2007 Educational Forum

October 24, 2007
Pfizer World Headquarters
New York, NY

The 2007 PQMD Annual Educational Forum took place on October 24, 2007 at Pfizer's World Headquarters in New York, NY. The event featured keynote speaker, Jeffrey Sachs. To read more about the event, please click here.

Below you'll find the brief description of each panelists presentation including their complimenting PowerPoint. All files in PDF format.

Download the Educational Forum Program by clicking here (PDF)

PANEL: Issues and Trends Related to Evaluation and Impact Measurement
NGOs and Ministries of Health rely on product donations as a key strategy for achieving their missions. Each uses internal metrics and evaluation procedures to measure the performance of their programs. Yet, they must also understand and meet the evaluation requirements of funders and partners. This panel discusssed donation and program evaluation issues from the perspective of policy makers, NGOs working in country and the philanthropic community.

Panelists:
Jerry Norris, Director, Center for Science in Public Policy, Hudson Institute
Mr. Norris is a senior fellow with the Hudson Institute’s Center for Global Prosperity and Director of the Center for Science in Public Policy, working primarily on economic development and global health issues with reference to developing countries. Mr. Norris discussed WHOs draft global plan of action on public health, innovation and intellectual property and the Hudson Institute’s work with Congress to improve United States aid accountability.

Download PowerPoint Here (65KB)

Jodi Nelson, Director of Research and Evaluation, International Rescue Committee
Dr. Nelson provided a broad discussion of how relief and development NGOs have faced the growing challenge to measure their impact and effectiveness. Working in both humanitarian and development contexts, NGOs face demands for increased transparency, oversight and accountability. Conventional aid evaluation, though, has not helped to produce the evidence needed to say ‘what works.’ What are the alternatives and what can the learning experienced by a leading NGO working in a similar sector tell us about measuring impact?

Download PowerPoint Here (62 KB)

Doug Bauer, Senior Vice President, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ mission is to help donors create thoughtful, effective philanthropy throughout the world. Mr. Bauer shared his perspective of what is meant by “effective philanthropy” and provide a foundational perspective on “making the case” for, and the impact of, quality medical donations.

Download PowerPoint Here (176 KB)

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University

Professor Sachs is widely considered to be the leading international economic advisor of his generation. For more than 20 years Professor Sachs has been in the forefront of the challenges of economic development, poverty alleviation, and enlightened globalization, promoting policies to help all parts of the world to benefit from expanding economic opportunities and well-being. He is also one of the leading voices for combining economic development with environmental sustainability, and as Director of the Earth Institute leads large-scale efforts to promote the mitigation of human-induced climate change.

Luncheon Presentation:

Mission Possible: Inventory Management
PQMD premiered Mission Possible, a partially animated, film that discusses the professional standards, networks and basic knowledge required to enable effective, efficient supply chain management for the delivery of healthcare supplies. Developed through the leadership and financial support of Pfizer, Inc., the video and supportive materials will be distributed at no cost to organizations wishing to supplement or expand their logistics training programs.

Speakers:
Sara Christopherson, Director, Programs and Communications, Partnership for Quality Medical Donations
Heather Lauver, Assistant Director, Worldwide Public Affairs & Policy, Pfizer, Inc.
Andre Butler, Vice President of Resource Development, Heart to Heart International

For more information about Mission Possible and to view the video go to www.missionpossiblerx.org

PANEL: Not Everything Counts! How Are Others Measuring Impact?
Can the impact of medical donations be assessed in a way that yields ongoing benefits to clients, service providers, donors, and key intermediaries? Panel members discussed strategies and tools that can expand existing evaluation programs and improve accountability.

Panelists:
Kevin Frick, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Each year PQMD conducts a survey of its members to determine the wholesale value of product donations made over the course of the year. This process enables PQMD to measure the first two steps in what is a continuum of measures that determine the impact of medical product donations across five dimensions: (1) donations to (2) shipments to (3) treatments to (4) health effects to (5) economic and quality of life effects. Dr. Frick discussed measuring across these dimensions and his work with PQMD to develop a methodology for measuring treatments.

Download PowerPoint Here (380KB)

Catherine Schenck-Yglesias - Senior Health Informatics Advisor, US AID
Since 2005, Ms. Catherine Schenck-Yglesias has co-chaired the Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) Technical Working Group for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) at USAID. She has over 10 years of experience in public health program strategic information (SI), designing and implementing global health program SI frameworks and monitoring achievements, while strengthening routine health information systems. She developed and taught HMIS/GIS workshops in Africa, Asia, Latin America & the Caribbean, the Middle East and U.S. Currently, Ms. Schenck-Yglesias works actively with several PEPFAR teams on strategies for information system design and implementation for programs areas including Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Human Capacity Development and Supply Chain Management. Ms. Schenck-Yglesias represents USAID on the International Health Facility Assessment Network (IHFAN) and is a liaison with the Partnership for Quality Medical Donations. Catherine discussed how health information systems/geographic information systems can be used to track medical donations.

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Mitsuko (Mich) Mizushima , Chief Logistics Officer for Fritz Institute
George Williams, World Vision, Global Rapid Response Network, Nairobi
Ms. Mizushima and Mr. Williams discussed the vision and long-term goals of the Fritz Institute HELIOS technology project, particularly in regards to its potential to improve tracking of goods and information and help ensure transparency and accountability to donors and aid recipients alike.

Download PowerPoint Here(1,554KB) Mitzuko Mizushima
Download PowerPoint Here (3,503 KB) George Williams

Bruce Wilkinson, World Vision, Chief of Party, RAPIDS
Bruce Wilkinson is the Chief of Party of RAPIDS, Reaching HIV/AIDS Affected People with Integrated Development and Support. RAPIDS is a group of six non-governmental organizations who have come together bringing their experiences in working with different categories of people that have been affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in both rural and urban Zambia. Mr. Wilkinson discussed RAPIDS experience using the HELIOS software.

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PANEL: Corporate Social Responsibility Programs
How are the roles of corporate responsibility programs and strategic philanthropy evolving? This panel discussed how the current CSR environment impacts donation and program measurement expectations.

Panelists:
Anne-Marie Grey, Chief, International & Corporate Alliances, United Nation Children’s Fund
UNICEF works to engage the corporate sector in thework of UNICEF through the developmentof key strategic partnerships that, address Millennium Development Goals and raise financial, technical and human resources. Anne-Marie shared her perspective on the role of corporate social responsibility programs and strategic philanthropy evolution.

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Mark Shamley, CEO, Association of Corporate Contributions Professionals
Mark is the new CEO of The Association of Corporate Contributions Professionals (ACCP), the nation's leading independent organization providing services and support for corporate contributions, community relations, and employee volunteer managers. He shared his perspective, coming from both AACP and the private sector.

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John Mennel, Booz Allen Hamilton
Emerging Marketplace Tool Demonstration – Companies that want to commit resources to support humanitarian work may have difficulty finding projects and partners that are aligned with their goals. To address this need, Booz Allen Hamilton has developed a mapping tool designed to inform and connect corporate CSR and philanthropy programs to participants from all sectors in a way that improves the impact of all programs.

Download PowerPoint Here (3 MB)