Country Office holds a Meeting of new Programme Directors and Programme  Managers of the WHO Work Plan for 2008-09 

The WHO Country Office (CO), Bangladesh, held a day-long orientation event for quality implementation of the WHO Biennium Programme for 2008-09. More than a 100 participants took part, including the CO’s technical officers for different programme areas and senior staff members of the following units, which have close links with implementation of the biennial programme: finance, fellowships, personnel, procurement and general administration.

   Dr Duangvadee Sungkhobol, WHO Representative to Bangladesh,  was the special guest at the ceremony, while the Director-General of Health Services, Prof. M.A. Faiz,  joined the meeting as a special invitee. The DG for Family Planning Services was also present. WHO’s method of planning, fund disbursement, fund control, expenditure rules, procurement policies, reporting rules, and other crucial topics such as “results-based management techniques” were explained to the Programme Directors and the Programme Managers. The different expenditure categories and their step-by-step rules were explained in great detail. Dr Russell M. Brooks, Coordinator for Policy, Planning and Coordination, from SEARO, was also present. He made the key presentations on results-based management, the sources and the vital roles of the regular budget and the voluntary contributions, and the need for constant monitoring of progress through assessment of  inputs, processes, results, outcomes and the ultimate impacts, in relation to pre-defined indicators. A question-and-answer session helped clarify many important issues.