Dear Colleagues,

The ACQUIRE Project, managed by EngenderHealth (EH), Family Health
International (FHI), and the Leadership, Management, and Sustainability
Program of Management Sciences for Health (MSH), are pleased to invite
you to participate in an online forum on the topic of "Effective
Programming for Long-Acting and Permanent Methods: A Forum for Family
Planning Program Managers and Policymakers" which will take place April
21-25, 2008. This English-language electronic forum will be held on the
Global Exchange Network (GEN) for Reproductive Health website
(http://globalexchange.msh.org <http://globalexchange.msh.org/> ).

GEN is a virtual network of reproductive health professionals around the
world. The Network promotes the exchange of information and best
practices on priority management and leadership issues in reproductive
health and family planning.

This forum, "Effective Programming for Long-Acting and Permanent
Methods: A Forum for Family Planning Program Managers and Policymakers,"
will provide a platform to facilitate a global discussion on the
challenges, opportunities, and successes that have been experienced in
LAPM programming, and highlight the important role LAPMs have in
addressing the worldwide unmet need for family planning. The forum will
build off recent method-specific electronic forums hosted on the
Implementing Best Practices Knowledge Gateway by focusing on the
leadership and management practices that are critical to increase access
to and improve quality provision of LAPMs.

Forum facilitators will be Roy Jacobstein, Clinical Director, the
ACQUIRE Project; Erin McGinn, Associate Director, Research Utilization,
at FHI; and Sylvia Vriesendorp, Institutional Development Specialist in
MSH's Leadership, Management, and Sustainability Program. Collectively,
these facilitators have extensive backgrounds in programmatic and
service delivery challenges, evidence-based approaches, and in
leadership and management of health programs and services.

The objectives of this forum are to:

*	Discuss the rationale and barriers to increasing investment in
LAPMS and creating a supportive policy environment.
*	Discuss program design issues and implications for LAPM services
(e.g., need for clinical setting, for counseling, trained providers,
demand creation, creating an enabling policy environment)
*	Exchange tools, lessons learned and best practices in LAPM
service programming and delivery (programming approaches, service
delivery models, principles, tools, etc.)

Forum participants will be provided with an overview and case studies on
leadership and management issues that arise when programming for,
creating demand for, or providing LAPM services. During the week, they
will have the opportunity to interact directly with facilitators and
each other to share their experiences. They will also have access to the
GEN online library, which includes key resources on this topic.

We hope you will join us for this virtual forum! Please save the date,
and register for the forum by following the directions below:

1. Enter the Global Exchange Network for Reproductive Health (GEN)
website: http://globalexchange.msh.org <http://globalexchange.msh.org/> 
2. Click on "English."
3. When you enter the following page, click on "New User? Register
here-it's free" and complete the information requested.
4. If you have participated in a GEN event before, you can use the same
username and password. If you have forgotten your username or password,
please send an e-mail to [log in to unmask]

As soon as your information is processed (usually within one business
day), you will become a registered member of the Global Exchange Network
for Reproductive Health (GEN), and will be able to participate in the
Virtual Forum and all future GEN activities. We will send you more
information as the date gets closer. We also greatly appreciate you
forwarding this message on to others who may be interested in
participating in this opportunity.

If you have questions about the forum or registration, please send them
to [log in to unmask]

Best regards,

David Hock on behalf of EngenderHealth, Family Health International, and
Management Sciences for Health

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