Project Description
Name
Ministerial Seminar on Population, Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction for
Developing Countries
Organizer
Time
China Training Center of Reproductive Health and Family Care
17-23 Sept. 2015
Invited
Working Language
English
Developing Countries
Countries
Number of
20 persons
Participants
Age
/
In good health with health certificate issued by the local public
hospitals; without diseases with which entry to China is disallowed by
China’s laws and regulations; without severe chronic diseases such as
Requirements
Health
serious high blood pressure, cardiovascular/cerebrovascular diseases
for the
and diabetes; without mental diseases or epidemic diseases that are
Participants
likely to cause serious threat to public health; not in the process of
recovering after a major operation or in the process of acute diseases;
not seriously disabled or pregnant.
Language
Host City
Capable of listening, speaking, reading and writing in English
Others
Family members or friends shall not follow
Beijing
Local Temperature
Beijing, Summer with average temperature of
28℃
Shanghai, Summer with average temperature of
Cities to Visit
Shanghai
Taicang
Local Temperature
30℃
Taicang, Summer with average temperature of
30℃
/
Notes
Contact of
Contact Person
Jenny Mao (Ms.)
Telephone
0086-512-53719166
Cell
0086-13776179662
Fax
0086-512-53719126
E-mail
jenny@ctc-health.org
the Organizer
About the
Organizer
China Training Center of Reproductive Health and Family Care (CTC) located in
Taicang, Jiangsu Province and established in October of 2005, is a non-profit organization
and state-level training center under the instruction of National Health and Family Planning
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Commission (NHFPC). With the aim of enhancing communication and cooperation in the
field of health and family planning, CTC now serves for developing and implementing
various training programs, South-South Cooperation, North-South Cooperation and research
and industrial development programmes on population and development.
Since establishment, CTC has successfully organized 20 foreign aid training
programmes for government officials, programme managers and technical service providers
from 70 developing countries, with the total participants amounted to 567 persons, including
the former Vice President of Comoros, the First Lady of South Africa, and 66
ministerial-level senior officials. The training covers a broad range of themes, including
population and development, population programme management and capacity building,
South-South Cooperation, population and climate change, maternal and child health, sexual
and reproductive health and rights, etc.
Ministerial Seminar on Population, Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction
for Developing Countries will introduce the concept, path and practice in solving population
problems comprehensively in China. The Seminar will emphasize in sharing evidences of
fully including population policies and actions into long-term economic and social
development of the country in order to reduce poverty and promote sustainable
development. Latest process, dynamics and best practices will also be included in the
Seminar so that the planning and management ability of developing countries in population,
sustainable development and poverty reduction areas can be strengthened in order to
Training
accelerate the steps of building win-win South-South cooperation partnership between
Course
developing countries in these areas.
Content
The Seminar will consist of topic discussion and study tours:
Topic discussion will be divided into macro strategy research and achievement
experience sharing. For macro strategy, the Seminar will base on frames of ICPD POA and
MDGs, review the implementation situation of targets in population, sustainable
development and poverty reduction areas of present world. Building policies and strategies
for poverty reduction, promotion of a balanced population growth in long-term and social
sustainable development will be explored in the first part. For achievement experience
sharing, the Seminar will majorly introduce the history process and latest news of policies in
population, poverty reduction and sustainable development of China. Strategy systems and
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practical experience of China’s population information construction, sustainable study,
poverty reduction ability construction and South-South cooperation will be underlined
combining new circumstance and characteristics happened in China and other developing
countries in these areas recently.
Except topic discussion, the Seminar will arrange study tours of national research
institutions and service agencies at local level of population areas in Beijing and Taicang
(Jiangsu Province) for ministerial participants. With study tours, participants can learn the
practical experience of population, sustainable study and poverty reduction areas from
China. Furthermore, the Seminar will also arrange activities for participants to enjoy
Chinese’s traditional culture and scenic spots and historic sites so that they can have a more
comprehensive understanding of China’s social and economic development. In addition, the
Seminar will provide the opportunity to officials to experience the traditional Chinese
culture and enjoy historical places of interests, making them feel deep of Chinese social
economic development.
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