PCF5:Cross-border development of resources for public awareness of health issues

Title of session
Cross-border development of resurces for public awareness of health issues

Session details

 * Date: 17 July 2008
 * Time: 11:00 am
 * Room: Nunn Hall

Session papers

 * 1) ID 253: Anderson
 * 2) ID 521: Bartley
 * 3) Martini
 * 4) ID 588: Miner

Key Issues that arose in the session
These applied generically to all the papers


 * General: value of IT systems across national borders/ divide to - create material -
 * Involve several national and transnational collaborators within and across disciplines
 * enable other countries to benefit from material BUT - potential for feed back from economic south to north and interaction needs to be fully exploited
 * continuity of contact and interaction after the end of a 'project' period needs to be maintained for all to benefit fully

Points for future action (Policy, recommendations, commitments etc.)

 * Arising generically


 * 1) Foster cross border collaboration
 * 2) Build south north feedback into projectcs
 * 3) Build systems for continuity into projects