Programme ANSER week 2019 for members

Date	Topic	Venue
Monday 25 Nov	Reproductive Health and Rights for all: Accelerating the ICPD Agenda in the EECA region (in collaboration with UNFPA EECARO)	Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde (KANTL) - Ghent http://kantl.be/
Tuesday 26 Nov	Building an evidence for the outcomes of the ICPD+25 Agenda	Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde (KANTL) - Ghent http://kantl.be/
	ICRH + 25 celebration	Ghent Stadhuis (city hall)
Wednesday 27 Nov	ANSER General Assembly and internal working meeting	Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde (KANTL) - Ghent http://kantl.be/
Thursday 28 Nov	ANSER General Assembly and internal working meeting	Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde (KANTL) - Ghent http://kantl.be/

2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD, Cairo 1994), where 179 governments adopted a Programme of Action recognising that reproductive health and rights, as well as women's empowerment and gender equality, are cornerstones of population and development programmes. Significant results have been achieved since, but not everyone has benefited equally from this progress. From 12-14 November 2019, ICPD celebrates its birthday during the Nairobi Summit. The conference hopes to mobilize political will and financial commitments to finally and fully implement the ICPD Programme of Action, focusing on: achieving zero unmet need for family planning information and services, zero preventable maternal deaths, and zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices against women and girls.

During this two days ANSER conference we will take a closer look at all the commitments made by governments, civil society and donors at the Nairobi Summit and discuss how implementation can be accelerated. What specific role can academics have in using evidence to overcome policy and implementation challenges of the ICPD agenda? How can policy makers and researchers work more closely together to accelerate progress and address the barriers faced? What priorities should we as broader SRHR stakeholders focus on in the coming years to achieve reproductive health and rights for all?

Programme overview

Throughout the full week, the following work will be presented at the conference venue:

- Poster hall: Posters highlighting the recent achievements and future projects/priorities of EECA countries and ANSER member

- ANSER video on ‘Medicalisation of FGM’

- Video featuring UNFPA EECARO’s work

Mon 25 Nov – Reproductive Health and Rights for all: Accelerating the ICPD Agenda in the EECA regio

Significant results have been achieved in Eastern Europe and Central Asia since ICPD in 1994: the number – and rate – of women dying from pregnancy or childbirth has nearly halved. Women are better able to plan when to have children – and how many. Young people are more connected and empowered than ever before. But not everyone has benefited equally from this progress. Young women and men often face difficulties in accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. Serious barriers still exist for poor women, migrants, young people, ethnic minorities and those who live in rural areas.

During this conference day we look at the outcomes and commitments made by governments, civil society and donors at the Nairobi Summit on ICPD+25 that took place only two weeks before. What universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights mean for the region? How to accelerate the actions and address the challenges faced in Eastern European and Central Asian countries? What are the emerging cross-cutting issues around ensuring reproductive health and rights for all? What role can international networks as the Academic Network of Sexual and Reproductive Health Policy (ANSER) or multilateral organisations like UNFPA play to support implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action in country? What are the priorities to focus on in the coming years and what could be done to accelerate the implementation of the ICPD agenda?

9:00 – 9:30 Registrations

Master of Ceremony throughout the day: Ines Keygnaert (ICRH, Ghent University)

9:30-9:45 Welcome

- Olivier Degomme (ICRH, Ghent University)

- Ian McFarlane (UNFPA EECARO)

9:45-11:00 What do the outcomes of the ICPD+25 commitments mean for the EECA region?

- ‘Nairobi Summit outcomes’ by Ian McFarlane (UNFPA EECARO)

- ‘EECA Countries’ commitments to advance SRHR’ by Tamar Khomasuridze (UNFPA EECARO)

- How to increase the quality of national implementation of the ICPD agenda via ANSER tools’ by Olivier Degomme (ICRH, Ghent University)

11:00-11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:15 UNFPA transformative results: country achievements and challenges

- ‘Preventing maternal death’ by Gulnara Rzayeva (The Association ‘Supporting the Development of the Gynaecology and Perinatology’ Azerbaijan)

- ‘Reducing unmet need for Family Planning’ by Yuliya Savochkina (Department of Mother to Child Care, Belarus)

- ‘Eliminating cervical cancer’ by Dorina Tocaj (UNFPA Albania Country Office)

12:15 – 13:00 Commitments related to cross-cutting issues

- ‘Leaving no one behind: access to SRHR for vulnerable groups’ by Corina Lliade Tulbure (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, State University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Nicolae testemitanu’, Republic of Moldova)

- ‘Quality and affordability of SRHR services’ by Nevena Sovic(UNFPA Serbia Country Office)

- ‘Human resources for delivering universal access to SRHR’ by George Mataradze (UNFPA Georgia Country Office)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 Panel discussion: What can academics, multilateral organisations and donors do to support ICPD implementation in the region?

Moderator: Ian Mc Farlane (UNFPA EECARO)

Panel with:
- ‘Academic perspective’ by Katrina Perehudoff (ICRH/ ANSER)
- ‘Multilateral perspective’ by Tamar Khomasuridze (UNFPA EECARO)
- ‘Youth perspective’ by Kristian Angeleski (Y-PEER Macedonia)
- ‘Donors and private sector perspective’ by Louise Dann (UNFPA EECARO)

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 – 16:30 Interactive group discussions on possible means to accelerate the road to success:

Capacity building of young researchers – Moderator: Olena Ivanvova (Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich)
Knowledge and evidence translation from research to policy and vice versa – Moderator: Emilie Peeters (ICRH, Ghent University)
Programme effectiveness and how to overcome challenges – Moderator: Dorina Tocaj (UNFPA Albania country office )
Networking and technical support from ANSER – Moderator: Olivier Degomme (ICRH, Ghent University)

16:30 – 16:50 Feedback of the group discussions in plenary by the rapporteurs

16:50-17:00 Closing - Ian McFarlane (UNFPA EECARO)

17:00 Reception

Organised in collaboration with UNFPA EECARO

Tues 26 Nov – Building evidence for the outcome of the ICPD+25 agenda

Together with a wide range of stakeholders, we will look into the role academics can play to help reenergizing the global commitments made and accelerate progress. Through roundtables and interactive sessions, we will identify the evidence and knowledge translation needed in order to make a change. How can the different actors work more closely together and build on each other’s expertise to reach reproductive health and rights for all women, everywhere?

9:00 – 9:30 Registration

Master of Ceremony throughout the day: Kristien Michielsen (ICRH, Ghent University)

9:30 – 9:40 Opening & welcome – Olivier Degomme (ICRH, Ghent University)

9:40 – 11:00 Outcomes of ICPD+25:

Sietske Steneker (UNFPA Brussels Office)
Fourat Ben Chikha (Belgian Senator and member of the Council of Europe)
Eimear Sparks & Eef Wuyts (IPPF)
Marleen Temmerman (ANSER & Aga Khan University)
Lore Roels (Uganda Youth and Adolescent Health Forum, UYAHF)

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 Best practices on knowledge translation for evidence based SRHR policies

Care for justice? Setting up interdisciplinary and holistic Sexual Assault Care Centers in Belgium– Ines Keygnaert (ICRH, Ghent University)
The ESC Madrid Declaration: promoting evidence-based SRHR policies with respect for human rights– Dr. Mary Short (The European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health)
Linking applied media research and framing to Adolescent Contraception in Kenya - Joyce Omwoha (Technical University of Kenya)
Strengthening integration of SDG 5 in the Belgian development cooperation - David Eeckhout (ICRH, Ghent University)

12:45 – 13:00 Priority poling among the audience

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 What could ANSER do? – Part I

Introduction to the group discussions
Group discussions around the priority themes to define clear research questions that will inspire the internal ‘ANSER Grand Challenges’ Competition on Wednesday and Thursday.
- Moderators:
  - Sara De Meyer (ICRH, Ghent University)
  - Hazel Barrett (Coventry University, UK)
  - Tammary Esho (Technical University of Kenya)
  - Lucia Knight (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)

15:00 – 15:30: Coffee break

15:30 – 16:20 What Could ANSER do? – Part II

Group discussions around the priority themes to define clear research questions that will inspire the internal ‘ANSER Grand Challenges’ Competition on Wednesday and Thursday.
- Moderators:
  - Sara De Meyer (ICRH, Ghent University)
  - Hazel Barrett (Coventry University, UK)
  - Tammary Esho (Technical University of Kenya)
  - Lucia Knight (University of the Western Cape, South Africa)

16:20-16:40 Feedback from the group discussions to plenary

16:40 – 16:50: Priority poling among the audience

16:50 – 17:00 Closing – Olivier Degomme (ICRH, Ghent University)

18:00: ICRH+25 celebration

Wed 27 Nov - ANSER General Assembly & internal working meeting - Day I

ANSER is going into an important last year of its funding cycle next year, it will be important for the network to look forward and discuss future funding opportunities and ways of working. The internal working meeting will also be used to look at the work done and identify new joint proposals and projects.

9:00 – 9:30 Registration

Master of Ceremony throughout the day: Emilie Peeters (ICRH, Ghent University)

9:30 – 9:45 Welcome & introduction of the day – Olivier Degomme (ICRH, UGent)

9:45 – 11:00 New ANSER applicants presentations and approval

New member presentations:
- Full members:
  - Alina de Luna Aldape & Sara Kolah Ghoutschi, (Center for Conflict Studies, Philipps-Universität Marburg)
  - Corina Iliadi Tulbure ("Nicolae Testemitanu" State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Moldova)
  - Gentiana Qirjako (Institute of Public Health of Albania)
  - Khatuna Todadze (Tbilisi State Medical University)
- Associated members:
  - Marina Todesco (Dance4Life)
  - Sally Griffin (ICRH Mozambique)
  - Griffins Manguro (ICRH Kenya)
  - Gulnara Rzayeva (Azerbaijan Association ‘Support to Development of Gynecology and Perinatology’)
  - Video Rutgers
Not present for presentation but asking for approval of application
- Associated member:
  - Armenian Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Q&A and Approval of new member applications

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30-12:00 ANSER 2019 at a glance

Emilie Peeters (ICRH, UGent)
Andreas Van Dyck (Summer School Ghent)
Q&A

12:00 – 13:00 ANSER Finances

ANSER Financial report 2018-2019 - Olivier Degomme, ICRH
Future funding for ICRH as an International Thematic Network at Ghent University – Guido Vanhuylebroeck, UGent
ANSER after 2020 - ANSER management team
Q&A

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 ANSER ‘Grand Challenges’ Competition – Part I: Brainstorm

The aim of this session is to come up with four potential collaborative ANSER projects for research, education and/or training. We start from the outcomes of the discussions on Monday and Tuesday.

Overview of the priority topics that came out of the Public ANSER conference on Monday and Tuesday & division in groups

Brainstorm – Round 1

Five groups will be formed on a specific topic to brainstorm around a joint ANSER project. At the end of the session each group should have a first rough draft of the project (including title, problem setting, explore innovative mechanisms and solutions and identify research questions)

Time for people to change groups

Brainstorm – Round 2

Five new groups are formed on other topics to develop a joint ANSER project. At the end of the session each group should have a first rough draft of the project (including title, problem setting, explore innovative mechanisms and solutions and identify research questions)

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 17:00 ANSER ‘Grand Challenges’ Competition – Part II: Concept note development

Participants divide into project groups based on their interest, to start writing the concept note. At the end of the session each group should have a concept note of the project

Thurs 28 Nov - ANSER General Assembly & internal working meeting – Day II

ANSER is going into an important last year of its funding cycle next year, it will be important for the network to look forward and discuss future funding opportunities and ways of working. The internal network days will also be used to look at the work done and identify new joint proposals and projects.

9:00 – 9:30 Registration

Master of Ceremony of the day: Emilie Peeters (ICRH, Ghent University)

9:30 – 9:40 Welcome & introduction of the day – Olivier Degomme (ICRH, UGent)

9:40 – 11:00 ANSER ‘Grand Challenges’ Competition – Part III: Presentation of proposals

The 8 groups pitch their proposal
Q&A

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30 ANSER ‘Grand Challenges’ Competition – Part IV: Peer review

The group peer reviews the concept notes and selects the two strongest proposals, which will receive ANSER planning funding.

Explanation of the peer review system and division of concept notes among ANSER members for review
Peer review of concept notes

12:30 – 13:00 Relevant upcoming opportunities for ANSER activities in 2020 (Katrina Perehudoff, ICRH, Ghent University)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 14:30 Planning for ANSER 2020 – Emilie Peeters (ICRH, Ghent University)

14:30 - 15:00 Announcement of the ANSER ‘Grand Challenges’ winners – Emilomo Ogbe (ICRH, Ghent University)

15:00 - 15:30 Closing and way forward – Olivier Degomme (ICRH, Ghent University)

REGISTRATIONS FOR THE ANSER WEEK ARE CLOSED