The Fifth Global Forum Secretariat invites proposals, to be co-developed by more than one group/organization/entity, for sessions that will take place in a parallel fashion as part of the programme. Parallel sessions are 90 minutes long and focus on interventions and innovations across the following three categories: technical (policy and practice), scientific (research and innovations) and advocacy and action. All sessions will be accessible virtually on a dedicated platform.
Proposals for parallel sessions are sought from a range of actors: policy makers, planners, non-governmental organizations at global and national levels and civil society organizations, practitioners, academia, researchers and decision makers across sectors, including health, labour, education, gender and finance. Reflecting the intersectoral and multi-disciplinary nature of human resources for health, proposals that engage a variety of stakeholders are most welcome, as is bringing in lived experience as a health and care worker, where appropriate.
The submitters are responsible for organizing the session, including deciding the title, inviting the speakers, moderators, and the format of the session. Please note that the Forum is not accepting individual abstracts. As such, session organizers should be a team that takes responsibility for confirming, coordinating and communicating with all the panelists/speakers and moderators of their session.
For those interested in submitting a session proposal, note that the system will not allow you to save and come back at a later stage. Therefore, we include below the guidance and template of questions to enable you to prepare for the session before online submission. All submissions will need to be done online using the submission system assigned for that purpose.
- Guidance document ( PDF document)
- Questions template (Word document)
- Submission system
Deadline for submission (extended): 30 November 2022