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Action Learning Set Participant Selection Purpose To support selection of effective country delegations to undergo a year-long Action Learning programme by 27th March 2024. Contents - The ask - Background to the WHO/NHSE Working for Health 2030 Building Health Workforce Leadership Programme - What is Action Learning? - Selection Criteria for Effective ALS Teams - Expectations from Participants Audience WHO Country Leads The Ask To select an initial country team of up to 10-12 delegates from Ministries of Health, Labour, Education, and Finance, as well as country stakeholders and WHO country office leads. Each country team will be required to participate in eight (8) three-hour Action Learning Sessions throughout the duration of the WHO/NHSE Working for Health 2030 Building Health Workforce Leadership programme (April 2024 to April 2025). Please select delegates by latest 27th March 2024, and contact [email protected] with any queries. Background The Working for Health 2030 (W4H2030) Building Health Workforce Leadership programme is a collaboration between the NHSE Global Health Unit, WHO, and higher Salford University, UK. Since 2021, the programme has supported 15 countries and over 70 participants. It facilitates approaches to strengthen health workforce policy and planning practices in each of these countries, through reflexive learning, and the convening of communities of practice in areas such as strategic workforce planning, transformation, and leadership. The W4H2030 programme is structured as follows: 1. Four (4) quarterly knowledge exchange seminars; 2. Eight (8) action learning sets (x8) for each country team; 3. A series of tailored technical and knowledge exchange workshops; 4. A moderated Community of Practice; 5. An evaluation of knowledge and learning. What is Action Learning? “I’ve just learned that alone you cannot do much, but in groups you can reap more!” - Working for Health 2030 2023 participant. Action Learning tackles problems through a process of first asking questions to clarify the exact nature of the problem, reflecting and identifying possible solutions, and only then taking action. Questions build group dialogue and cohesiveness, generate innovative and systems thinking, and enhance learning results. In the context of the WHO/NHSE Working for Health 2030 Building Health Workforce Leadership programme, action learning supports critical reflection on personal performance and the formation of more effective working relationships across working silos within the HRH landscape. In previous years, country participants have credited the Action Learning sessions with supporting to resolve challenges including: - Pass legislation for national registration bodies such as nursing and midwifery councils; - Implement strategies to improve retention of healthcare professionals in rural areas; - Consolidate and use data to support decision making for workforce planning; - Increase numbers of entry level roles for healthcare professionals; and more. The power of action learning is in the guiding participants to leverage their own agency to address within the health system complexity, empowering leaders to take action, and convening a support network of other passionate leaders. Selection Criteria for Effective Action Learning Teams The selection of country teams underpins the successes possible within the WHO/NHSE Working for Health 2030 Building Health Workforce Leadership programme. To support with country delegate selection, the team have recorded lessons over the past iterations of the programme and highlighted some key practices that create effective action learning teams. It is critical that teams are selected by 27th March 2024 at the latest for programme onboarding which commences in April. These include: - Ability to participate directly and collectively in all action learning sessions. At a minimum, participants should be able to co-locate for the first session to build rapport; - Mixing of professional cadres is key for creating high-performing groups. Bear in mind that medics or other clinical staff may have difficulty in attending all the scheduled sessions, and so participants should be drawn from a variety of disciplines and sectors. A range of professionals from across the spectrum of HRH-related activity tends to result in more effective teams;  - It is recommended that you identify around 10-12 potential participants on the basis that not all will be able to attend all the time; and, - Where there are existing workforce initiatives or programmes of work ongoing, participants should be encouraged to integrate key elements of these into the action learning. What is expected from the participants? “[this programme] has empowered me in a tremendous way …. the manner in which I conduct meetings, because in the office we are assigned to lead or to chair meetings, the manner in which I conduct and follow and probe, now it is with direction and its objective. For every discussion I now have the skill of making sure that there is no point without an intervention” – W4H2030 2023/24 participant The participants for the WHO/NHSE W4H2030 Building Health Workforce Leadership programme 2024/5 cohort will be encouraged to engage constructively with professionals from across national agencies within their own country contexts, and then to exchange knowledge with other countries across the WHO EURO and WHO AFRO regions who are experiencing similar workforce challenges. The participants will be supported throughout by a secretariat team within NHS England, who will facilitate the programme from the onboarding through to the end of the learning journey through the programme. The time commitment over the course of the programme will include: - 4x two-hour seminars that take place each quarter. These seminars are tailored to areas of interest for the delegates, and some will have the opportunity to participate as expert panellists; - 8x three-hour Action Learning Sets over the course of the year-long programme; - A one-hour onboarding event in April; - Bespoke technical workshops at request; and, - A three-day in-person end of programme event (to be confirmed). Session times will be agreed with the delegates at the start of the programme by facilitators at Salford University. Participants will be required to attend a series of four (4) online quarterly seminars that are curated by the secretariat, and that respond to their specific areas of interest., A series of eight (8) action learning sessions will be delivered by the University of Salford, which are designed to address the ‘wicked problems’ and workforce challenges that have been identified by the participants. Participants will be awarded a certificate of attendance at the conclusion of the programme if the minimum threshold of attendance has been met. Participants will be encouraged to share key lessons and the exchange of knowledge with other participants and country action learning teams. Please direct all selection questions to the secretariat team at NHSE via the email [email protected]. Working for Health 2030: Building Health Workforce Leadership (2024 cohort) NHS England (NHSE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are delighted to offer a third year of the Working for Health 2030 (W4H 2030) programme. Established in 2021, the two organisations have partnered to deliver a unique leading programme to build leadership and practice in the field of Human Resource for Health strengthening. This programme is aligned to WHO’s Working for Health 2022–2030 Action Plan making this a key initiative for the strengthening of HRH with member states. What is Working for Health 2030? The programme seeks to improve health outcomes for populations through interventions to strengthen the health workforce. It recognises that the most effective agents of change are the existing leaders and professionals working in their systems, participants will build their own knowledge, skills, competencies and expertise for health workforce governance and planning. The programme creates the space to engage in in- depth discussions and peer problem-solving and peer learning towards practical solutions and actions towards health system strengthening in their own context. How will you benefit from the programme? Who is this programme for? Participants will have the opportunity to: WHO and NHSE are inviting teams of  Network with current and future HRH multidisciplinary professionals, made up of leaders from their own country and multiple levels of leadership in Human Resources others, enabling them to gain and for Health (HRH) that develop strategies and share knowledge and expertise in policies for human resources development. health workforce strengthening.  Join a global community of practice in Participants will be from different sectors of the HRH. health system including professional/regulatory bodies and sectors such as education, finance  Be supported to extend and apply their and labour. They will show an openness in skillset and competencies in HRH addressing challenges in a new and creative way. development.  What will participants be expected to contribute? 1. Identify Health System Strengthening (HSS) priorities: Participants from country teams will be supported to identify themes to address throughout the programme. These will enable countries to develop meaningful action plans to improve their human resources for health towards stronger health and care service provision. 2. Attendance at eight facilitated workshops: Participants will join colleagues from their national team at a series of eight facilitated workshops throughout the year to work through their own real-life workforce issues. Sessions are 3 hours long and will be facilitated by the University of Salford, who will also assign up to two hours of preparation work for each session. 3. Attendance at opening, mid-point and closing events: Programme members from all participating countries will join an opening even in April 2024 for orientation. Details of mid-point and closure events will be communicated to participants once the programme has launched. 4. Attendance at open access seminars: Participants will attend a series of 2 hour quarterly open access seminars with HRH experts, sharing their insights, perspectives, expertise and ideas around complex issues and problems, presenting challenges to health systems and health labour markets in their contexts, and possible actions, interventions and solutions. 5. Sharing of insight, expertise and ideas within a peer, global community of practice: Participants will interact and share experiences and ideas with colleagues from other participating countries on a virtual platform throughout the programme. Participants may also be asked to contribute towards blogs and other online materials. Which countries will be participating? Potential country participants for this year’s programme: Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Estonia, and Sweden. Participants from the 2022 and 2023 Programme had the following reflections on their experience: “We do not realise that we need to stop and think “The HRH direction is at the starting point of on [each] others’ professions. If they are seeing it systemic development in Georgia and this process from different perspectives, with the help of the was significantly facilitated by the program facilitator [health care professionals] can converge provided by HEE, which broadened our vision of together for the same goals.” how to set priorities and what steps to take to –Malta Participant implement these priorities.” – Georgian Participant “I'm one of those who had a different view of what “There are many challenges that we are facing it would be, and I didn't even realize how much I but sometimes maybe we lack a platform where needed this problem-solving skills”. we can come together and be able to think – Kenya Participant through the issues in detail and even ask questions on what exactly is going on and even go beyond to say then how can we address these issues” – Malawian Participan For more information on the W4H 2030 programme, please visit: https://global.hee.nhs.uk/w4h2030/ Programme timeline Below is an expected programme timeline to enable planning from participants. Detailed dates and locations will be agreed once teams have been confirmed. Item 1 Duration Date Virtual Opening Event 1.5 hours April 2024 Seminar 1 2 hours May 2024 ALS 1.1 3 hours May 2024 ALS 1.2 3 hours June 2024 Seminar 2 2 hours July 2024 ALS 2.1 3 hours July 2024 ALS 2.2 3 hours August 2024 Mid-point Event 2 hours September 2024 Seminar 3 2 hours October 2024 ALS 3.1 3 hours October 2024 ALS 3.2 3 hours November 2024 Seminar 4 2 hours December 2024 ALS 4.1 3 hours January 2025 ALS 4.2 3 hours February 2025 Closure Event TBD March 2025 Additional cross-country masterclasses will also be organised throughout the duration of the programme. Cost Contact WHO and NHSE are supporting this For more information please email year’s cohort of the programme in [email protected] full. In future the expected cost of this programme would be $3,500 per participant. 1 All seminar titles and dates are subject to change; they will be confirmed closer to the time on our website. Saatja: "SM Info" Saaja: "SM Info" Teema: FW: [EXT] RE: Capability building Kuupäev: 2024-04-03 05:35 From: WEIR, Madison (NHS ENGLAND - T1510) <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 5:57 PM To: WHEELER2, Ian (NHS ENGLAND - T1510) <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; HICKEY, Natalya (NHS ENGLAND - T1510) <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; SCOTTER, Crispin David Paul <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >; Katre Koppel <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [EXT] RE: Capability building Dear Katre, I hope this finds you well. Thank you for meeting with Ian and Natalya, and please see attached two documents to support the selection process: 1. WHO Working for Health 2030 Brochure; 2. WHO Working for Health Action Learning Set Selection Guide. The brochure is suitable for dissemination to potential participants in the programme, and the selection criteria is to support identification of suitable candidates who would thrive in the programme. Please do not hesitate to get in contact if there is anything else I, or the team, can do to support with this process. Kind regards, Maddie Maddie Weir Senior Partnerships Manager- Technical Collaboration and Consultancy Global Unit Workforce Transformation and Education Directorate NHS England Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Website: <http://www.england.nhs.uk/> www.england.nhs.uk This email is intended only for use by the named addressee. It may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should contact us immediately and should not disclose, use or rely on this email. 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