Subject: Fw: Arrangement of the 4 different speaking roles at Vilnius meeting Gf is responsible for
From: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:34:02 +0000

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From: Tamar Gabunia

To: Irma Khonelidze ; Gyongyver Jakab ; Olga Avdeeva ; Michael Borowitz

Cc: Darren W. Dorkin ; Geir Lie ; Matthew Macgregor ; Korah George ; Carmen Gonzalez ; Corina Maxim ; Dumitru Laticevschi ; Maria Kirova ; Tamar Gabunia ; Sopo Belkania

Sent: Friday, April 19, 2019, 8:19:43 PM GMT+3

Subject: Re: Arrangement of the 4 different speaking roles at Vilnius meeting Gf is responsible for

Dear Michael,

It's very nice to hear from you. I am delighted with the opportunity to participate in the meeting and share Georgia experience and the ministry perspective on Tb, HIV and Hep C elimination programs in the context of anticipated transition.

Technically I'll be prepared to present themes as you've suggested. However, I've not yet heard from the meeting organizers on travel logistics. I hope this will be sorted out on Monday or Tuesday.

With kind regards and look forward to meeting you in Vilnius.

Tamar Gabunia, MD, MPH

Deputy Minister

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

Tbilisi, Georgia

On Friday, April 19, 2019, 5:14:48 PM GMT+4, Michael Borowitz wrote:

Hi Tamar

Great you are coming to Vilnuis.

We have a panel on transition which I will moderate with Olga. We want to discuss transition planning for end of Global Fund grant and other donor assistance projects as the expectation for the MOF is they will be picking up the cheque with domestic funding.

We want to emphasize the concept of performance based contracting with ngos for priority public health orogrammes like aids, tb, and Hep. C. Elimination, with cross-over to aids.

Georgia has done quite a good job on transition planning and we want to disseminate this to other countries. The Georgian CDC is our principal recipient which is not true in many ECA countries.

Potentially,  we can use Georgia as a regional center supported by WHO and Global Fund, government of Estonia, US CDC  and others to support transition planning in ECA region.

This is also a good platform to disseminate experience on Hep C elimination and its link to aids. Elimination is such a great investment against future health spending.

We will distribute presentations for countried beforehand, so a good slide pack from Georgia is useful particularly what you have done  on transition planning and also your Hep. C elimination program

For the session:  We want you to present 4 slides.

One on transition process.

One social contracting.

One on UHC

Key probem facing Georgia and on your mind.

We plan to get together thursday after the meeting for drinks to discuss with everyone

Michael Borowitz

+41792944301

From: Olga Avdeeva

Sent: Friday 19 April, 09:21

Subject: Re: Arrangement of the 4 different speaking roles at Vilnius meeting Gf is responsible for

To: Darren Dorkin

Cc: Geir Lie, Michael Borowitz, Olga Grieder

Well noted. Thank you, Darren.

Take care and Happy Easter!

Olga

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From: Darren Dorkin <[email-masked]>

Date: 4/19/19 08:51 (GMT+03:00)

To: Olga Avdeeva <[email-masked]>

Cc: Geir Lie <[email-masked]>, Michael Borowitz <[email-masked]>, Olga Grieder <[email-masked]>

Subject: Re: Arrangement of the 4 different speaking roles at Vilnius meeting Gf is responsible for

Dear Olga

Happy to support what Michael, you and the team design. Just want to convey to MOH soon to avoid extra work on their part, so they can coordinate with MOF.

Thanks.

Warm regards,

Darren

Darren W. Dorkin

Senior Fund Portfolio Manager

Eastern Europe and Central Asia Team

Email: [email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>

M: +41 79 558 7696

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Global Health Campus

Chemin du Pommier 40

1218 Grand-Saconnex

Geneva, Switzerland

Web: www.theglobalfund.org<http://www.theglobalfund.org/>

On 18 Apr 2019, at 18:29, Olga Avdeeva <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>> wrote:

Dear Darren - it is good that the MOH is working on presentation. We had a discussion with Michael and thought that long presentation might be not productive. The idea is to have a short presentation from the country, distribute the long presentation to participants and have like a talk show with all participnats talking (asking questions and/or responding). It will stimulate the exchange of issues and solutions.

What do you think?

Olga

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From: Darren Dorkin <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>

Date: 4/18/19 18:03 (GMT+03:00)

To: Olga Avdeeva <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>

Cc: Geir Lie <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>, Michael Borowitz <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>, Olga Grieder <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>

Subject: Re: Arrangement of the 4 different speaking roles at Vilnius meeting Gf is responsible for

Dear Olga A,

Thanks for the update.

For the country participation, it is very important to clarify their role now, earlier than April 25.  I am now unclear on the ask to the country (MOF).

I asked MOH to help MOF with the presentation based on earlier advice I received. It would not be appropriate for MOH to do the work and have MOF expect to present, and then change at the last minute.

Thus I would appreciate it if the country role could be clarified and decided this week well in advance.

Thanks.

Warm regards,

Darren

Darren W. Dorkin

Senior Fund Portfolio Manager

Eastern Europe and Central Asia Team

Email: [email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>

M: +41 79 558 7696

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Global Health Campus

Chemin du Pommier 40

1218 Grand-Saconnex

Geneva, Switzerland

Web: www.theglobalfund.org<http://www.theglobalfund.org/>

On 18 Apr 2019, at 13:55, Olga Avdeeva <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>> wrote:

Dear Darren,

Apologies in my response. I an yet in Baku and leaving tonight.

We've been discussing with Michael that we will distribute the presentations to the participants rather than presenting them in full. We will have a panel represented by Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Montenegro participants. We will moderate the discussion rather than presentation.

But indeed it could be more than 2-3 slides.

We'll get together with participants on Thursday 25th to agree on the format.

Hope all is well

Kind regards

Olga

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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From: Darren Dorkin <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>

Date: 4/17/19 09:10 (GMT+04:00)

To: Olga Avdeeva <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>, Geir Lie <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>

Cc: Michael Borowitz <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>

Subject: RE: Arrangement of the 4 different speaking roles at Vilnius meeting Gf is responsible for

Dear Olga,

MOH/Public Health Center told me yesterday that the 4 MOF officials already identified will attend, and MOH is preparing their presentation.  I have not seen their presentation.  2-3 slides seems very short – how much time will they have?

Thanks.

Warm regards,

Darren

Darren W. Dorkin

Senior Fund Portfolio Manager

Eastern Europe and Central Asia Team

Email: [email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>

M: +41 79 558 7696

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Global Health Campus

Chemin du Pommier 40

1218 Grand-Saconnex

Geneva, Switzerland

Web: www.theglobalfund.org<http://www.theglobalfund.org/>

From: Olga Avdeeva

Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 6:38 AM

To: Darren Dorkin <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>; Geir Lie <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>

Cc: Michael Borowitz <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>

Subject: Re: Arrangement of the 4 different speaking roles at Vilnius meeting Gf is responsible for

Dear Darren - hope you well and greetings from Baku. Just a quick thing - will you be able to check if the participants from Ukraine decided on the topic for the presentation during the GF special session? 2-3 slides will suffice. We plan to have more discussions rather than presentations

Many thanks

Olga

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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From: Darren Dorkin <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>

Date: 4/16/19 23:25 (GMT+04:00)

To: Geir Lie <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>

Cc: Michael Borowitz <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>, Olga Avdeeva <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>>

Subject: Re: Arrangement of the 4 different speaking roles at Vilnius meeting Gf is responsible for

Dear Geir

Greetings from site visits in Ukraine.

Thanks for your message.  Did I understand your message correctly that only Michael, Olga and I will attend from GF?

I am not yet comfortable with a speaking role given how little time I have to prepare since I’m in the field here all week, and Monday is a holiday.  How long are my introductory remarks?  If your team prepares extensive talking points this week, I am happy to fulfill the role.

Thanks.

Warm regards,

Darren

Darren W. Dorkin

Senior Fund Portfolio Manager

Eastern Europe and Central Asia Team

Email: [email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>

M: +41 79 558 7696

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Global Health Campus

Chemin du Pommier 40

1218 Grand-Saconnex

Geneva, Switzerland

Web: www.theglobalfund.org<http://www.theglobalfund.org/>

On 15 Apr 2019, at 18:20, Geir Lie <[email-masked]@theglobalfund.org>> wrote:

Dear Olga, Michael, and Darren,

For the Vilnius meeting GF are responsible for four speaking roles. As of now, we have you three attending the meeting, and I would like to suggest the following:

Session I: Introductory perspectives. Suggested: DarrenSession IV: Increasing revenues through health taxes: Presenter: MichaelSession VI: Performance measurement and KPI setting. Role: Moderator. Suggested OlgaSpecial Session: Suggested: Michael and Olga

Are you ok with this? If you have any questions do not hesitate to let me know. Happy to provide additional information.

My best,

Geir