WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ
WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION
ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ Date: 16 March 2023
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE
BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L’EUROPE Mr Peep Peterson
REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA Minister of Health and Labour
ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО
Ministry of Social Affairs
Head office: Suur-Ameerika 1
UN City, Marmorvej 51,
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
10129 Tallinn
Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00; Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Estonia
Email:
[email protected]
Website: https://www.who.int/europe
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Dear Sir,
Invitation to the virtual policy-level consultation on the draft WHO European framework for action on the
health and care workforce 2023–2028, 11 April 2023
Following the publication of the flagship report Health and care workforce in Europe: time to act launched at the 72nd
session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, the WHO Regional Office for Europe is developing, in full
consultation with Member States and key partners, a new framework for action on the health and care workforce to be
presented for adoption at the 73rd session of the Regional Committee in October 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
A draft framework for action has been prepared and aims to complement the existent World Health Assembly
resolutions on the health and care workforce and will replace Towards a sustainable health workforce in the WHO
European Region: framework for action, endorsed in resolution EUR/RC67/R5 in 2017, setting out a new course of
action for the next five years until 2028. The draft framework for action is structured according to the five pillars of
key priority areas outlined in the ten action points of the regional report.
As part of the consultation process, two rounds of technical consultations have been scheduled to take place with the
health workforce focal points from the ministries of health and other partners as follows:
• First virtual technical consultation, 11:00–12:30 CET, 1 March 2023
• Second in-person technical consultation during the WHO European High-level Regional Meeting on Health
and Care Workforce in Bucharest, Romania, 23 March 2023.
To guide the process towards finalization of the draft framework for action, the WHO Regional Office for Europe
Secretariat will be convening virtually a third and final formal policy-level consultation of Member States on 11 April
2023. I would like to extend an invitation to you to nominate a delegate should the Ministry wish to have representation
in this group. In addition to the representatives of the Member States, the invitation is also being extended to the
Permanent Missions.
The final draft framework for action will be shared with the Standing Committee of the Regional Committee for
Europe in June 2023, before being submitted for consideration at the 73rd session of the Regional Committee in
October 2023.
UN City, Marmorvej 51 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00 Email:
[email protected]
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Website: https://www.who.int/europe
Denmark
We look forward to your nomination of a representative for the virtual consultation on 11 April 2023 by 31 March
2023. Please send this information to Tomas Zapata (
[email protected]), copying Yana Andersen
(
[email protected]).
Yours very truly,
Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge
Regional Director
Copy for information to:
Ms Elen Ohov, Adviser, European Union Affairs and International Co-operation Department, Ministry of
Social Affairs, Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122 Tallinn, Estonia
Ms Triin Uusberg, Head, European Union Affairs and International Co-operation Department, Ministry of
Social Affairs, Suur-Ameerika 1, 10129 Tallinn, Estonia
H.E. Ms Katrin Saarsalu-Layachi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations Office and other international
organizations in Geneva, Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 28A, CH-1209 Genève, Switzerland
H.E. Mr William Mart Laanemäe, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of
Estonia, Frederiksgade 19, 4th floor, 1265 Copenhagen K, Denmark
Ms Kristina Köhler, Liaison Officer, WHO Country Office, Estonia, Paldiski Road 81, 10617 Tallinn, Estonia
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