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The inaugural ceremony will celebrate the diverse constituencies that are brought together by PMNCH through performance, testimonials and a high-level discussion. A ceremonial opening, which incorporates the traditional Indian ritual of lighting the diya, will be followed by opening remarks by high-level dignitaries, ending in a Call to Action delivered by PM Modi and a statement of commitment from the youth representative.
Plenary 1 on “Political leadership in uncertain times” aims to provide context for the two-day Forum. It will also introduce the Forum themes of multi-sectoral action, accountability, and partnerships, which are underpinned by political leadership. The session will be grounded in the spirit of transformational progress, aimed at mobilizing improvements in quality of, and access to, healthcare at every life stage for women, children, and adolescents.
The SDGs reemphasize how critical multisectoral collaboration is for health and sustainable development goals. But when and how is multisectoral collaboration most effective, and what factors enable it to contribute to transformative change? This plenary will explore these vital questions and provide fresh insight into how partners work better together across sectors to achieve shared goals. The plenary will launch a new supplement published by The BMJ showcasing multisectoral collaborations working across the six Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) priority areas. Selected from more than 300 responses to a global call in late 2017, the resulting country case studies and synthesis paper reflect engagement with 500 partners across diverse countries.
The Accountability Plenary Session aims to explore which areas need most attention to make the greatest advances in accountability, from generating more and better data to identifying and monitoring who has been left behind to using social media and other approaches to galvanize transparency, review and remedial action among all stakeholders. The Accountability Plenary Session will also launch the "Survive and Thrive: Transforming Care for Every Small and Sick Newborn".
As the final plenary, this session aims to tie the various threads and themes of the full Partners’ Forum together, highlighting concrete ideas and solutions for how partnerships can accelerate action for the specific workstreams of the EWEC strategy. The plenary session will showcase successful partnerships by describing challenges, strengths, and best practices, while focusing on analyzing key components for success. This plenary will provide insight into how, in the SDG era, we can sustain, catalyze, and upscale successful models of partnership.
The closing ceremony will include reading of key messages from the Partners’ Forum communiqué which is a distillation of the deliberations during the Partners’ Forum, the ministerial and parliamentarian conclaves.