Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Mar 26: The two-day Executive Committee Meeting of Partners in Population Development (PPD) began in Kampala, Uganda today. Ghulam Nabi Azad, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare presided over the opening session.
In his opening remarks, Mr Azad said the current Executive Committee was elected for its first term during 13th Annual Board Meeting held in Kampala in 2008. The last five years have been witness to the efforts towards making partners in population and development, a global and united voice for south-south cooperation.
The last two years have been a watershed period in the history of PPD, as organizational re-structuring and strengthening of PPD have been done to ensure not only its survival but also its relevance in the area of population and development. Steps have taken to ensure that PPD is able to effectively fulfil the vision of its founding members, he said.
Mr Azad said the Finance and Risk Management Committee and Program Planning and Development Committee have started functioning. The annual work-plan has also been developed. The work-plan will showcase redefined programmatic thrust areas to ensure PPD’s sustainable development.
“There is renewed global focus on Reproductive Health and Population Stabilization evident in events like the London Family Planning Summit and the Summit on Child Survival. PPD needs to leverage this development to make a place for itself on the world stage” he said, adding. “India reiterates its commitment to South-South cooperation and PPD. India will continue its endeavours to stabilize the organization and ensure that PPD finds a firm footing as a purposeful voice of the global south”.
PPD has a country coordinating mechanism involving one senior Government official in each member state known as Partners Country Coordinators (PCCs) to coordinate South-South program activities with different sectors within the country, among other member countries and with the PPD Secretariat, regional offices and its affiliates.
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