All PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centres located in the Region of the Americas are invited to attend the Third Regional Meeting with PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centres, taking place on 27 October 2026.
The meeting is proposed as a strategic follow-up mechanism to sustain momentum from the Second Regional Meeting with PAHO/WHO CCs translating global and regional discussions into actionable regional collaboration (September 2025) and the First Global Forum of WHO CCs (April 2026).
Objective of the Meeting:
- Establish a regional collaboration agenda with PAHO/WHO CCs, PAHO technical units, and WHO, focused on priority areas aligned with GPW14 and PAHO flagship initiatives and priority mandates.
- Strengthen thematic and cross-cutting CC networks (communities of practice) to enable sustained collaboration, peer learning, and joint implementation beyond one-off meetings.
- Enhance the visibility and communication of CC contributions by identifying concrete mechanisms and standardized formats for showcasing CC impact across the Region.
- Discuss concrete opportunities for resource mobilization and sustainability by identifying practical opportunities for joint proposals, partner engagement, and PAHO-facilitated coordination.
WHEN
- 27 October 2026 | 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (EST)
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WHOM
- Ongoing PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centres
- PAHO and WHO Personnel
WHERE
Zoom
HOW
- Advance registration is required. Please click here to register.
Coming Soon
Simultaneous interpretation: English, Spanish, and Portuguese
Advance registration is required. Please click here to register.
For further information about the meeting, please contact the PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centres team at: pahowhocc@paho.org
Call for Good Practices in Collaborating with PAHO through the Collaborating Centre Mechanism
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), through its Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health Department, invites all ongoing Collaborating Centres (CCs) located in the Region of the Americas to participate of the Call for Good Practices in Collaborating with PAHO through the Collaborating Centre Mechanism. The purpose of this Call is to document and disseminate experiences, results, and lessons learned from work carried out by CCs in collaboration with PAHO and the World Health Organization (WHO). The documented experiences will show how the mechanism contributes to PAHO’s technical cooperation and to country and regional health priorities and will support knowledge exchange among CCs and Member States. The results and lessons learned will also help PAHO and WHO identify opportunities to improve the mechanism, strengthen coordination, and better align future collaboration with global, regional, and country health priorities. This Call is not intended to evaluate or rank CCs, nor to assess their established agreements or respective deliverables. Proposals must be submitted in English and be submitted exclusively through PAHO’s Good Practices Portal by 15 January 2027 (11:59 p.m. EST). |
