Meeting background: Since 2014 WHO has convened the Montreux Collaborative bi-annual meeting bringing together experts and partners to discuss the critical relationship between fiscal space, public financial management (PFM) and health financing towards advancing the universal health coverage (UHC) agenda. The aim of the Montreux Collaborative is to raise the profile of public finance towards achieving UHC, to generate and exchange ideas and lessons to support the implementation of tailored reforms in health, and to consolidate and broaden the network of experts and partners interested in public finance issues for health.
This year, 2021, not only marks the 5th meeting of the Collaborative, but it is the first meeting held in the context of COVID-19. COVID-19 is both a health and an economic crisis that has implications for health financing and progress towards UHC. In response to the rapidly developing context, this meeting will explore policy options to help countries rebuild and strengthen health financing and PFM systems to make them more responsive to future shocks and able to sustain efforts towards UHC.
The meeting will be held virtually from 16 to 19 November 2021 and will be open to the public.
On 15 November 2021, a series of pre-meeting events will take place to mark the 5th meeting of the Montreux Collaborative.
More information and a link for registration can be found here.
A detailed agenda can be found in the attached document.
Event Time : 15 Nov 2021 12:00 pm to 19 Nov 2021 1:00 pm
Timezone: UTC+01:00
Event is Conference : No
