Plans
advance for October’s membership meeting
Plans for the
Coalition’s semi-annual membership meeting on October 24–25 are
taking shape. Population Action International (PAI) has organised a
reception on the evening of October 25 following the second day of
the meeting. The reception will take place at the
Stewart Mott
House on Capitol Hill and will be
attended by representatives of the US Congress, the US Agency for
International Development (USAID), and the US Department of
State.
In addition, Kevin Pilz,
LAC Planning Committee coordinator, has submitted to the Secretariat
a narrative outline of themes and issues to be addressed at the
meeting. This proposal details the five themes reported in
last month’s
newsletter. The proposal will be submitted to the
Executive Committee as it reviews other items and topics for
inclusion in the agenda. Here is an overview of the October meeting
schedule as it stands so far. Contact the
Secretariat
for more details.
Mon.
22 |
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Tues.
23 |
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Wed.
24 |
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Thurs.
25 |
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Fri.
26 |
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Free for Working
Group Meetings |
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Executive
Committee Meeting |
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Membership
Meeting |
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Membership
Meeting |
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RMA Working Group
Meeting |
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Executive
Committee Dinner |
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Reception |
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M&E
efforts build on the Strategic Plan
Outcomes and
recommendations from the June meeting of monitoring and evaluation
(M&E) specialists have now been incorporated into the Strategic
Plan and sent back to them. The new draft and explanation of the
changes will be sent to the Strategic Plan Task Force for review
before being sent to the Executive Committee for approval.
Meanwhile,
Steve Kinzett has begun working on an M&E plan. In assembling
the plan, Steve is exploring the availability of baseline data;
identifying appropriate units of measurement for indicators; setting
targets for 2009–2015; identifying who will collect data and how;
and establishing criteria for the selection of countries for
monitoring. Contact the
Secretariat for more
information.
Membership Task Force work
progresses
Throughout
the month of July, consultant David Johnson of HLSP has been
interviewing members of the Membership Task Force and other key
contacts. Based on this research, he will prepare a discussion paper
for review by the Task Force. A Task Force meeting originally
scheduled for the week of August 13 looks set to be delayed due to
scheduling conflicts.
David’s
preliminary landscape
review and consolidation of findings represent
the beginnings of a three-part process to formulate
recommendations on membership for submission to the Executive
Committee. These recommendations will include
the composition and structure of Coalition
membership and an operational plan to implement them. Contact
the
Secretariat for more
details.
Nominations for Co-Chair still being
accepted
As reported in
the May
newsletter, the Secretariat
is accepting nominations for the post of Co-Chair currently occupied
by Margret Verwijk. Any nominations should be sent to the
Secretariat. Once all
nominations have been received, they will be forwarded to the
Co-Chairs and Executive Committee for consideration.
Coalition
input sought for DFID
inquiry
Coalition
members are strongly encouraged to provide input to an inquiry into
maternal health being carried out by the UK's International
Development Committee. The main purpose of the inquiry will be to
examine how donors—particularly DFID—can support progress toward the
fifth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to reduce the maternal
mortality ratio by three-quarters by 2015. There are 11 questions in
the inquiry, which can be accessed
here. Please send
your input to
the
Secretariat by the
beginning of September, prior to the deadline of September 14. |