Subject: RE: Korea Study Tour_agreed dates
From: Tamar Gabunia </O=EXCHORGANIZATION/OU=EXCHANGE ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=E6CA04F38EC94D0CADAB9CBDF90FCDDE-TAMAR G>
To: Volkan Cetinkaya <[email-masked]>; Maia Nikoleishvili </o=ExchOrganization/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=2d9c4ecc95234453ad52ccfeaee8a8ee-Maia Ni>
Cc: tinatin khardziani <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 15:57:48 +0000

Dear Volkan,

I would like to take this opportunity and wish you all the best for the upcoming New Year 2020! Hope 2020 will bring many new and exciting opportunities for all of us.

With kindest regards

Tamar

From: Volkan Cetinkaya [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: 27 December, 2019 19:55
To: Maia Nikoleishvili <[email-masked]>
Cc: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>; tinatin khardziani <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Korea Study Tour_agreed dates

Dear Ms Nikoleishvili,

Thanks for sharing the final list of delegation for study tour between February 17-21.

We will send the invitation letters soon.

Happy new year!

Best regards,

Volkan

On Dec 19, 2019, at 8:06 AM, Maia Nikoleishvili <[email-masked]> wrote:

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Dear Mr. Cetinkaya,

As I was informed by Dr. Tamar Gabunia, one of the alternative dates for conducting Korea study tour is 17-21 February, 2020.

Please, be kindly informed that these dates are acceptable for the high-level representatives of the Ministry.

At this stage, the list of participants for the study tour is as follows:

1.       Ms. Ekaterine Tikaradze  - Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia

2.       Ms. Tamar Gabunia – First Deputy Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia

3.       Mr. Avtandil Talakvadze - Director of the LEPL Emergency Situations Coordination and Urgent Medical Assistance Center

4.       Mr. Zaal Kapanadze - Director of the LEPL Regulation Agency for Medical and Pharmaceutical Activities

5.       Mr. Mikheil Kamushadze - Director of Sachkhere Medical Center

6.       Mr. Teimuraz Kapanadze  - Financial Director of Sachkhere Medical Center

7.       Ms. Irine Javakhadze - Curator - Budget process in Health and social sphere in State and consolidated Budget Formulation Division of the Budget Department of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia

To proceed with arrangement of the visit we kindly ask you to provide us invitation letters and other organizational details.

Thank you for cooperation and support.

Kind regards,

Maia Nikoleishvili MPA

Acting Head of International Relations and Protocol Division of Administration

Ministry of IDPs from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia

Address: 144 Tsereteli ave., 0159 Tbilisi, Georgia

Tel.: +995 32 2510034 (0803)

Cell phone: +995 577272713

E-mail: [email-masked]

From: Volkan Cetinkaya <[email-masked]>
Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2019 4:06 AM
To: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>
Cc: Maia Nikoleishvili <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: WB activities in Georgia: next steps

Dear Tamar,

Thanks a lot for informing me about your plans. Looking forward to hearing from you soon!

Best,

Volkan

From: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 2:23 PM
To: Volkan Cetinkaya <[email-masked]>
Cc: Maia Nikoleishvili <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: WB activities in Georgia: next steps

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Dear Volkan

Many thanks for your e-mail and this update. This is a great progress indeed. I hope to hear good news on a consultant who could assist with unified tariff setting.

It is great that you will be joining the upcoming mission. At this stage I do not have anything specific to add to what we've already discussed.

As I've  mentioned before Madam Minister and myself would be happy to participate in SC tour. The only issue is that we are expecting the high level US mission either in the week of February 23rd or early March. We are waiting for confirmation from the Embassy. If this is confirmed for early March then we will confirm our participation. I hope to have more certainty by Friday.

With kind regards

Tamar

From: Volkan Cetinkaya <[email-masked]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2019 6:03 AM
To: Tamar Gabunia
Subject: RE: WB activities in Georgia: next steps

Dear Tamar,

I hope this email finds you well!

I would like to brief you on what we have done since our last visit to Tbilisi:

We have contracted with the public financial management expert (PFM) expert Nick Bain, who will with us on the PFM report. Attached is his resume for your information. We will also find a local consultant to help us with data collection and desk study for previous relevant work.

We are still looking for a consultant to work with you on unified tariff setting. I contacted with someone, but he wasn’t available. I hope to give you a good news on this in a week or two.

We have already prepared the official PCHPI invitation letter, it is being reviewed by other partners (Gates Foundation, WHO, and Harvard). I think Beth Tritter, Executive Director of PHCPI, will send the email with the invitation letter directly by the end of this week.

In addition, I will be joining our Practice Manager, Tania Dmytraczenko, and our Director, Fadia Saadah to come to Tbilisi. Is there anything you want me do/say before our meetings at MoILHSA and/or Ministry of Finance? I would be happy to do it if it helps with our joint work.

As I mentioned during our last meeting, Korean colleagues asked us whether we can reschedule the Korea study tour two weeks later, i.e. between Feb 24-28, instead of Feb 10-14? I hope Feb 24-28 is acceptable for you. Have you and/or Minister Tikaradze made a decision about joining the study tour? At least for some part of it?

On a related note, Armenian Ministry of Health asked us  the level of  delegation from Georgia. They informed us that if Georgian delegation includes Minister and/or Deputy Minister, they also plan to participate at the same level. If you can kindly confirm your participation as well as Minister’s participation, we can finalize the logistics on our end before Christmas/New Year, and also inform the Armenian colleagues. I really hope that you can join us!

Best,

Volkan

From: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 11:17 AM
To: Volkan Cetinkaya <[email-masked]>
Cc: Iryna Postolovska <[email-masked]>; Adrien Arnoux Dozol <[email-masked]>; Rafael Cortez <[email-masked]>; [email-masked]; [email-masked]
Subject: RE: WB activities in Georgia: next steps

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Dear Volcan and Colleagues

Many thanks for visiting us this week. Hereby I would like to confirm that the topics listed below are well in line with our priorities. We would appreciate your assistance on all 6 areas. We will be sending the formal letter on PFM assessment as advised.

With kind regards and looking forward to our collaboration.

პატივისცემით,

თამარ გაბუნია

მინისტრის პირველი მოადგილე

Sincerely,

Tamar Gabunia, MD, MPH

First Deputy Minister

From: Volkan Cetinkaya [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: 23 November, 2019 11:39
To: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>
Cc: Iryna Postolovska <[email-masked]>; Adrien Arnoux Dozol <[email-masked]>; Rafael Cortez <[email-masked]>; [email-masked]
Subject: WB activities in Georgia: next steps

Dear Tamar,

Thanks for your support during our mission and productive meetings!

As agreed, we are going to work on following topics next a few months to support your policy agenda:

Selective Contracting with private hospitals

WB team with a support from an international expert will provide technical assistance on developing a robust regulatory framework to selectively contract with private providers, monitor and regulate private sector;

A seminar/conference will be organized to bring both public/private stakeholders, international experts, and practitioners from other countries together. The event will cover topics including selective contracting, regulation of private sector, tariff setting, public-private collaboration, etc. WB team will work closely with the Ministry on the agenda, participants, and dates for the event.

Unified tariff setting for hospitals

WB team will find an international expert to work closely with the Ministry for developing a methodology for unified tariff setting and re-estimating cost.

PHCPI assessment—conditional on Minister’s approval.

Public Financial Management assessment—conditional on Minister’s approval.

HUES study

As in the 2018 HUES study, WB team will contact with the Global Fund and WHO to collaborate on HUES 2020 study.

Health financing strategy—If needed, WB will support the EU consultant for the health financing strategy development as part of overall national health strategy.

Thanks again for your support during our mission and informing us of recent policy initiatives! I will also send you a couple of emails to share PCHPI and PFM draft letters and documents to inform the Minister shortly.

Best,

Volkan