Otto Christian Rø, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Donor Program Partner to Poland

TheTallinn meeting 3rd December 2014

Experiences from the Norwegian DPPs

Otto Christian Rø, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Donor Program Partner to Poland

Things take time

MoU nego-tiations

Proposal preparation

by PO

Proposal review (FMO)

Programme approval

Programme agreement

preperation

Time to launch first

project

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

Minimum years

Maximum years

Average years

- An average of three years from MOU negotiations to first project launcing

- Mutual respect for differencies in co-operating countries

Otto Christian Rø, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Donor Program Partner to Poland

Partnership and recruitment• Bilateral relations funds activities

– Difficulties in - matching expectations- recruiting potential partners

• Open calls– Selection process

- rigidity vs. flexibility- open accessability vs. relevance

• Other activities– Predefined vs. open calls

Otto Christian Rø, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Donor Program Partner to Poland

Content and profile• Health care services focus vs. system approach

• Health care sector vs. multisector approach

• Single project approch vs. multicenter studies/consortium approach

• Based on evidence vs.piloting from special interest

• Separate EEA/Norway Grants initiatives vs. linked to international processes (EU, WHO etc)

Otto Christian Rø, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Donor Program Partner to Poland

The way forward

• Still an opportunity to invest in common activities under BRF• To be aware of the learning opportunities by good

communication of the impact on project level• through DORIS• by PO strategies for collecting and dissemination of results• by publising in journals, articles, conference presentations (such as during

EUPHA annual conference)

• Insuring sharing of experiences between • POs in different but related programmes; for example public health and

justice programmes in Estonia • POs in different BCs (such as the biuannual PO meetings) o• on project level in each BC• between DPP institutions