Dear National Counterparts,

I write this email copying all in order to apologize for the mistake we made.

The Global Health Diplomacy course this year is only open for EU, EEA and Candidate countries to join the EU which is why we recalled the message and have now resent to the appropriate list.

However, we are planning another course in early 2019 for Russian speaking states which we will inform you about later on this year.

I apologize to all in copy for the inconvenience caused.

Kind regards,

Dr Lucianne Licari

Director, Country Support and Communications

Special Representative of the Regional Director to the South-eastern Europe Health Network

Regional Director's Office

WHO Regional Office for Europe,

UN City.

Marmorvej 51

DK2100.

Copenhagen,

Denmark

Tel No +45 4533 6763

Email. licaril@who.int>

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From: LICARI, Lucianne
Sent: 14 June 2018 10:32
To: WHOEuroNationalCounterparts@who.int
Cc: EURO Strategic Relations with Countries; EU Heads Of COs
Subject: Global Health Diplomacy course. Brussels 13th - 15th November 2018
Importance: High

Dear National Counterparts,

WHO 3-day Training course for EU-EEA policy makers in Global Health Diplomacy
Brussels, 13^th – 15^th November 2018

I am writing to inform you that the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe plans to hold the above-mentioned training course kindly hosted by the Government of Belgium.

The course is part of an initiative aiming to build capacity in the WHO member countries on global health diplomacy. The overall objective of the course is to bring together diplomatic and health professionals to understand their common interests in health as a foreign policy issue. The course is organized jointly by the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the Global Health Programme at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

The training is being offered to interested EU /EEA countries and we recommend that it is attended by three senior policy makers from various ministries, ideally one each from Ministry of health, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and perhaps ministry of education or social affairs or environment to ensure intersectoral discussions.

The working language and all course materials will be made available prior to the course, which will be English.

Since the number of attendees should be limited to 30 participants, in order to ensure that the size of the training remains manageable, we encourage you to send an expression of interest by 30^th July 2018 indicating, where possible, how many participants will attend from your country.

Kindly note that there is no course fee for this course, but participants are expected to cover the costs of their own travel and accommodation in Brussels.

Further details such as venue, hotels and the programme of the course will be sent at a later stage.

Thank you for your attention in this matter, and I look forward to your replies