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Global Alliance: General Comments and Contributions

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This is the space for general, overall contributions and comments from participants in the Global Alliance Review and Working group related to the draft implementation plan for the Alliance. 

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Submitted by Lisa_Hilmi on Thu, 10/05/2017 - 17:51 Permalink

Dear Rafael and Warren,

 
Thank you for the opportunity to comment- Some initial comments on the Draft Implementation plan:

 
·        The draft implies and mentions humanitarian context- should we also include the overlap- the humanitarian-development nexus, to assist the global community navigate this space and act on the Humanitarian Summit goals of 2016? We have tried to reframe initiatives, guidelines, etc. for both humanitarian and development contexts.

 
·        I propose that we take key issues to the Second Summit on SBC- and discuss today possible panels or sessions that seem a priority to unpack for the community and discuss with a larger audience

 
·        Regarding a steering committee- as well as procedures to put in place for this committee, I suggest we discuss or have someone take a stab at a TOR

 
·        “few specific areas of work”- I think this will be key to focus on so we do not get lost in the multiple priorities that may present themselves- these should align with the priorities identified

 
·        Broader networks and communication- I believe we need to really identify and expand who the network is, how we connect different networks, and are inclusive, representative, and engaging

 
·        The names put forward are very long- I am not sure I have a better one, but will think on it

 
·        Is the mission too broad- do we need to narrow down the key priorities a bit ( priorities for achieving SDGs, or something that is a bit focused). Priority issues for societies could be anything.
 

·        Concur with priorities

 
·        Core alliance members- there are several organizations specific to Africa- do you want other geographies represented ( in addition to the International Forum’s and groups?) Also- are there any private sector communication/SBC networks?

 
 
Thank you again and speak later!
 
 
Also, my organization is CORE Group, not  The Child Survival Resources Group  J

 
Best,

Lisa

 
Lisa M. Hilmi | Executive Director | CORE Group
919 18th St. NW | Suite 350 | Washington, DC | 20006 | USA
lhilmi@coregroup.org | www.coregroup.org

Submitted by hopehempstone on Fri, 10/06/2017 - 16:47 Permalink

Attached please find comments from me and Kama on the draft implementation plan. Thanks for allowing us to provide feedback

(Mod: please click on "comment and reply above" to open the thread with Hope and Kama's comments in the attachment to this message)

Submitted by Warren Feek on Tue, 10/10/2017 - 09:42 Permalink

Hi folks - Rafael and myself promised to get back to you with a proposal re the membership of the sub-working groups that we developed in our initial conference call. These are suggested below. Please note that we have also opened up some working threads for these - click the titles below. These can be used for any updates from the sub-working groups to others, outlining of ideas and calls for comment and input, posing of questions etc. The Alliance name thread already has a number of contributions. There will be a response to the criteria Q this morning (apologies for the delay - it was Canadian Thanksgiving over the weekend - harvest is earlier up here!).  Please do comment on below. We have not identified convenors. Perhaps Rafael and/or myself can kick off the process for each group?

NAME of the Alliance


 
Sue
James
Hope
Patrick
Rafael/Warren
 
 
CRITERIA for being at the Alliance table


 
Lisa
Patrick
Rhadika
Susan
Rafael/Warren
 
 
Reasonable PRIORITIES


 
Antje
James
Susan
Sue
Kama
Rafael/Warren
 
  

Submitted by Warren Feek on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 14:23 Permalink

Best wishes to everyone. Rafael and myself just completed a review meeting related to progress with the Global Alliance for ...? It is fantastic that everyone is engaged in this process - we are delighted to work with all of you. Can we please ask you to respond as soon as possible to the items below if you have not already contributed on all 3 items. These are an important next step in the process. Thank you. 

The 3 groups - Name, Criteria and Priorities - have met. Below are the links to the notes from those meetings. Can we please ask you to accesss those links and provide comments (if you have not done so already) within each thread. Either complete the comments form or email me and we will post. 

Group: What will be the name of the Alliance? - in particular this post - Draft text for the 10 people about the name - that summarises the outcome from the Name sub-group meeting, narrows the list of possible names to four, and suggests, through a draft note, a way forward for future, quick consultation.

Group: Criteria for being at the Alliance table? - in particular please review this post - Further iteration - criteria for being at the Alliance table - that outlines the results of the sub-group meeting, states criteria on which there was agreement amongst the group, and highlights one important issue that requires an agreed way forward. 

Group: Alliance Priorities - in particular please reveiw this post - Alliance Priorities - 1st 12 months - Oct 26 meeting - that outlines the priorities considered in the course of the sub-group meeting, and concludes with the 3 priorities they recommend for the initial 3 months of the Alliance. 

Thanks - much appreciated - most happy to answer any questions of course.

Best wishes - Warren (and on behalf of Rafael)   

Submitted by Warren Feek on Wed, 11/08/2017 - 17:04 Permalink

Many best wishes to everyone. Two purposes for this note (A) planned meeting November 29 and 30 in Baltimore and (B) reminder re some key inputs on name, priorities and at-the-table criteria.

A. Baltimore: With substantive progress being made on key, core elements of the Alliance (see B below) we are planning a meeting of this Transition and Review group (plus) on November 29th and 30th, 2017 in Baltimore, MD hosted by Johns Hopkins University CCP (with our thanks). The purpose will be to agree the next detailed steps to implement the Alliance (see B below). Very much hope that you are available. The "plus" refers to the possibility of some additional people and organisations being involved. We are very aware of the need for an expanded balance across this group by geography, development issue and future possible "at the table" networks and partnerships. There will be more soon re that possibility as well as the suggested agenda. Please let us know if you have any issues with this date.

B. Name, Priorities, Criteria: Prior to that meeting we would like to resolve the name, priorities and criteria issues so that we can move forward to identify and resolve the next set of issues required to advance implementation of the Alliance. We will develop that agenda soon. If you have not done so already can you please open the links below and respond asap! We really need the name, priorities and criteria steps to be resolved so that we can move onto the next steps.

Group: What will be the name of the Alliance? - in particular this post - Draft text for the 10 people about the name - that summarises the outcome from the Name sub-group meeting, narrows the list of possible names to four, and suggests, through a draft note, a way forward for future, quick consultation.

Group: Criteria for being at the Alliance table? - in particular please review this post - Further iteration - criteria for being at the Alliance table - that outlines the results of the sub-group meeting, states criteria on which there was agreement amongst the group, and highlights one important issue that requires an agreed way forward. 

Group: Alliance Priorities - in particular please reveiw this post - Alliance Priorities - 1st 12 months - Oct 26 meeting - that outlines the priorities considered in the course of the sub-group meeting, and concludes with the 3 priorities they recommend for the initial 3 months of the Alliance. 

Thanks - much appreciated - most happy to answer any questions of course.

Best wishes - Warren (and on behalf of Rafael)  

 

Submitted by Warren Feek on Wed, 02/07/2018 - 20:18 Permalink

Hi to all and apologies for the recent lull in communications. Unfortunately it has taken much longer than expected to get the Alliance invitations out the UNICEF door. Hopefully this process will be completed very soon. With that imminenent development we will recomemnce the substantive work on the Alliance later this week - in particular the Evidence and Advocacy working groups.

Now to the name! Not many replied - just 54. But the winner is clear! Please see attached when you click on the link above and log-in. There are two attachments.

1. The pie chart with the name result

2. The download of the alternative name suggestions

If you wish to review I can of course share the full survy data collected

Best wishes and thanks - Warren