2020 Asia Pacific Health Promotion Capacity Building Workshop

Introduction
“Collaborating Centres for Health Promotion (CCHP)” was established in August 2017 within the “Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH)” to provide a mutual learning platform in order to enhance capacity building and leadership in the field of health promotion.
CCHP identifies areas to build human capacity regarding the core competencies of health promotion and aims to strengthen the capacity and knowledge of the health promotion workforce in the Asia-Pacific region by disseminating health promotion principles, strategies, practices, and evidence-based measures. In addition, CCHP provides partnering institutions with training opportunities and technical support to numerous countries, including Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Australia, and Taiwan.
In 2018, CCHP invited 35 participants from Asia-Pacific region and successfully held the 1^st “Asia-Pacific Health Promotion Capacity Building Workshop". Through lectures from exceptional speakers, group discussions, and field visits, all trainees' competencies have grown significantly. The CCHP platform has been highly recognized by experts and scholars from all over the world.
In 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread throughout the world and has imposed a disruptive transformation of the world’s healthcare systems. The virus has defeated healthcare systems in some of the world’s most highly developed countries, while some countries that have mounted a successful response have been of modest means. It is time for a very honest reflection and back to public health 101. The importance of public health has received unprecedented attention. Thus, it is necessary to hold the workshop once again.
Objectives

1.  To share and update public / global health knowledge, policy, services, and best practices among health promotion workforce in the Asia-Pacific region.
2.  To enhance the professionalism and competence of health promotion workforce in the region.
3.  To provide a platform for discussing significant public health issues associated with health promotion capacity building in the region.
4.  To establish an effective training model for regional academic and research capacity building in the field of health promotion.

Target Participants
Eight junior officers and scholars from the Asia-Pacific region that have health-related academic or administrative experience and are willing to excel in health promotion core competencies, accompanied with eight middle-to-upper level public health officers from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, local health bureaus, medical institutions, or Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) in Taiwan.
Dates & Venue
Sunday, October 25, 2020 (Day 1) 10:00 - 18:30; Monday, October 26, 2020 (Day 2) 09:00 - 15:00
at Taipei Medical University Daan Campus (No.172-1, Sec. 2, Keelung Rd., Daan Dist.,Taipei City, Taiwan)
Training Model & Activities
A. Project-based model: Workshop trainees complete required reading and submit an abstract for a health promotion project prior to the workshop. The lecturers / trainers will demonstrate core competencies for health promotion in a best practice project with a focus on the essential core competencies identified by the CCHP: program planning, implementation, and evaluation; partnership building; communication and report writing, diversity and inclusiveness specifically for the Asia-Pacific region.
B. Group discussions: Trainees are divided into groups for discussions led by trainers.
C. Presentation and dissemination: Trainees are required to improve their working projects based on what they have learned from the workshop. Trainees will have a chance to present their projects at the workshop and are encouraged to submit a case report for publication in an academic journal after the workshop.