Subject: RE: Georgia technical assistance
From: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>
To: Volkan Cetinkaya <[email-masked]>
Cc: Tinatin Khardziani <[email-masked]>, Maia Nikoleishvili <[email-masked]>, Mariana Mkurnali <[email-masked]>, Adrien Arnoux Dozol <[email-masked]>, Iryna Postolovska <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:01:42 +0000

Dear Volkan

Many thanks for your e-mail and a very comprehensive agenda. I would also suggest to meet the WHO country director Dr. Silviu Domente, Audrius Bitinas [email-masked] AFD TA project leader, and Nika (Nino) Kochishvili at the European Commission Delegation to Georgia.

Please kindly let me know if you need any assistance for preparation.

With kind regards

პატივისცემით,

თამარ გაბუნია

მინისტრის პირველი მოადგილე

Sincerely,

Tamar Gabunia, MD, MPH

First Deputy Minister

From: Volkan Cetinkaya [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: 11 November, 2019 00:46
To: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>
Cc: Tinatin Khardziani <[email-masked]>; Maia Nikoleishvili <[email-masked]>; Mariana Mkurnali <[email-masked]>; Adrien Arnoux Dozol <[email-masked]>; Iryna Postolovska <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: Georgia technical assistance

Dear Tamar,

Greetings from Moldova!

During our mission, we are planning to meet with the following institutions/people:

1.       Minister Ms. Tikaradze to inform her about our mission objective

2.       DM Ms. Gabunia to discuss/brainstorm details of the activities to be covered by the technical assistance

3.       MoILHSA and SSA technical teams to learn more about

a.       Contracting, purchasing, claims management

b.       Status of DRG implementation

4.       MoILHSA—PHC department

5.       MoILHSA—IT department to current status of e-health related work (including data collection and sharing for payment and quality control purposes)

6.       Visits to a public hospital to learn more about current payment practices and DRG

7.       NCDC to discuss recent work/issues in public health

8.       Mr. Akaki Zoidze, Georgian Parliament to discuss

a.       Tobacco control initiatives including tobacco taxes

b.       Tax potential for sugary beverages

c.       Other health legislations that is relevant for our work

9.       WHO to discuss collaboration areas including to repeat the Health Utilization and Expenditure Survey study

10.   Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to discuss potential collaboration areas

I would be happy to hear your thoughts on the proposed meetings. Do you recommend us other institutions/names to meet during our visit?  Our colleague in the country office will schedule the meetings for us.

Best regards,

Volkan

From: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2019 4:32 AM
To: Volkan Cetinkaya <[email-masked]>
Cc: Tinatin Khardziani <[email-masked]>; Maia Nikoleishvili <[email-masked]>; Mariana Mkurnali <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Georgia technical assistance

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Dear Volcan

Many thanks! We would be happy to host the mission in the week of November 18th to discuss TA needs and the possibilities within the ongoing trust fund supported interventions. I would be happy to follow on with you on the agenda.

With kind regards.

Tamar

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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From: Volkan Cetinkaya <[email-masked]>

Date: 11/5/19 11:55 PM (GMT+04:00)

To: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>

Subject: Georgia technical assistance

Dear Tamar,

I hope this email finds you well!

As I mentioned in our previous conversation, we have a trust fund to implement technical assistance activities in the South Caucasus countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia). The activities cover strategic purchasing, public financial management, selective contracting etc. Depending on country needs, we can make changes to the proposed activities as well.

Since our team will be in Moldova next week, I am wondering if we can organize a mission to Tbilisi  following week (the week of November 18) to start working on these topics. Please let me know whether the week of November 18 would be suitable for you.

Best regards,

Volkan