The document summarizes a workshop on advancing human resources for health in India. The workshop is a partnership between two organizations funded by the European Commission to work on human resources in health issues over three years in India and two states. The objectives are to build a knowledge base on human resources through research and documentation, build capacity at national and state levels, and facilitate advocacy and learning. The workshop will discuss priority human resources issues, share experiences and solutions, and identify knowledge gaps requiring further work.

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PEOPLE FOR HEALTH:
ADVANCING HUMAN RESOURCES FOR HEALTH IN INDIA
WORKSHOP SERIES ON
PLANNING, CAPACITY BUILDING AND
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN
RESOURCES IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM
EAST ZONE WORKSHOP
3-4 FEB, 2012 BHUBANESWAR

2. The partnership
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 A partnership between Swasti and PHFI
 Funded by the European Commission under
the “Investing in People” thematic programme
 Three year project for civil society
organisations to work towards solutions on the
critical issue of human resources in health
 February 2011-Jan 2014

3. The proposed action
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 Focuses on
 Creating a
knowledge base on
HRH (research and
documentation)
 Capacity building at
National and State
level (2 states)
 Advocacy and
Learning platforms

4. Project Objectives
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 Overall objective:
To contribute to improving human resource
policies, strategies and practices in the health
sector in India
 Specific Objective:
i. Constructing a comprehensive knowledge base
on key Human Resource related issues, which
cuts across sectoral players
ii. Building capacities of key stakeholders to
advocate, absorb and learn from each other;
iii. Building and operating cross learning platforms

5. Result areas
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 Result 1 - HRH knowledge base
A body of knowledge on key human resource
issues built and made available in consumable
form
 Result 2 - Applied learning across actors
Cross pollinated ideas, approaches, strategies
and tools are applied across sectors and
stakeholders
 Result 3 - State Govt. implementation
(Orissa, AP) At least
two State Governments put in place a HR cell and
a strategy to address key HR issues
 Result 4 - National policy revision
Human resource policy updated for health sector
addressing all sectoral needs

6. Project Outputs
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 3 research studies
 5 fact sheets
 Core research findings translated into formats
accessible to human resource officials, health
administrators and health practitioners at different
levels
 Multi-sector, multi-stakeholder HRH experience
sharing platform
 HR cell set up in two states
 Policy and Strategy documents revised through
stakeholder participation
 Updated HR policy for the Health Sector
accessible to key actors concerned

7. Priority issues
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1. HRH Planning
2. Performance Management (incl
Supervision)
3. Capacity Building, including methods
and tools
4. Recruitment process
5. Motivation, Compensation and
Retention (incl. incentivisation)
6. Equity issues in HR
7. Analysis of impact of HR Policies and
practices

8. Expected workshop outputs
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 Issues/challenges and solutions that
work
 Cross learning from experiences
 Knowledge gaps that require further
research and documentation

9. 9 Thank you!