WS 18 - The SDG3 Global Action Plan for Health and Wellbeing

The goal of this participatory workshop will be to discuss how international funders can support domestic health priorities and ensure that receiving governments see development assistance for health (DAH) as a tool to complement their own agendas.

The Global Action Plan (GAP) for healthy lives and well-being for all, launched at UNGA in September 2019, highlights some common issues in the global health landscape. One of the key problems that hinders sustainable and equitable progress is the lack of involvement of countries that receive DAH in shaping international programs and funding mechanisms. This has meant that in some cases, international funded programs were not seen as a way to meet the health priorities of the receiving country and that external flows have had a substantial effect for domestic resources.

There is a need to understand why this occurs and shed light on alternative aid challenges that provide sustainable, demand-drive and long-term financing. The workshop will explore different perspectives and lessons learned on funding innovation mechanisms that put countries decision making at the heart of the process, including by exploring opportunities for co-funding models. Hearing from the audience and the panel members, participants will discuss the barriers to identify the essential features of these models and how to overcome them.