“REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE: ACHIEVING MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS THROUGH

INNOVATIVE PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY”

BRINGS TOGETHER

AND

THE CHALLENGE OF CAPACITY AND MDGs

11th to 13th December 2010, Trivendrum, India

This NAPSIPAG-IMG conference aims at the CAPACITY BUILDING of implementers in governance. It

would attempt to touch upon areas which have not been adequately addressed and because of which
the MDGs continue to perplex the public sector machinery despite the flow of money and talent. The
learning curve on governmental capacity for achieving MDGs has treated ‘health’ as one crucial
sector which encompasses 5 out of the 8 goals set for member countries.
There are 5 interrelated United Nations Millennium Development Goals which impact upon the socio-
economic and political health of Asia Pacific. Interestingly, all 191 UN member states have agreed to try to
achieve by the year 2015 but almost the whole region barring a few states are nowhere even close to
achieving them. The United Nations Millennium Declaration, signed in September 2000 commits world
leaders to combat poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation, and discrimination against

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women. The MDGs are derived from this Declaration, and all have specific targets and indicators as given
below. The challenge for governance is the challenge for finding implementable solutions to achieve them;
MDG 1-Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
MDG 5- Improve Maternal Health
MDG 4- Reduce Child Mortality
MDG 7-Ensure Environmental Sustainability
MDG 8-Develop a global partnership for development

The Capacity Building Programme involves a learning curve for implementers through brainstorming
sessions on focussed issues presented by experts in their research presentations. The discussion is
spread across nine sessions besides parallel sessions on specialized areas of governance.

PRESENTATION COORDINATOR: SYLVIA YAMBEM & NINGTHOUJAM IRINA (9971202675)

TIME MANAGERS: SYED KAZI & DEEPAK NIKARTHIL (9818292524 / 9953121654)
REIMBURSEMENTS: DEEPAK ARYA (at IMG Control Room)

PROGRAMME

DAY ONE
11th Dec.2010
INAUGURAL SESSION, 9:00-10:30 am - Venue: PADAM
09:00 - 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:30 INAUGURAL SESSION
Welcome address Dr. P. Prabhakaran, Chief Secretary, GoK
NAPSIPAG Dr. Sharif As-Saber, Chairperson, NAPSIPAG Australia
KEYNOTE & BOOK RELEASE: Hon’ble CM,Shri V.S.Achuthanandan
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BOOK: Prof. Amita Singh, Chairperson CSLG-JNU, Delhi
Vote of Thanks: T.K. Manoj Kumar, Director IMG

10:30-11:00 Tea/ Coffee break

Assemble for Group Photo with the CM

Session 1. 11:00-01:30 State Capacity to deliver services to people

Venue: PADAM
Services related to poverty reduction, health and education are generally left to be governed by itself in the
Asia Pacific. The issues of state capacity is about knowledge management , right structures and
implementable programmes which disseminate information and encourage participation on issues of
governance and entrepreneurial contribution of administrative departments.
Keynote Prof. Norma Mansor, Chief Advisor, Government of Malaysia
Round Table Collaborating partners
Discussion Justice (Rtd.) Nasir Aslam Zahid, Pak ( as the Chief Discussant)
Mr. N. Ravi Shanker Secretary DIT,GOI
Dr. Anbumozhi Venkatachalam ADBI
Mr. Manoj Kumar Director IMG
Ms.Yamini Mishra,UNIFEM
Mr. Osama Manzar, Digital Empowerment Foundation
Dr. K.N.Jehangir, ICSSR
Mr. Chetan Sharma, Datamation Foundation
Dr. Sharif As-Saber, NAPSIPAG
Lunch 01:30-02:30

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Session 2. 02:30-03:45 pm

Affordable Health Services , Innovative and Best Practices

Venue: PADAM

Opening remarks Sri. K S Srinivas IAS, Special Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Dept, GOK
CHAIR Dr. Jacob Kumarasen, WHO Kobe Center
DISCUSSANT Jasimuddin Muhammad, Common Secretariat
Round Table Shang Jinfang, CN
Discussion Group Eduardo Gonzalez, PH.
Lipi Mukhopadhyay, IND
T.Yadagiri Rao & K. Seetharama Rao, IND
Vinay Sharma, IND
Doaa Zaher, SA
03:45-04:00 Tea/Coffee Break
Session 3. 04:00-05:30 pm. Three Parallel session

SESSION A SESSION B SESSION C

Venue: NILA Venue: PADMAM Venue: CONFERENCE HALL

SOCIAL SECTOR E-GOVERNANCE SPECIAL NEEDS OF WOMEN,

PARTNERSHIPS INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE COMMUNITIES & NGOS
DELIVERY

CHAIR Akmal CHAIR Thirumalainambi CHAIR Yamini Mishra,

Wasim, PK Murugesh, AUS UNIFEM

DISCUSSANT Rumki DISCUSSANT Mervin Alexander, DISCUSSANT Lalitha

Basu, IND CEO,Technopark- Fernando, SL.
Kerala, IND

Brainstorming: Brainstorming: Brainstorming:

Sharada Muralidharan,IAS Noore Alam Siddiqui, AUS Manickam Govindswamy, ADBI

Raza Ahmad, PK
T.K.Jose, IAS
Irudaya Rajan, IND
Suman Sharma, IND
M.A. Wahhab, BD
Sheila Rai,IND.
Baiju, IND
Vikas Kanungo IND Isaias Sealza, PH
Namrata Agrawal, IND. Rabindranath Bhattacharyya,IND
Syed Kazi, IND Binumol Tom, IND
Raudah Danila, MY Archana Joshi, IND
Ajit Kumar Jha, IND R. Jayshree, IND
Anisha Jayadeva IND Ningthoujam Irina, IND
Celine Sunny, IND
Rama Reddy, IND

ADBI WELCOME DINNER

At SAMUDRA KOVALAM
07:30-10.00 pm
Post dinner experts meet on collaborative projects
Presentation by Vikas Kanungo on new and emerging area

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 DAY TWO
12 th December 2010
DEBATING DEVELOPMENT

Session 4 09:30 - 11:30 KERALA MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT

Venue: PADAM
There is a lot to learn from various models of development across the world. It not only provides a
comparative perspective but protects bureaucracy from parochialism and stereotyping. Increased
interdisciplinarity and ethnographic action research is generated through cross-country studies of workable
practices and appropriate initiatives;
KEYNOTE Dr. Thomas Issac, Hon’ble Finance Minister of Kerala
ROUND TABLE Dr. Mridul Eapen Planning Board Kerala
SPEAKERS Dr. George Mathew ISS
Sri S M Vijayaanand IAS
Dr. K P Kannan, Professor, CDS
Prof. S.Parasuraman TISS
Dr. K N Harilal, Member, State Planning Board
Selected Paper Bismi Gopalakrishnan
Presentations Jiju P Alex
K Ravi
11:30-11:45 Tea/Coffee break
Session 5. 11:45-01:30, Three Parallel Sessions

Session A Session B Session C

Venue: NILA Venue: PADAM Venue: CONFERENCE HALL

BEST PRACTICES FOR MDG REVISITING LEADERSHIP “HEALTH CARE FINANCING

ACHIEVEMENT &
INNOVATION IN SERVICE (Expert Session)
(A critique of national initiatives DELIVERY
for MDGs)

CHAIR Manzoor CHAIR RFI Smith, AUS. CHAIR Tripti Khanna

Hassan,BD ICMR, IND

DISCUSSANT Ken Coghill, DISCUSSANT Rajen Varada, DISCUSSANT Rajeev

AUS UN-SOLUTION Sadanandan, IAS
EXCHANGE
Jacob Kumarasen,
WHO- Kobe
Centre

Anbumozhi
Venkatachalam,
ADBI

BRAINSTORMING BRAINSTORMING BRAINSTORMING

Rumki Basu IND Shafiqul Islam, BD Thirumalainambi Murugesh, Optus,

Ahmad Martadha MY Sharif As-Saber, AUS AUS
A.K.Malik. IND Tek Nath Dhakal, NP
Asha JV, IND C.S.Ramalakshmi, IND ADBI PARTICIPANTS:
Shree Krishna Shrestha, NP Awang Anwaruddin, ID Mohammad Akram Rahmuddin,

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Sylvia Yambem, IND
E.M.Thomas, IND
Sunita Nambiyar, IND
Ameena Batada & Ira Joshi, IND
Piush Antony, IND
AFG,
Vijayarangan Muralikumar,IND
Ruchi Ramesh, IND
K.V.R. Raju, IND
Founkham Rattanavong, LA
Juraidah Mustar, MY
Mariyam Sidhmeen, MY
Erkhembulgan Purevdorj, MNG
Padam Raj Bhatta, NP
Shihui Lin, CHN
S.B.A.M. Apsara Chandanie, SL
Pattama Teanravisitsagool, THA
Hoang Kim Ha, VNA

Geeta Malik Ministry of Health, GOI

01:30-02:30 pm
Lunch

Session 6, 02:30-03:45, Three Parallel Sessions

Session A Session B Session C

Venue: NILA Venue: PADMAM Venue: CONFERENCE HALL

GROWTH & ENVIRONMENT KNOWLEDGE LED E-GOVERNANCE IN HEALTH

LEADERSHIP

Chair Mesbahul Alam, Chair Stanley Bruce Chair Dr. Ajay Kumar IND
BD Thompson, GD

Discussant Dr. M P Discussant Chantal Sevrin, FR Discussant Sharif As-Saber AUS

Sukumaran
Nair, Special
Secretary to
Chief Minister

Cheryl Vilog, PH Ken Coghill, AUS Expert Comments:

LI Zhiming, CN Lalitha Fernando,SL
Mervin G. Gascon, PH Mujwahuzi Njunwa,TZ
Sunil K.P, IND K.R. Dharmadhikary,IND
Sudhir Singh, IND Govind P. Dhakal, NP
Anil Oberoi Ajantha Haparuchi SL
RFI Smith, AUS
Thirumalainambi Murugesh, Optus,
AUS
Osama Manzar, Digital
Empowerment Foundation, IND

Chetan Sharma, Datamation

Foundation, IND

Session 7, 03:45-05:15 pm Venue- PADMAM

REVISITING THE ETHICS OF DEVELOPMENT
Chair K. Jaykumar IAS
Key Speaker Parasuraman TISS,IND

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 Discussant Amita Singh CSLG-JNU, IND
Brainstorming Raza Ahmad, PK
A.K.A. Firoz Ahmad, BD
Saychai Syladeth, LA
Chamila Jayashantha SL
Emilia Pacoy, PH
Akmal Wasim PK
IMG hosted Dinner and Cultural evening

DAY THREE
13th December 2010
The Challenge of Implementation

Session 8, 09:30-11:30 am Venue: PADMAM

Role of Corporate Structures and Local Bodies in Health Management
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Private corporations have intruded into health systems which have diverted national goals from health for all
to health for the privileged. This diversion of resources to the privileged could be offset and leveled towards
greater social justice if local bodies become lively and knowledge participants to implementation.
CHAIR Gazali Abbas, MY
Discussants Raza Ahmad, PK
Dr. Minarto, ID
Brainstorming Rajen Varada, IND
Vinay Sharma, IND
Shang Jinfang, CN
Lipi Mukhopadhyay, IND
Suman Sharma, IND
Eduardo Gonzalez, PH
11:30 – 11:45 Tea/Coffee Break
Session 9,11:45 – 01:30 pm, Venue, PADMAM
Special Wrap-up Session on MDGs and Women
Chair Sreerupa Mitra Chowdhury, South Asia Gender Activist,
Expert’s comments Dr. Mridul Eapen, State Planning Board
Discussants Yamnini Mishra, UNIFEM
Brainstorming Norma Mansoor, MY
Lalitha Fernando SL
Akmal Wasim PK
Neena Joseph, IND
Rumki Basu IND
Sheila Rai,IND
01:30-02:30 LUNCH
Valedictory Session: 02:30-03:30
Stock Taking and Report Presentation
Chair Sharif As-Saber
Reports by Key Li Zhiming, CN
presenters Raza Ahmad, PK
Norma Mansoor, MY
RFI Smith, AUS
Lalitha Fernando, SL
Sree Krishna Shrestha, NP
Eduardo T.Gonzalez, PH
Saychai Syladeth, LAOS
Jaya Sadanand, IND

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Closing remarks and T.K.Manoj Kumar IAS, Director IMG
lessons learnt

CITY TOUR

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