AAAH Priority Country Guidelines for Application
As stated in the Workplan 2007-8, the AAAH willl select five member countries to be the ” AAAH Priority Countries”. Priority countries will receive extra support for their National HRH Strategic Plan’s development and/or implementation with up to 25,000 USD per Priority Country to be used for in-country networking, movements, or other necessary activities.
Applicants are encouraged to fill in all 5 sections of this application form with as much detail as possible. There is no space limit for section 1 to 4. The maximum space for section 5 is limited to 1 page.
Note that if your country is selected as an AAAH Priority Countries, it does not guarantee that the activities listed in section 3 will be automatically supported by the AAAH. Each Priority Country is required to work with the AAAH Secretariat to submit detail workplan and budget for further approval.
The information provided will be used in the selection process by the AAAH Steering Committee. Please submit the application form electronically to the AAAH Secretariat at secretariat@aaahrh.org by March 9, 2007. The selection results will be emailed to all AAAH Focal Points and will be published in the AAAH Newsletter.
Please do not hesitate to contact the AAAH Secretariat should you have any questions.
AAAH Priority Country
Application Form
1. Applicant Information:
| *Last Name
Roroi |
| *First Name
Mary |
| *Contact Email
Mary_roroi@health.gov.pg |
| Position at Organization:
Principal Adviser, Education and Training and Curriculum Development, HRM, National Department of Health |
| Unit Within Organization:
Human Resource Management Branch |
| *Organization:
National Department of Health |
| *Organization Type:
Government Department |
| Organization Website:
http:mail.treasury.gov.pg/webmail |
| *Telephone:
(675) 301 3621 |
| *Fax:
(675) 323 0422 |
| *Address:
P.O Box 807, Waigani |
| *City:
Port Moresby |
| Postal Code:
111 |
| *Country:
Papua New Guinea |
| *Organization Description and Date Established:
Human Resource Management Branch came into structure of National Department of Health in 1999. The Branch is one of the six supporting Branches that come under the Division of Policy and Corporate Services headed by the Deputy Secretary. The Branch is comprised of the three sections; Human Resource Policy, Planning and Information, HR Training and Curriculum Development and Human Resource Management and Labour Relations. Prior to the establishment of the Branch, this section operated as the Training Section. The role of the Branch is to work with the Provincial Health (Public Health) and Hospital system in implementing the Policies and standards relating to human resources. |
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*Organization’s Existing Roles and Activities Related to HRH Planning and Management: The current core role of the HRB is Human resource Policy, planning and Information, HR Training and Curriculum Development and Human Resource Management. The HRB will play a pivotal role in HR under the new reform under the new Provincial Health Authority Act, which will bring together health service delivery under the Provincial Hospitals and Rural Health Services in each of the provinces. Current activities being under taken is Health HR Base Line Data using a simple spreadsheet which needs to be integrated into the Health Human Resource Information System (HRIS). Using the information from the Health HR Base Line data survey and information from the health training institutions, the National Department of Health will be undertaking a Health HR Workforce Plan for the health sector. It will also better informed Policy as the basis for the monitoring of the Plan in future. These two key activities will definitely require a good HRIS. There is also need to support the professional Data Base managed by the Nursing Council and Medical Board which has the information on the health professionals throughout the country. As renewals of health licensing is done every year, strengthening the system will contribute having sound accurate information available for policy and decision making. |
2. Current National Health Workforce Planning & Management Projects:
To the best of your knowledge, please describe all existing projects or movements related to health workforce planning, management, or development in your country. Please include the name of the responsible organization(s) and timeline of each project.
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The Department of Health is currently working on the new National Health Plan 2011-2020 (NHP). The HRB is supporting the NHP through the work on the Health HR Base Line Data, development of the Health sector HR policy FURTHER WORKING TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE Workforce Plan.. These two pieces of work will help inform the NHP 2011-202 on the workforce in the health sector. Health Workforce planning is non existence in PNG and efforts are now in progress to undertake the workforce planning. The World Bank recently had discussion with NDOH but thee Bank’s support in HR, especially, on payroll cleansing will not come into effect until June- July 2010. Another work is also been carried out by AusAID but all these projects do not seem to focus on supporting the improvement and development of HR systems in the country. The Regulatory boards are in the process of working on the input of information on the registration of the Health Workforce profiles but again this project is progressing slowly. What is required is for a Technical Assistance to look at the various HR systems in the NDOH and scope the work that needs to be done to improve the HRIS is the health sector. |
3. List of proposed activities and timelines
Please indicate all activities that you, your organizations, and/or your partners plan to carry out if your country is selected as an AAAH Priority Country and how these activities will contribute to the success in National HRH Strategic Plan development and implementation.
Technical Assistance will be required to:
1. Analyse the existing HR information systems including the WHO HRH Minimum Data set including the guidelines used by the WPRO and AAAHRH countries and HRH Framework and under take a scoping exercise to determine the HR information requirements for the health sector and make recommendation on the appropriate HRIS for the health sector.
2. Develop methodologies for undertaking work value studies for all the cadres of health workers in the country and how the results of these work value can be integrated into an appropriate HR system.
3. Conduct training on workforce planning.
4. Conduct training on the system managements and proper tabulation of data and the dissemination of information especially on human resources.
5. Work towards developing a 15 year Health Work force Plan.
4. List of Partners
Please list all the partners who have agreed to work with you or your organizations on the activities indicated in part 3 of this application form.
| Partner 1:
World Bank
*Last Name: Moris *First Name: Ian *Contact Email *Position at Organization: Consultant with the World Bank *Organization Description and Current Involvement in HRH Planning and Management: World Bank has recently dispatched a consultant to do a technical assessment on support to HR.
Partner 2: *Organization:
*Last Name *First Name *Contact Email
*Position at Organization:
*Organization Description and Current Involvement in HRH Planning and Management:
We would like the AAAH Secretariat to assist through Alliances as HRH research survey. Research is lacking in PNG hence the imformation is fragmented and not readily available for planning and decision making.
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| Partner 3:
*Organization:
*Last Name *First Name *Contact Email *Position at Organization:
*Organization Description and Current Involvement in HRH Planning and Management:
WHO through proposal writing for grants thus we would be equipped to seek assistance where required in particular to Human Resource systems. |
BUDGET PROPOSAL
COMPONENTS DESCRIPTION BUDGET EST.
1. Analysis the existing HR information systems
and undertake scoping to determine the HR information
requirements in the health sector $5,000.00
2. Develop methodologies for undertaking work value studies for
all cadres of health workers and how results from these work
value studies be integrated into a one HR system. $ 2,500.00
3. Conduct training on workforce planning $8,000.00
4. Conduct training on HR system management and dissemination $5,000.00
of information on workforce
5. Work towards developing a 15 year Health Workforce Plan $5,000.00
TOTAL BUDGET $25,000.00
5. Additional Information for AAAH Steering Committee
In the space below (maximum 1 page) please indicate why your country should be selected as a AAAH Priority Country. You may include additional information that you believe would be helpful for the decision of the AAAH Steering Committee.
Papua New Guinea has a population of 6.480 million (2008 projections), is very diverse and geographically terrain. The Population is very diverse in culture with 800 languages and eighty five percent of the population living in the rural sector.
From the imformation on the national head counts of the health workforce, when compared with the population, it is seen the population has increased over the years however the workforce has not grown instead has declined over the last decade.
Other matters has made it difficult for the Health system has been the result of the reforms such as; public sector reforms on downsizing, structural adjustments where the PNG currency was floated and reduced its value in the world and the decentralization.
The social indicators place it as the last in the Western Pacific Region. The country now encounters HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Pacific Region with threat of avian flu which is just on the boarder.
Other factors that make it to be considered are; the low literacy rate, the gender issues and the social and political issues that put together with above points give weight to the reason for Papua New Guinea been considered as the priority country for the AAAH Steering Committee to assist.
Posted: January 5th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
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