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DAY 1: Thursday, 2 November 2023

8:30 – 9:00Registration

9:00 – 9:30Welcome remarks
  • Ainagul Kuatbayeva - Director of the Scientific and Practical Center for Sanitary and Epidemiological Expertise and Monitoring of the National Public Health Center of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Tamar Gabunia; First Deputy Minister; Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia (CAREC Chair)
  •  Xiaohong Yang, Deputy Director General, Central and West Asia Department (CWRD), Asian Development Bank (ADB)

9:30 – 10:15
Presentation of the Working Group on Health (WGH) Meeting Agenda Introduction of Participants 
  • Tamar Gabunia; First Deputy Minister; Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons, Labour,
    Health and Social Affairs of Georgia and CAREC Health Secretariat
  • Kirthi Ramesh, Social Sector Specialist, ADB / Najibullah Habib, Senior Health Specialist, ADB – Setting the scene

10:15 – 10:45
Group Photo and Coffee Break (Networking)

10:45 – 12:45CAREC Health Implementation Progress --- Chair: Xiaohong Yang, Deputy Director General, Central and West Asia Department, ADB; 
Moderator: Georgia or Kazakhstan
  • Overall CAREC Platform and Program Updates – Lyaziza Sabyrova, Regional Head, Regional Cooperation and Integration, CWRD, ADB
Review of implementation progress by pillar and discussion – country presentations and presentation by CAREC Secretariat
  • Pillar 1: Leadership and Human Resource Capacity
  • Pillar 2: Technical Preparedness (Surveillance/Labs)

12:45 – 14:00
Lunch (Networking)

14:00 – 15:45
Update from WHO on Pandemic Preparedness 2.0 --- Ihor Perehinets, Programme Manager, Country Health Emergency Preparedness and International Health Regulations, WHO EURO – 8 min 
CAREC Health Implementation Progress (cont’d)
  • Pillar 3: Access to Supplies and Surge Capacity (supply chain management and procurement)
  • Pillar 4: Vulnerable Population Groups and Border Health
  • Cross-cutting issues (digital health, climate change and gender)

15:45 – 16:00
Coffee Break (Networking)

16:00 – 17:00
CAREC Health Program Deliverables for Endorsement 
  • Repository of Training Programs on Health Security
  • CAREC Health Cooperation Knowledge Platform for WGH Members
Regional Investment Framework Review and Updating
Pitch for Roundtable Discussions  

18:00 – 20:00
Reception and dinner


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