A.1. Reforms in Social Security systems: extending coverage and defining the services provided
Chairperson: Miloud Kaddar , Health Economist, WHO. Geneva
• Social Security reforms in the Magreb region
Miloud Kaddar , Health Economist, WHO. Geneva
• Reforms in the French Social Security system
Simone Sandier , Conseil Scientifique en Economie de la Santé. France
• New Social Security system in Morocco
Réda Benamar , Directeur de l’inspection et du Contrôle. Caisse de la Sécurité Social. Morocco
• Reforms in Israeli Social Security system
Jacob Witkowski, Consultant. Israel
• Reforms in the German Social Security system
Heinrich Lehner, Consultant, Munich . Germany
A.2. Management reforms in health services: reducing bureaucracy, strategic alliances and management agreements
Chairperson: Abdel Ali Alaoui Belghiti . Directeur des hôpitaux et des soins ambulatoire. Ministère de la Santé.. Morocco
• Management reforms in the Italian health service
Marco Campari , Consiglio Superiore di Sanità / KPMG, Milan. Italy
• Introduction to the enterprise culture in the public sector health organizations: the transformation of the ICS.
Raimon Belenes . Director Gerent, ICS. Government of Catalonia . Spain
• Experience in management agreements in hospitals in Lebanon
Arabia Osseiran, Health Administration Expert, Ministry of Pulbic Health. Lebanon
• Management agreements in Catalonia
Jaume Raventós , Director del Consorci Hospitalari de Catalunya, S.A. Spain
A.3. Investment in health centres: the contribution of private finance and international institutions
Chairperson: Luis Bohigas . Asesor del Departament de Salut
• The UK model: Private Finance Initiatives
Paul Townsend PFI Unit, National Health Service. UK
• The World Bank strategy for health investment
Matthias Loening . Advisory Services Department. The World Bank. Washington
• Private finance in public hospitals in the Comunidad de Madrid.
Arturo Canalda, Viceconsejero de Asistencia e Infraestructuras Sanitarias. Comunidad de Madrid. Spain
· Alianza estratégica con Proveedores: Hospital comarcal Baix Llobregat
Miquel Arrufat . Director Economic-financier. Consorci Hospitalari Integral. Espanya
A.4. Transformation of the public health management models: health authority and decentralization
Chairperson: Manuel Oñorbe de Torre , Director General de Salud Pública. Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo, Madrid . Spain
• Model of public health service in Algeria and cases in North Africa
Saihi Abdelhak , General Director of Public Health National School . Algeria
• Public health service model in Morocco
Nouzkha Skalli , Députée. Chambre des Représentants. Morroco
• Public health models in Europe
Josep Lluis de Peray . Coordinador per a la creació de l'Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya
• An organizational model proposal for public health in Catalonia .
Antoni Plasència , Director General de Salut Pública, Government of Catalonia. Spain
A.5. Tobacco control: a public health priority
Chairperson: Joan R. Villalbí , Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona. Spain
• The role of prevention initiatives in the development of control policies
Joan R. Villalbí , Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona. Spain
• Developing and implementing legislation. The Spanish experience.
Julia González-Alonso , Subdirectora General Promoción de la Salud y Epidemiología . Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs. Spain
•The French experience in collaboration between government and civil society
Gérard Dubois , Professeur de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médicine, Amiens. France .
• The management of the change in Italy
Daniela Galeone . Ministero della Salute. D.G. Prevenzione sanitaria. Italy