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Network of Human Resources for Health Focal Points

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Date: 6 March 2024

Ms Helen Sõber Adviser European Union Affairs and International Co- operation Department Ministry of Social Affairs Suur-Ameerika 1 10122 Tallinn Estonia

REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L’EUROPE

REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО

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Dear Ms Sõber,

Request for nomination of representative to the WHO Europe Network of Human Resources for Health Focal Points

I have the honour to inform you that the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe plans to establish a network of human resources for health focal points. The group will consist of Member State- nominated representatives (one per country) responsible for health workforce planning in the ministries of health.

The main purpose of the network will be to serve as a platform for discussion and exchange of regional health workforce priorities in the context of implementing the newly adopted WHO-Europe Framework for Action on Health and Care Workforce 2023-2030 that builds on the Bucharest Declaration adopted during the High-level Regional Meeting on Health and Care Workforce held in Bucharest on 22-23 March 2023. The enclosed scope and purpose document will provide more details about the network and its objectives.

The first meeting will take place on 5 June 2024, during which participants will hear more about the objectives of the network and the proposed activities.

Nominations to the WHO Europe Network of Human Resources for Health Focal Points

I would be grateful if you could send the name, title and contact details of a nominated representative with strategic oversight of health workforce policies (e.g head/director/lead of a health workforce unit) by 5 April 2024. Please send the nominations by email to [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your country nominations.

Sincerely yours,

Dr Natasha Azzopardi Muscat Director Division of Country Health Policies and Systems WHO Regional Office for Europe

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Encls: Scope and Purpose Copy for information to: 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 Riia Salsa-Audiffren, Ambassador Representative of the Republic of Estonia, 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

SCOPE AND PURPOSE

WHO/Europe Network of Human Resources of Health Focal Points

Background

In response to the need to build a robust, fit-for-purpose, well-supported and sustainable health workforce, WHO Europe has undertaken a series of technical and policy activities to position health workforce as a key priority area in the health system strengthening and recovery. These included the publication of a regional report Health and care workforce in Europe: time to act that highlighted specific data-supported challenges facing the regional health workforce; and organization of a high-level meeting on health and care workforce in Bucharest in March 2023 where the Bucharest Declaration calling for specific commitments to address health workforce challenges has been adopted.

These efforts culminated in the development and unanimous adoption of a new Framework for Action on Health and Care Workforce 2023-2030 and a Resolution at the 73rd Regional Committee meeting in October 2023. The Framework for Action sets out five pillars for action to advance health workforce priorities in the region for the Member States to be implemented at the country level and specific areas of support by the WHO. A set of monitoring indicators will support the implementation of the Framework to ensure progress at the country level.

Although many of the problems countries face are context-specific, the nature of the challenges is similar and warrants collaborative effort to exchange the experiences among the Member States to collectively advance the implementation of the Framework for Action. To advance this goal, WHO Europe is convening a group of nominated HRH leaders from the ministries of health with the following objectives:

Objectives

1. To serve as a platform to exchange experiences among countries around health workforce challenges and policy solutions

2. To identify the main priority actions to implement the Framework for Action on Health and Care Workforce 2023-2030 at the regional, sub-regional and country-level

3. To identify specific areas for technical support from WHO at the country and/or sub- regional level

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA

ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L'EUROPE

ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ

ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО

4. To monitor and stake stock of the Framework Implementation 5. To discuss and identify intersectoral mechanisms of collaboration between various

stakeholders involved in health workforce planning including non-state actors 6. Identify and initiate specific health workforce activities at the country, sub-regional and

regional level including establishment of thematic and sub-regional groups; organization of technical events; development of relevant advocacy and technical products.

7. Serve as the point of contact with the Member State for the survey on the human resources for health units

Group composition The Human Resources for Health network will be organized by the Health Workforce and Service Delivery Unit under the Division of Country Health Policies and Systems. Group meetings The group will meet virtually (frequency to be determined) starting on June 5, 2024 to discuss areas of interest and priorities for the subsequent meetings. Depending on the focus of each meeting, external technical experts as well as WHO colleagues from other technical areas will be invited to join and contribute to the meetings. Language of operation The discussions will be simultaneously translated into Russian and English.