Pandemic Action Network

Are you attending the Skoll World Forum in Oxford? Join Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA) and Pandemic Action Network for “Catalysing Networked Advocacy to Finance a Resilient Africa’, a dynamic discussion on forging collaborations, unpacking solutions, and strategies to drive lasting change for a financially sustainable and resilient Africa. Register here: https://lu.ma/g5vuvl73

?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? Will you be in Oxford on Thursday 3 April 11:00 - 12:30 BST? Come to our session: "It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine" ...join me, Aggrey Aluso David McNair and Marta Foresti for this interactive session at 50 Market Street as part of the Sidebar series CONTEXT...The US is consistently voting with Russia in the Security Council and has switching Ukraine’s access to its intelligence off and on; European countries are scrambling to tool up as their security safety blanket is snatched away. Leaders are making the grave mistake of raiding development assistance budgets to fund their militaries,?And by the time you read this, all the above will be out of date. One thing is clear: we must respond with new and bold ideas, as a return to the ‘status quo’ won’t cut it. ? This session will explore:? ? - The gravity of the paradigm shift, and why a return to?‘old ‘ paradigms is not an option. - How to avoid catastrophism and positively set out a new path - How can we build new coalitions?centred?on?values - How to experiment with new ways of working ? And most importantly... how to feel fine, look after ourselves, each other and our loved ones in these testing times.? ? After an initial framing session, partners Aggrey, Marta, David and Eloise will lead interactive sessions on how?we can work differently to make change happen,?driving an open discussion with open minds, and nothing off the table, to explore: - Clear and concrete areas to do things differently - New ways of working across sectors - Assumptions we have been making and gently challenge those notions - How to sketch out an alternative vision for the world we want to live in SIGN UP: https://lu.ma/27tuju71 ...and contribute resistance playlist we'd like you to help us build: https://bit.ly/3Rjvdya ? Come and brainstorm, share, plot, make new connections - and find some positive energy with Skoll forum partners at this session! Pandemic Action Network Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA) The ONE Campaign Mabel van Oranje Nick Grono Gabrielle Fitzgerald Alexandra Pardal Bright Simons Don Gips Bruce Lowry Marla Blow Rosemary Mburu Prof. Rajiv Joshi Adria Goodson, PhD Ashoka Project Last Mile Alistair Fernie Amanda McClelland Andrew Clarke Angela Chaudhuri Beadie Finzi Ben Scott Bill Rodriguez Bobby Pittman Bridie Layden Cheryl Dorsey James Mwangi Jenni Cardamone Kate Hampton Mark Suzman Natalie Rekstad Raj Panjabi Ruth Oniang'o Seth Cochran Sherwin Charles Swarupa Ananth-Sawkar Yemi A.D.

NEW! The African continent holds tremendous potential for transformative growth and resilience against the myriad threats of our time, but change is required to deliver robust development financing solutions. Read the joint statement from Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA), Pandemic Action Network, AfriCatalyst, Accountability Lab, BudgIT Nigeria, The ONE Campaign, and the Global Public Investment Network https://lnkd.in/gW-_7JRH

?? European Council 6 March: On Thursday evening, EU leaders agreed to trigger the national escape clause of the Stability and Growth Pact. Von der Leyen proposed this on Tuesday 4 March to allow significant increases in defence without triggering the Excessive Deficit Procedure. Relaxing fiscal space by, say, 1,5% of GDP spend could create fiscal space of close to EUR 650 billion over four years. Also agreed: flexibility in how Member States use their current EU budget allocations; a new loan instrument of up to EUR150B; an EIB reevaluation the ‘list of excluded activities’ so the Bank can invest in defence projects. This (almost) united action shows - just like in 2020 when the COVID pandemic hit - that when there is a crisis, money can be found. This is (sadly) clearly needed. ???? But what we also need is this flexibility and fiscal space for *prevention* strategies, not just responses. Those of us working on climate, health, pandemics, finance.. STILL need to find not just the narrative, but the fiscal and economic investments needed at scale to *prevent* crises before they take hold - and the ability to demonstrate to leaders that there is political upside to prevention (the resilience agenda). There is a lot of focus right now on the future of development assistance. It's needed. But as well as focusing on how development spending will function, we also need to: ?? Increase fiscal space for development budgets too, and stop all ‘raids’ on development assistance - as many are trying to do.?It is entirely self-defeating to take from those budgets to finance military hardware as the UK is intending. The economic shocks resulting from such cuts are more likely to result in additional instability and potential conflicts. ?? ?? ?? Within the EU, get the national escape clause of the Stability & Growth Pact applied to a more holistic interpretation of human security, which includes health, climate, development (without ‘militarising’ this spending or the concepts, of course) ?? Fast-track discussions on new sources of revenue, including levies, taxes and own resources for the EU, including through a financial transactions tax. Nothing should be off the table, and the EU Member States should play a full part in the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force ?? Communicate how and why poverty-alleviating assistance is among our best long-term security investments (our 'first line of defence'.. h/t ONE). For the next MFF, the ODA ask by civil society is for EUR 200B. (Join this fight at MFFhub.org with Pandemic Action Network Global Citizen Aidsfonds The ONE Campaign) Interested in working on any or all of the above? Based in an EU capital? Please get in touch, we need to work together more smartly than ever. Solidarity to all. https://lnkd.in/eaTsrG6M

At the recent ?Munich Security Conference we along with CEPI (Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations) and Nuclear Threat Initiative, in partnership with Foreign Policy, gathered rising biosecurity leaders from the Global South. Together with top-level decision-makers, these rising leaders, including our Biosecurity Game Changers Fellows, discussed the next steps to reduce threats posed by deliberate, accidental, and naturally occurring biological threats. Strengthening biosecurity and biosafety will unleash the benefits of new technologies by minimizing risks, so we can make progress towards achieving the #100DaysMission and advancing global health safely, securely and equitably. The declaration has been endorsed by the event's convening partners, and the Pandemic Action Network, Sentinel Bio, Asia Center for Health Security, and prominent experts. Check out the full statement here: https://lnkd.in/eqR4_HkC

RANA and more than 20 partners call for action to strengthen collaboration for health security — based on lessons learned from the mpox emergency. https://lnkd.in/gH3XrN85