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Use the tools and outcomes and view the presentations from these International Workshops and meeting. The 8th Annual APA Conference comprised a 5 day series of meetings and workshops held in Bangkok at the Pathumwan Princess Hotel. Over the 5 days, different aspects of the conference theme "evidence-based advocacy: the catalyst for action" were developed by the various speakers invited to present experiences and results of effective advocacy from an evidence base.Other speakers took up the issues of how to acquire evidence, and how best to present it to achieve the greatest impact in the face of increasing opposition by governments; decreased funding levels; and lack of best practice by financial institutions.
Use the tools and resources from this workshop that all explore thetheme of Adovcacy with IFIs. Working with theInternational Monetary Fund and the World Bank who provide assistance to our partners in developing countries through the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) process, and the Asia Development Bank providing technical and financial assistance in the development of country National Plans, and strategies to achieve them, there are enormous opportunities to influence policy-making at the country level. On the other hand, health is often not included to any great extent in a country’s PRSP, much less sexual and reproductive health and gender, or a focus on youth or environment, and so our issues are left out of the competition for what are already scarce resources.
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