Leadership, governance and external relations enhanced to implement GPW 13

Healthy Lives and Well-being for All, the Secretariat will work with Member States and non-State actors to ensure that WHO helps Member States to advance towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. This means that country cooperation strategies that are based on the national priorities, policies and plans and are in line with United Nations reform will be guided by GPW 13 and oriented towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Under the Global Action Plan, the Secretariat will facilitate and enhance collaboration among the 12 agencies that play key roles in health, development and humanitarian response in order to accelerate progress on the health-related Sustainable Development Goals targets, including by hosting the Global Action Plan secretariat and providing leadership on its various inter-agency accelerator groups at the global level. The Secretariat, through the aligned work of the three levels of the Organization, will lead the effort to convert the commitment of leading health and development organizations to work more closely together, as set out in the Global Action Plan, to take collective action in support of the implementation of national priorities in order to accelerate progress towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goals. The Secretariat will promote more effective leadership at all levels, including by strengthening country office leadership, developing a fit-for-purpose staffing structure, providing appropriate delegation of authority and re-engineering business processes that facilitate effectiveness and efficiency. The Secretariat will increase its internal capacity for health diplomacy, strengthen coherence in its external relations and increase its support for Member State delegations in the area of health diplomacy and participation in governing body meetings. The Secretariat will convene the governing bodies in a manner that aligns the WHO work agenda with the Sustainable Development Goals through effective and efficient processes, including the design and application of innovative solutions to support the preparation and delivery of meetings of the governing bodies. In addition, it will implement the outcomes of ongoing Member State consultations on governance reform in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner, applying the lessons learned from governing body processes, including in respect of special procedures for conducting ?virtual? and ?hybrid? meetings and novel agenda management modalities. The Secretariat will bring a gender perspective to leadership and governance and encourage the participation of young people. It will provide effective support to governing body sessions, with efficient and aligned agendas that are focused on the Sustainable Development Goals and United Nations reform.