Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition
Mobilizing Resources and Raising Awareness
Where do we go from here?
Terri Bartlett
Population Action International and
Joerg Maas
German Foundation for World
Population
Three RHSC Working Groups:
Data Projections and Financing and
Countries at Risk
Awareness and Resource Mobilization
Total Market
Value of the RHSC to date
• share information
• build strategies and systems for change
• collaborate with one another
Value of the RHSC for the future
• Identify additional strategic alliances
• Specify appropriate global outreach activities
• Build new strategies for collaborative action
“Advocacy” within the Coalition?
• INSIDE. members are proactive within their own
institutions
• OUTSIDE. members take action – doing work
that they would normally be doing
•TOGETHER. individual members come together
to work/take position on an issue
Example: letter to the Secretary General in support of
the Millennium Project’s “Quick Wins”
“Advocacy” is…
• a flexible and dynamic strategy,
• that supports and persuades
• and promotes positive change in society
“Advocacy” is not…
• a static theory
• an imposition
• an isolated action
• an opinion
• IEC (Information, Education and
Communication)
Our Definition of “Advocacy”
A strategy designed to change the actions of
policies or programs of any type of institution.
The aim of advocacy is to raise awareness and
mobilize resources.
No business as usual !
How have resources been mobilized and
awareness raised?
• Events: Istanbul, Countdown 2015, EU Roundtables, Nordic meetings
• Statements: Glion Call for Action, Strasbourg Statement, Countdown
2015, EU ACP, Pacific Country Health Ministers, Stockholm Declaration,
CPD …
• Press outreach
• Publications: Meeting the Challenge, Report on DFID’s Support,
Condoms Count, Factsheets, Briefings, Statements
• Alliances: Asia Pacific Alliance, EuroNGOs, European Health Networks,
International Family Planning Coalition
• Parliamentary Questions: UK, US, Council of Europe
• Web outreach and SupplyNews: 65,000 hits/month, 644 subscribers
Media References to RHS Donors and Supply Terms, Pre- and Post-Istanbul
2500
+16%
2030
Number of Media References
2000
1746
+85%
1500
+3%
1151
+54%
+27%
1000
945
970
761
667
623
527
495
500
0
UNAIDS
UNFPA
USAID
Donors
World Bank
Pre-Istanbul
WHO
Post-Istanbul
Source: Lexis-Nexis (English-only) searches for individual donors and RH supply and distribution, within news
media (print and broadcast), journals, and press releases in the 4 years pre- and post-Istanbul (May 2001).
Media References to Specific RHS Terms, Pre- and Post-Istanbul
250
+38%
213
+25%
Number of Media References
200
188
+90%
154
151
150
150
100
+237%
79
+45%
64
+156%
42
50
29
23
19
9
0
Condom Supply &
Distribution
Condom Shortage
Contraceptive
Shortage
Contraceptive
Supplies
Search Terms
RH Supplies
Pre-Istanbul
Safe Delivery Kits
Post-Istanbul
Source: Lexis-Nexis (English-only) searches for specific RHS terms within news media (print and broadcast), journals, and press releases in the 4 years pre- and
post-Istanbul (May 2001).
National Outreach
Supply Initiative Subgrants
• United Kingdom (Interact Worldwide, COMMAT)
• Germany (DSW)
• Netherlands (WPF)
• Canada (ACPD)
PAI Subgrants
• Sweden (RFSU)
• EU (MSI)
• New Zealand (FPANZ)
Other
• USA
• Parliamentarians
FERTILE
SOIL
“The $75 Million Question”
2001 Special Contributors
2004 Special Contributors
to UNFPA for Supplies
to UNFPA for Supplies
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Canada
Austria
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Canada*
Denmark
Estonia
Finland*
Luxembourg
Netherlands*
Portugal
Spain *
Sweden*
United Kingdom*
European Comm.*
THE WAY FORWARD for Coalition
• Accelerate global information exchange and generate
opportunities for further collaboration
• Support the strategies of existing “advocacy” neworks
and build new ones
• Engage new emerging donors into the Coalition
• Collaborate on country level
• Advocate for new funding mechanisms and effective
use of current mechanisms
Awareness Raising and Resource Mobilization
Phase II
Based on phase I strategies and successes:
• Scale up with current partners
• Expand to selected developing countries (Integrate RH supplies
into MDGs, PRSPs, and CSPs)
• Engage new emerging donor countries and Southern
NGOs
• Support the implementation of the Essential Drug List
process globally and nationally
• Monitor policies, programs, activities, funding
Supplies is a successful and tangible
indicator and a hook for supporting sexual
and reproductive health.
Necessary Ingredients for Success:
1. Strong Coalition plus Secretariat
2. Endorsement for completion, expansion and enhancement
of the RHI.
3. Voice and Place at the table for Civil Society
4. Country level Advocacy and Capacity
5. Coordinated Research and Data
6. Innovative Funding Mechanisms
Next Steps
• Hold
a stakeholder meeting on awareness and resource
mobilization with major stakeholders
• Develop a proposal for continuation of awareness and
resource mobilization actions