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Vision 2020 Australia. Advocacy Luncheon WOC 2010 Berlin June 5 th 2010 Dr Iain Dunlop Professor Hugh Taylor. The Sector speaks with one voice. Peak Body status Ophthalmology’s leadership of integrated team Credibility hard data ‘distinguished individuals’ whole sector involvement - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Vision 2020 Australia
Advocacy LuncheonWOC 2010 Berlin
June 5th 2010
Dr Iain DunlopProfessor Hugh Taylor
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The Sector speaks with one voice
• Peak Body status
• Ophthalmology’s leadership of integrated team
• Credibilityhard data‘distinguished individuals’whole sector involvement
• Effectiveness flow of resources
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Vision 2020 Australia
3 aspects of prevention of vision loss and elimination of avoidable blindness
• Australian population vision care
• Indigenous vision care
• Mobilise Australia’s contribution to regional Asia-Pacific vision care
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Genesis of Vision 2020A
• Founding individuals with vision and energyHugh Taylor and Brien Holden
• Chairman – political and engaged
• Original board represented 6-8 NGOs Now added individuals & external skills
• Government engaged early
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Effective advocacy development
• Data collection
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Effective advocacy development
• Data collection
• Member forums – 3 to 5/year
• ‘Parliamentary Friends Group’ dinners at Parliament House
• Local advocacy / awareness projects The Vision Initiative – Australia’s first public eye health campaign“Save your Sight – Get tested”
• Policy engagement at all levels
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Resources gained• Australian government’s ‘National
Framework for Action’ 2004 NEHI (National Eye Health Initiative) 2005$13.8m over 4 years25 V2020A projects in hand
• Australian Blindness InitiativeAustralian government’s regional contribution
$45m through AusAID via V2020A consortium
• V2020A recurrent funding support $600,000 / year
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What could we have done better?
• Constitution changes to improve sector representation• Improve membership subscription / representation
funding model
• Didn’t eliminate vested interests and suspicions early enough
• Australian Ophthalmologists slow to embrace V2020A
• Improve integration of V202A with the normal service deliveries of the sector
• Continually improve strategic leadership and integration
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Thank youVision 2020 Australia
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