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The Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN) is an innovative, country-driven network of practitioners and policymakers from around the globe who co-develop global knowledge products that help bridge the gap between theory and practice to extend health coverage to more than 3 billion people.
All JLN activities are prioritized, shaped, led, and co-facilitated by JLN member countries. Using a unique joint learning approach – that includes a combination of multilateral workshops, country learning exchanges, and virtual dialogue – JLN members build on real experience to produce and experiment with new ideas and tools to implement universal health coverage.
All JLN activities are prioritized, shaped, led, and co–facilitated by JLN member countries using a unique joint learning approach that includes multilateral workshops, country learning exchanges, and virtual dialogue. JLN members build on real experience to produce and experiment with new ideas and tools to implement UHC reforms
JLN hosted member events that allow participants to engage in a relevant topic. These may be webinars or other forms of virtual events including facilitated online discussion.
Typical duration: single event or discussion forum
Participation: open to all
Output: shared materials (slides, recordings)
A facilitated joint learning program using a variety of networking learning modalities to explore a technical topic by rapidly bringing country participants together to share and learn from each other.
Typical duration: 3-6 months
Participation: Country core group nominations
Output: shared learnings, sometimes a knowledge product
A lightly facilitated joint learning session(s) that convenes two or more interested countries on a specific topic, with the explicit goal to exchange experience in order to learn from each other.
This support complements other learning activities. An example is a country pairing.
Typical duration: 1-3 months
Participation: Country core group nominations
Output: shared learnings, sometimes a knowledge product
A facilitated joint learning program that convenes interested
countries on a specific topic over a defined time period, with the explicit goal to exchange experience and co-produce a knowledge product.
Typical duration: 18-21 months
Participation: Country core group nominations
Output: co-developed knowledge product
The JLN launched in 2009 with six founding members, Ghana, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, and the support of global partners. Since then, the network has continued to grow.
The JLN is a neutral, global learning community that allows members to set the agenda based on priorities in their own countries. Members can drive the agenda in several ways:
Members experience the practical value of coming together with other practitioners and policymakers from more than 30 countries. The JLN community cultivates partnerships that benefit all parties by pooling members’ own expertise. By joining our global community, your organization will have a bigger impact on the global knowledge pool.
Members experience the practical value of coming together with other practitioners and policymakers from more than 30 countries. The JLN community cultivates partnerships that benefit all parties by pooling members’ own expertise. By joining our global community, your organization will have a bigger impact on the global knowledge pool.
JLN membership increases credibility with donors, funders, and other development partners. The JLN partners with a large network of partners to ensure that our members have access to new knowledge and training opportunities. In addition, we believe that our members’ voices should be heard in global discussions. As such, we offer our members the opportunity to participate in learning activities as experts and resources.
Full members have access to various sponsored learning activities. Associate members that demonstrate a strong commitment to the network can transition to full membership.
Full members will be expected to engage deeply with the JLN by attending events, contributing to discussions and the development JLN knowledge products, and hosting study tours. Full members are required to form a local Country Core Group to help manage cross-institutional engagement with the network at the local level. Full members are also eligible for representation on the JLN Steering Group, which makes decisions about membership, alignment of the network’s technical priorities, and the network’s future direction and funding. Full members selected as Steering Group members will be expected to attend Steering Group meetings and to provide feedback on issues as they arise.
Associate members receive access to JLN activities.
Associate members are expected to actively participate in webinars, contribute to online discussions, and provide feedback on knowledge products as they are being developed. Associate members are also asked to provide individuals profiles and contribute a short country case study. In addition, associate members are encouraged to establish a Country Core Group comprised of key UHC stakeholders in their countries to help disseminate knowledge at the country-level. Associate members have the opportunity to self-assess their level of engagement to determine if they are eligible for Full Membership status, which entitles the country to additional funded opportunities, listed below.