BUILDING UNDERSTANDING OF AND SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL FINANCING FACILITY
2018–Present
In 2015, the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children, and Adolescents (GFF) was established to help close the gap in financing that is needed to eliminate preventable deaths among women, children, and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries. Housed at the World Bank, the GFF supports government-led, multi-stakeholder platforms to develop and implement a national, prioritized health plan (known as an “investment case”) that aims to help mobilize sustainable financing for health and nutrition.
Since October 2018, JCIE has been conducting a series of interconnected activities to deepen understanding of the GFF among decision makers and global health experts in Japan and to explore how Japan’s global health policy can align with the GFF in collaboration with other stakeholders. These initiatives include efforts to inform political and government leaders about the workings and contributions of the GFF, provide policy analysis and background information for global health experts, and build ties among global stakeholders.
PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
How to Protect the Nutrition and Health of Women, Children, and Adolescents in the Time of COVID-19
November 15, 2021 | Online
Leading up to the Nutrition for Growth 2021 Summit, the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) hosted a high-level webinar that brought together Diet members and key figures in discussions on…
Toward Achieving the SDGs: The GFF’s Impact and Challenges and Its Significance for Japan
Prepared by Shiori Nagatani, Tomoko Yoshida, and Tomoko Suzuki
2020 (Japanese) | 2021 (English abridged version) |
With the goal of fostering the understanding of the GFF among people involved in global health and developmental assistance in Japan, JCIE conducted…
3rd GFF Seminar | The GFF’s Impact on the Ground—Case of the Nutrition Project in Cambodia
July 1, 2021 (ICT, JST) | June 30 (EDT, CDT) | Online
JCIE launched the GFF Seminar series in 2020 as part of its efforts to deepen understanding of how the Japanese government, NGOs, and others can coordinate more effectively with the GFF in order to st…
The GFF and Prospects for Maternal and Child Health Services in Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis
December 21, 2020 | Online
The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) organized a special roundtable in conjunction with International Universal Health Coverage Day (on December 12) to highlight the work of the Global F…
2nd GFF Seminar | The Global Financing Facility in the COVID-19 Crisis
August 27, 2020 | Online
JCIE launched the GFF Seminar series in 2020 as part of its efforts to deepen understanding of how the Japanese government, NGOs, and others can coordinate more effectively with the GFF in order to st…
1st GFF Seminar | Introducing the Financing Facility
February 13, 2020 | Tokyo
JCIE launched the GFF Seminar series in 2020 as part of its efforts to deepen understanding of how the Japanese government, NGOs, and others can coordinate more effectively with the GFF in order to st…
Global Health Diet Roundtable | Achieving the SDGs in Maternal and Child Health—The Global Financing Facility and Japan
August 28, 2019 | Tokyo, Japan
JCIE held its 4th Global Health Diet Roundtable on the sidelines of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7), convening six up-and-coming leaders of the Japanese Diet for…
THE GFF MONITOR
The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) is proud to announce the launch of a Japanese-language newsletter series, GFF Monitor, which is intended to further promote understanding of the Global Financing Facility (GFF) among key stakeholders in Japan, including government officials, policymakers, experts, and practitioners in the fields of global health and development cooperation.
Additional information is available on our Japanese website.