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Child Survival Collaborations and Resources Group
CORE Spring Membership Meeting

Portland, Oregon: Apple CORE, the CORE Spring Membership Meeting was held April 7-10, 2003 at Edgefield Inn in Portland.

The meeting title, APPLE CORE, not only reflects the orchards and vineyards in Oregon, but also a theme developed during CORE’s strategic planning meeting in December, Advancing and Promoting Partnerships and Leadership Everywhere. This theme reflects an emphasis on our strategic goal of organizational collaboration.

Highlights:

• CORE welcomes two new member organizations: The American Red Cross and The Hesperian Foundation.

• New Working Group: CORE now has a TB Working Group Co-Chaired by Dennis Cherian (Medical Care Development, Inc.) and Mary Linehan (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) .

• Kate Jones received the 2003 Dory Storms Child Survival Recognition Award.

Agenda Booklet Contains presenter bios and session abstracts.

List of Attendees

Monday, April 7

• Pre-Session ME Working Group Training of Survey Trainers (TOST) Meeting

Pre-Session Concurrent Sessions/Meetings:

• Working Group Chairs: Pre-Session Planning

• New Members' Orientation Session

Pre-Session Concurrent Sessions/Meetings:

• SBC and ME Working Groups: Next Steps on Measurement of Behavioral Determinants

• IMCI and Malaria Working Groups: Experiences using the C-IMCI Framework in Program Planning

• Nutrition Working Group Pre-Session

Opening Session:

• Welcome, State of CORE; Karen LeBan (CORE)

Tuesday, April 8, 2003:

• Mercy Corps Welcome, Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO (MC).

• CORE's Strategic Directions. Robb Davis (FFH), Chairman, CORE's Board of Directors

• Secretariats and Bundled Proposals: Lessons Learned from Polio. David Newberry, Bill Weiss, Sara Smith, Miriam del Pliego (CORE's Polio Eradication Initiative Team)

• NicaSalud Network Effectiveness. Jerry Hage, Center for Innovation, University of Maryland; Joe Valadez, FANTA

• Best Practices in Partnering for Improved Health Outcomes. Beryl Levinger, Center for Organizational Learning and Development, EDC

• By the Seat of Our Pants Liz O'Brien, Executive Vice President, Partners for Democratic Change

• Plenary Discussion: Partnering

Lunchtime Concurrent Affinity Group Options:

• A User-friendly Approach to a Mentoring Partnership Tom Davis (Curamericas); Judy Gillens (FOCAS)

• Community Health Teams Darshana Vyas (Counterpart)

• PVO/University Collaboration in Research and Evaluation Mary Anne Mercer (HAI)

Concurrent Field Level Collaboration Sessions:

• CORE Country-level Collaboration. Mihigo Jules (CWI); Sandra Bertoli (CSTS); Michelle Kouletio (CWI)

• How to Learn What Your Partner Organizations Really Think About You…...but are not telling you! Ellen Vor der Bruegge (FFH)

• Nuts and Bolts of Secretariats and Bundled Proposals: Angola. David Newberry, Miriam del Pliego (CORE's Polio Eradication Initiative Team)

• Using Monitoring and Evaluation to Catalyze Networks Joe Valadez, FANTA; Allan Hruska, NicaSalud

Skills Building Concurrent Sessions:

• How to Avoid Snores, Stares, and Other Hazards of Group Facilitation. Co-facilitators: Janine Schooley, Linda Morales (Project Concern)

• Lessons Learned: Strategies for Behavior Change and the Value Added of Partnerships. Jerry Hage, Center for Innovation, University of Maryland; Joe Valadez, FANTA

• Multicultural Inclusive Community Change Karen Garland Wray, Manager of Training and Coaching, Partners for Democratic Change

• Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Improve Prioritization, Collaboration, and Coordination Bill Weiss (PEI/JHU)tue20_dip.html

Tuesday Evening Sessions:

• CSHGP Update and Future Directions Sheila Lutjens (USAID)

   

• DIP Review Reinvented- An Update on the Child Survival Mini University Michel Pacqué and Leo Ryan (CSTS)

Wednesday, April 9, 2003:

• Presentation of Board of Directors' Candidates

Working Groups: Concurrent Technical Updates/Presentation of Resources

• HIV/AIDS Working Group

   

• IMCI Working Group

   

• Malaria Working Group

   

• M&E Working Group

   

• Nutrition Working Group

   

• SBC Working Group

   

• SM/RH Working Group

   

• TB Task Force

Lunchtime Concurrent Affinity Group Options:

• Applications of the CSSA Sustainability Framework A.K. M. Musha (CWI); Leo Ryan (CSTS)

• Choosing the Right Thing to Do Together Pierre-Marie Metangmo (PLAN)

• Discussion of J. Pfeiffer Paper Rikki Welch (CSTS)

• Partnership with the MOH Darshana Vyas (Counterpart)

Afternoon: Working Group Planning Sessions

Evening:

• Social Event

Thursday, April 10, 2003:

• Board of Directors Election Results: CORE thanks retiring Board Members Bettina Schwethelm (Project HOPE), Larry Casazza (World Vision) and John Barrows (International Eye Foundation), and welcomes new Directors: Michelle Kouletio (Project Concern), Judy Gillens (Foundation of Compassionate American Samaritans), and Lyndon Brown (World Vision), who replaces Larry Casazza as Host Organization Representative. Sanjay Sinho (CARE) replaces Bettina Schwethelm as Vice Chair.
• Plenary Panel: Leveraging Resources, Panel facilitator: Marcie Rubhardt (Consultant to CORE); Panelists: Milton Amayun (WV); Rosalie Norem (INMED); Peggy Morrow (PATH)

Technical Updates with Field Applications, Concurrent Sessions:

• LQAS vs. Cluster Sampling: Pros and Cons of KPC Sampling Methods. Facilitator: Robb Davis (FFH). Presenters: Michelle Kouletio (CWI); Joe Valadez (FANTA)

• CHWs and the Management of Sick Children Outside of Health Facilities: Peter Winch (JHU); Alfonso Rosales (CRS); Lynette Walker (CORE)

• Designing Behavior Change: Mothers Reminder Materials. Juan Carlos Alegre (Project HOPE)

• New Complementary Feeding Guidelines (WHO). Judiann McNulty (MC); Paige Harrigan (FANTA)

• Creating and Sustaining Breastfeeding Mothers' Support Groups. Rebecca Magalhães (LLLI); Judy Canahuati (CARE)

• Integrating Environmental Health into C/IMCI: Where does prevention fit into C/IMCI? Lisa Nichols (EHP)

• Initial Learnings from Integrating Gender Concepts in Concern's CSP in Rwanda Mihigo Jules (CWI)

Technical Updates with Field Applications, Skills-building Concurrent Sessions:

• Use and Applications of Pocket PCs for KPC Surveys. David Cantor (CSTS); Tom Davis (FHI); Juan Carlos Alegre (Project HOPE); Virginia Lamprecht (Project HOPE)

• Mobilizing Communities for Health and Social Change. Lisa Howard-Grabman (SC)

• Integrated HIV Care: Mozambique. Stephen Gloyd (HAI)

• Surviving Malaria. Michel Pacqué (CSTS) and the Malaria Working Group

Closing Sessions:

• Plenary: Sharing, Consolidation/Next Steps

• Plenary: Closing Address: Robb Davis (FHI; Chairman, Board of Directors, The CORE Group)