The Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health is organized under the theme of protecting, safeguarding and investing in the health and care workforce. It will bring together high-level stakeholders and experts from across the world in person and virtually, 3-5 April 2023. The Forum will coincide with the World Health Worker Week (2-8 April 2023).
The programme will consist of
- A high-level segment on three main topics which will be informed by three evidence-based policy briefs developed through engagement with relevant stakeholders in a policy dialogue and consensus building process ahead of the Forum. This component is organized jointly with the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
- Policy brief 1: What policies and practice are needed to attract, retain, support and re-skill health and care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and what needs to inform the future of workforce development?
- Policy brief 2: What intersectoral governance, planning and decision-making actions will improve the education, employment and retention of the health and care workforce?
- Policy brief 3: Where do we find the money to scale-up investment in the health and care workforce? Improving efficiency of spending and raising revenues through domestic and international financing mechanisms?
- Parallel sessions based on a call for submissions that was launched on 9 October 2022.
- Additional roundtables and sessions to convene stakeholders around the common agenda and theme of the Global Forum.
The Forum aims to bring stakeholders together to pursue commitments to increase investment and policy action on the health and care workforce, this can only be achieved through multi-stakeholder efforts which include civil society. Civil society organizations (CSOs) play a critical role in supporting advocacy and driving implementation and action.
The World Health Organization is calling for an expression of interest (EOI) from CSOs to co-lead and co-produce briefs with recommended actions for multi-stakeholders. Selected CSOs are expected to convene a diverse working group linked to the specific policy brief; identify action areas where CSOs can leverage their support; and develop an action brief to inform multi-stakeholder groups on how CSOs can strengthen implementation of the Working for Health Action Plan in countries and regions.
The work will be guided by the WHO Secretariat. In addition to the action briefs, CSOs will be invited to participate in key technical discussions on the policy briefs and other possible opportunities in the build-up to the Forum.
Read the full call for expressions of interest.
Expressions of interest should be submitted online by 12:00 midnight CEST, 30 November 2022. Due to the large volumes of applications anticipated, only successful CSOs will be contacted.
For further information/ queries contact the Secretariat at 5GF-submissions@who.int including CSO Engagement as the subject line.