In-Person Workshop, Istanbul-Primary Healthcare Performance Management Collaborative

The JLN Primary Healthcare Performance Management Collaborative, facilitated by Aceso Global, held an in-person workshop from July 21–24, 2025, in Istanbul, Turkey. This highly interactive convening brought together member country teams to strengthen skills, co-create practical tools, and advance innovations in PHC performance management.

The workshop centred on two key work-streams:

• Hard Skills Capacity-Building (Days 1 and 3): Participants worked on finalizing pilot initiatives in Liberia, South Africa, and the Philippines, focusing on practicum development, mini-project preparation, applied computer literacy, drafting terms of reference, contracting trainers, curriculum walkthroughs, and quantitative analysis. The sessions were designed to be hands-on, combining technical content with interactive learning activities to strengthen district-level management capacity.

• Dashboard Development (Days 2 and 4): Country teams engaged in data visualization exercises, group presentations, and practical discussions on effective dashboard use. Highlights included country updates from Mongolia and Nigeria, a masterclass on dashboard design and impact by expert Katherine Rowell, and a collaborative session supporting Mongolia’s development of a new in-house performance dashboard.

The four-day workshop concluded with a planning session to shape the Collaborative’s final outputs, ensuring that lessons, tools, and resources are captured for use across JLN countries.

This gathering not only deepened technical skills but also reinforced the value of peer learning—helping member countries strengthen the foundations of resilient and equitable primary healthcare systems.