2011
, I lead the preparations for the delivery of the fourth edition of the forum, which addressed the challenges posed by Non Communicable Diseases. I was brought in with the aims of making the forum sustainable and to expand its reach. The strategy that I developed for the
, very much relied on establishing a strong nucleus of strategic partnerships with other Swiss public institutions that have a mandate in global health.
What?
Sector
Where
When
With Whom
Sector?
Global Health
What?
Dialogue Management, Strategic Communication, Strategic Planning, Strategic Partnerships
Where?
Switzerland
Why?
The Geneva Health Forum is not just another conference on health. By looking to the future, it brings vision and thrives on all participants’ unique experiences and in depth insights on topics and initiatives generated and implemented all over the world. At the GHF it is believed that pooling intelligence will bring value and challenge common ideas to explore new territories of frethinking and build on inter-sectorial approaches to solving the problems of our time.
The Geneva Health Forum is not just another conference on health. By looking to the future, it brings vision and thrives on all participants’ unique experiences and in depth insights on topics and initiatives generated and implemented all over the world. At the GHF it is believed that pooling intelligence will bring value and challenge common ideas to explore new territories of freethinking and build on inter-sectorial approaches to solving the problems of our time.
When?
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
What Exactly?
I mapped, negotiated and implemented a three-tier partnerships strategy for the sustainability of the Geneva Health Forum (Content, Thematic and Geographic partnerships). This involves establishing Public-Private partnership arrangements without jeopardizing credibility. More about the GHF can be read on it’s website www.genevahealthforum.org
With Whom?
HUG, Swiss Ministry
What Happened?
Over the last four years the reach of the GHF has multiplied and it has established itself as an important event on the global health calendar. It attracts close to one thousand practitioners, academia and policy makers to Geneva to search for solutions in health.