Subject: The Annual IHD Community of Excellence Survey--Please Weigh In
From: Thierry van Bastelaer <[email-masked]>
To: Thierry van Bastelaer <[email-masked]>
Cc: Elizabeth Magnusson <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:21:09 +0000

Dear IHD Colleagues:

As you know, the International Health Division is organized around 5 technical segments (TSs) and 4 cross-cutting technical working groups (CCTWGs) that are aligned with the division’s priority technical areas (see below for a list of these groups). Each group is tasked with organizing technical support to projects, supporting new business development, and generating/disseminating reputational capital.  The main channel through which these groups engage colleagues along these three activities is their respective Community of Excellence (CoE), an interactive and collegial environment for all home office and field colleagues interested in specific technical areas.

In order to assess the CoEs’ progress towards reaching their goals, we conduct every year a survey with all IHD colleagues; the results and responses help inform the activities and communications carried out by the CoEs during the following year.  Can we ask all of you to take a few minutes to respond to this year’s survey to determine your perception of the CoEs, and to help us learn how they can better support your technical work as well as your areas of interest? This survey will also enable you to sign up for CoEs if you are not already a member.

The survey can be found here: https://survey.abtassociates.com/s/FY15CoESurvey/.  Please complete it by Monday, March 2 to allow us to include your thoughts in our planning for FY 16.

Thank you very much.

Thierry

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IHD’s Technical Segments (TSs):

- Health Systems Strengthening (HSS)

- Infectious Diseases (ID)

- Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH)
- Family Planning/Reproductive Health (FP/RH)

- Chronic Diseases (CD)

IHD’s Cross-Cutting Technical Working Groups (CCTWGs):

- Behavior Change Communication (BCC)

- Service Delivery and Quality Assurance (SD/QA)

- Private Sector in Health (PS)

- Research, Monitoring & Evaluation (RME)

Thierry van Bastelaer, PhD | Principal Associate and Technical Deputy to the Vice-President | International Health

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