EFTA Document EFTA02002075

To: [email protected][[email protected]]; [email protected][[email protected]] From: Terje Rod-Larsen Sent: Thur 4/18/2013 8:03:29 PM Subject: Fw: follow-up to meeting on polio eradication From: Walter Kemp To: Terje Rod-Larsen; Andrea Pfanzelter Sent: Thu Apr 18 12:55:25 2013 Subject: Fw: follow-up to meeting on polio eradication Terje, This looks good! I will be in London on 7 and 8 May. I suggest that the team goes and meets with them there. Please advise on how i should respond/proceed. Walter From: Robert Rosen To: Walter Kemp Sent: Thu Apr 18 12:36:25 2013 Subject: FW: follow-up to meeting on polio eradication Walter, As a follow up to Gabrielle's note} I wanted to make connect on some next steps going forward. As I am sure you have surmised, there are a number of different stakeholders across the foundation grappling with these issue and enthusiastic about engaging with you. It has taken us a little while to get ourselves aligned, so my apologies for the delay in reaching you, but I think we are in a better position to move forward. In the past two weeks we have put together the right key players into a defined group, and as Gabrielle mentions below making sure we are looking at the geopolitical challenges collectively. It would be ideal to get you (and your colleagues) together with this group. Ideally that would be in person, but we can also arrange for a Video Conference. Alternatively, if your pre-existing travels should bring you to London or Washington DC (which seems more likely than Seattle!) we could come to our offices in one of those locations and have at least some portion of our group attend in person with the others connected by video. Would it make sense to set up a quick phone call to work through this and figure out some concrete next EFTA_R1_00499198 EFTA02002075 steps? Many thanks, Rob Robert Rosen Directo:-, Executive Office From: Gabrielle Fitzgerald Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:45 PM To: Michael Galway; Joe Cerrell; Walter Kemp Cc: Terje Rod-Larsen; Andrea Pfanzelter; Jay Wenger; Robert Rosen Subject: RE: follow-up to meeting on polio eradication Hello Walter — Nice to meet you, we heard very positive feedback about the recent discussion. Let me introduce you to my colleague, Robert Rosen, who is managing an internal working group we have looking at geopolitical security issues related to polio. Rob will be in touch to coordinate a follow-up call with all relevant foundation staff. Thanks very much, Gabrielle From: Michael Galway EFTA_R1_00499199 EFTA02002076 Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 9:30 AM To: Joe Cerrell; Walter Kemp Cc: Terje Rod-Larsen; Andrea Pfanzelter; Gabrielle Fitzgerald; Jay Wenger Subject: RE: follow-up to meeting on polio eradication Dear Walter, I manage our polio work in Nigeria specifically, as well as our relationship with UNICEF on polio communication globally. I'd be very interested in connecting. A Skype call (Skype id Michael.Galway or telephone call next week is good. As well, I will be in London in early May before heading out to Nigeria to monitor polio activities. If you were interested in a face to face meeting, we could connect then as well. In London, I will be meeting with the Independent Monitoring Board on May 7-8, which as the name implies tracks closely on the progress of the global polio effort in stopping transmission. Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan will all have delegates at this meeting. Best wishes, Michael Galway Deputy Director Polio Program Strategy & Implementation EFTA_R1_00499200 EFTA02002077 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation www.oatesroundation.orq From: Joe Cerrell Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 3:00 AM To: Walter Kemp Cc: Terje Rod-Larsen; Andrea Pfanzelter; Michael Galway; Gabrielle Fitzgerald Subject: RE: follow-up to meeting on polio eradication Dear Walter — Apologies for not responding sooner. By way of this email, I wanted to put you in touch with Michael Galway and Gabrielle Fitzgerald. As was mentioned during the meeting, both are not only working on our polio strategies in the three endemic regions we discussed but they are also increasingly looking into the security situations there and trying to determine whether there are more ways the foundation could contribute to creating a more stable environment that will increase our chances of success for eradication. I've passed along to them notes from our meeting and suggested you be in touch directly for any next steps, including the possibility of a VTC in the near future. —Joe Joe Cerrell Director, Europe and Middle East Assistant Caroline Kinch Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Postal address: 80/100 Victoria St, London, SWIE 511., UK www.gatestoundation.org EFTA_R1_00499201 EFTA02002078 From: Walter Kemp rmailto:kerno(dioinst.orq) Sent: 04 April 2013 09:47 To: Joe Cerrell Cc: Terje Rod-Larsen; Andrea Pfanzelter Subject: follow-up to meeting on polio eradication Dear Joe, It was a pleasure to meet you last week in Strasbourg. Unfortunately Mr. Roed-Larsen's schedule prevented him from attending. However, we hope that we shed some new light on the complex subject in our short time with Mr. Gates and his team. We have continued to reflect on possible approaches to eradicating polio in the last few regions of the world where it is endemic. As Mr. Gates pointed out, the last millimetre seems to be the hardest. While one approach has worked remarkably well in 99.9% of the world as part of a global health campaign, we suggest that the last little bit has to be considered in very specific security, political and social conditions at the local level. We believe that we can help. We would welcome the opportunity to talk in greater detail with you and other colleagues at the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation about strategy and tactics. I believe it would also be helpful to know more about your surveying techniques and communication strategies. What works best: should we start with a Skype or phone call (early next week)? We are also putting some ideas on paper. Are the interlocutors from the foundation who work on this issue mostly based in London? As we move forward — particularly before moving to the operational phase — I think it would be in best interest of the project that we meet around the same table. I believe that Mr Roed-Larsen and Mr. Gates will, at some time in the near future, meet with a goal to outline a forward-looking plan, EFTA_R1_00499202 EFTA02002079 Best regards, Walter Kemp Director, Europe and Central Asia International Peace Institute EFTA_R1_00499203 EFTA02002080