1. TheTallinn meeting 3rd December 2014 Experiences from the Norwegian DPPs Otto Christian Rø, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Donor Program Partner to Poland

2. Things take time Otto Christian Rø, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Donor Program Partner to Poland - An average of three years from MOU negotiations to first project launcing - Mutual respect for differencies in co- operating countries

3. Partnership and recruitment Bilateral relations funds activities – Difficulties in - matching expectations - recruiting potential partners Open calls – Selection process - rigidity vs. flexibility - open accessability vs. relevance Other activities – Predefined vs. open calls Otto Christian Rø, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Donor Program Partner to Poland

4. Content and profile Health care services focus vs. system approach Health care sector vs. multisector approach Single project approch vs. multicenter studies/consortium approach Based on evidence vs.piloting from special interest Separate EEA/Norway Grants initiatives vs. linked to international processes (EU, WHO etc) Otto Christian Rø, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Donor Program Partner to Poland

5. The way forward Still an opportunity to invest in common activities under BRF To be aware of the learning opportunities by good communication of the impact on project level through DORIS by PO strategies for collecting and dissemination of results by publising in journals, articles, conference presentations (such as during EUPHA annual conference) Insuring sharing of experiences between POs in different but related programmes; for example public health and justice programmes in Estonia POs in different BCs (such as the biuannual PO meetings) o on project level in each BC between DPP institutions Otto Christian Rø, Norwegian Directorate of Health, Donor Program Partner to Poland