2020–2025, as an overarching umbrella for guiding national policies and activities. To support the discussion at the side event, it is with great pleasure that I share with you the “Draft roadmap for supporting better health in small countries of the WHO European Region, 2022-2025” (please see the enclosed file). This is a first draft, based on discussion with each of you and on discussion at the SCI high level meeting on COVID-19. This is a work in progress, which we hope to finalize by the end of October – mid November 2021 in close cooperation with you. Please find also attached:  the Draft program of the side event (confidential as some speakers’ confirmations are still pending). It would be very important for us to have the final list of speakers, by tomorrow, as the zoom connections will need to be set up by the RDO office. As for your interventions, please keep them as short and succinct as you can, more in the form of a panel discussion under the three GPW/EPW pillars, with a focus on what your country really needs operationally speaking and how the SCI can make a difference as an innovation hub. For more information on the Regional Committee in general, please consult the website at: WHO/Europe | 71st session - 71st session All sessions, including ours, will be broadcast through our WHO EURO website. Please feel free to contact me at any moment in time on: +39 3456316196 [email protected] Kind regards Bettina Dr Bettina Menne Ospedale SS. Giovanni e Paolo, Healthy settings Corridoio S. Domenico, 1st fl. WHO Regional Office for Europe 6777 Castello European Office for Investment 30122 Venice, Italy for Health and Development [email protected] +39345 6316196; + 390412793851 www.euro.who.int Regional Committee for Europe EUR/RC71/SE/5 71st session Virtual session, 13–17 September 2021 September 2021 210932 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Side event on the Small Countries Initiative: Lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and priorities for implementing the European Programme of Work, 2020–2025, in small countries Friday, 17 September 2021, 11:00–12:30 CEST (virtual) Background 1. The Small Countries Initiative (SCI) is an active network, launched by the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe) in 2013, which brings together countries with a population of 2 million or less. Since 2019, the SCI network has comprised 11 small countries from across the WHO European Region.1 Throughout the years, the SCI has successfully acted as a catalyst for innovation and unique solutions to the health policy concerns of small countries. Small countries have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has amplified pre-existing challenges faced by these countries specifically, such as: • dependence on larger neighbouring countries for trade, access to medicines and vaccines, and health workforce supply (this dependence became particularly evident following the implementation of border closures); • economic and financial constraints aggravated by developments over the past year (such as the suspension of tourism, the problems faced by diaspora workforces and the isolation of small countries); and • limited capacity of domestic resources (including human resources) to tackle the pandemic. 2. New challenges and needs have continued to emerge in the course of the pandemic. More than one year since its outbreak, small countries are not only having to contend with pressing day-to-day concerns, but are also facing longer-term challenges, including: • growing incidence of noncommunicable diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and obesity, among others; 1 Andorra, Cyprus, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino and Slovenia. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE UN City, Marmorvej 51, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Telephone: +45 45 33 70 00 Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.euro.who.int/en/who-we-are/governance  EUR/RC71/SE/5 page 2 • rehabilitation in cases of so-called long COVID (that is, post-COVID-19 conditions) and potential long-term disabilities; • a parallel rise in mental health problems, the full extent of which cannot yet be gauged; • increased out-of-pocket payments due to a shift from public to private health services; • vaccination roll-out, supply issues and longer-term problems in the administration of vaccines; • reviving economies while ensuring that no one is left behind; • restoring integrated and personalized social and health care systems to full capacity; • tackling unemployment and promoting economic recovery in an environment of uncertainty; • addressing systemic gaps in emergency preparedness and response; and • harnessing the full potential of new digital ways of working. Scope and purpose 3. Small countries have reached out to WHO/Europe during the pandemic to request specialized assistance. Despite the experience they have accumulated over the past year, small countries are currently still confronted by many of the above-mentioned challenges. At the same time, there are various opportunities to be leveraged, which can possibly be best achieved if they tackle these challenges jointly. Objectives 4. This side event will bring together the small countries participating in the SCI (and other Member States) to: • articulate a forward-looking and common vision as a united group of countries, and identify the most immediate areas of need and short-term health priorities for a fair recovery that leaves no one behind; and • reflect on common priorities for the medium term, taking into account national health plans and using the European Programme of Work, 2020–2025, as an overarching umbrella for guiding national policies and activities. Target audience 5. This side event is directed at the 11 small countries from the SCI network and other interested Member States, civil society, international organizations and relevant European Union agencies.  EUR/RC71/SE/5 page 3 Event outline 6. The side event will take place in a virtual format. It will feature a presentation of the Draft roadmap for health and well-being of the European small country initiative, 2022 –2025, and include short interventions by SCI network representatives to discuss needs and required interventions. 7. The programme for this side event will be made available on WHO/Europe’s website, on the web page for the 71st session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe. = = = Side event The Small Countries Initiative – lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic and priorities for implementing the European Programme of Work, 2020–2025, in small countries Organized by the Secretariat of the Small Countries Initiative, WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development, Venice, Italy Friday, 17 September 2021, 11-12:30 CEST (virtual) Provisional Program Chair: Ms Chris Brown, Head of Office, WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development, Venice, Italy Co-chair: Dr Bettina Menne, Coordinator, WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development, Venice, Italy 11:00 - 11:02 Welcome and technical opening Opening of the side event – virtual space 11:02 - 11:15 Setting the Scene Dr Natasha Muscat, Director of the Division of Country Health Policies and Systems, WHO Regional Office for Europe Ms Chris Brown, Head of Office, WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development, Venice, Italy, (Chair of the meeting) Dr Bettina Menne, Coordinator, Healthy Settings, WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development, Venice, Italy Presentation: Draft roadmap for supporting better health in small countries of the WHO European Region, 2022 - 2025 11:16 - 11:35 Protecting against health emergencies Andorra: Ms Helena Mas Santuré, Secretary of State of Health, Ministry of Health San Marino: Video addressed by Secretary of State, Ministry of Health and short addition by Dr Claudio Muccioli, Director of Health Authority, Ministry of Health and Social Security  Programme Malta: Dr Neville Calleja, Director, Department for Policy in Health, Health Information and Research, Ministry for Health Interventions from the floor 11:35 - 12:04 Universal health coverage Cyprus: Dr Olga Kalakouta, Chief Medical Officer and Acting Director of Medical and Public Health Services, Ministry of Health Montenegro: Ms Anka Vukicevic, State secretary, Ministry of Health Estonia: Ms Kersti Esnar, Head of Health Care Resources, Ministry of Social Affairs Slovenia: Dr Andrej Martin Vujkovac, Health Attaché, Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the Office of the United Nations and to the Other International Organizations in Geneva Interventions from the floor 12:05 - 12:23 Healthier populations Luxembourg: Minister Dr Paulette Lenert, Minister of Health and Delegate Minister of Social Security 12:24 - 12:30 Closing address: Dr Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe Document supporting this side event:  Small countries initiative (SCI): Draft roadmap for supporting better health in small countries of the WHO European Region, 2022 - 2025 2