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Partnership Proposal

IPSF Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office

Dear interested party, We are pleased to introduce the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) as part of the oldest international student Federation and the largest organization for pharmacy students around the globe - The International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF).

The mission of IPSF EMRO is to achieve excellence in education, research and public services areas. The Regional Office provides superior and comprehensive educational opportunities through symposiums, campaigns and professional education.

In order to further improve the development of pharmacy as a profession, we would like to seek support from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Gaining support from WHO would certainly improve pharmacy education and practice. In addition, collaboration between EMRO and WHO could deliver a more effective health education and policy development in the community. On top of that,WHO would have gain a reputation in corporate social responsibility among the public.

Thank you for your consideration and we are looking forward to a future collaboration between EMRO and WHO Sincerely, IPSF EMRO Chairperson 2015-2016 Asma Sellami.

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The International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF) was founded in 1949 by eight pharmacy student associations in London.

The Federation now represents more than 313.000 pharmacy students and recent graduates in over 80 countries worldwide. IPSF is the leading international advocacy organization for pharmacy students, promoting improved public health through provision of information, education, networking, and a range of publications and professional activities.

IPSF structure: The highest governing body of IPSF is the General Assembly (GA) that meets once a year at the IPSF World Congress. The IPSF Regional Offices are a functional extension of the IPSF Executive structured by elected pharmacy students from IPSF member countries of a specific IPSF region, forming the Regional Working Group (RWG). Its mission is to support the aims and objectives of the Federation at regional level.

IPSF consists of 5 Regional Offices which includes: »» Asia Pacific Regional Office (APRO) »» Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO) »» Pan American Regional Office (PARO) »» African Regional Office (AfRO) »» European Regional Office (EuRO) IPSF focus mainly on the areas of public health, pharmacy education and professional development. Other Initiatives by IPSF include public health campaigns, research on issues in pharmacy education and workforce development, the Student Exchange Program, organizing international and regional congresses and symposiums, publication of the IPSF News Bulletin, newsletters and the educational supplement Phuture www.ipsf.org

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IPSF Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (IPSF EMRO) Established in August 2008 after being approved during The 54th IPSF World Congress in Romania, the EMRO office is managed by the Regional Working Group (RWG), which consists of pharmacy students from the Eastern Mediterranean region.

The establishment of the IPSF EMRO gave us the opportunity to expand IPSF into the Eastern Mediterranean region and provide exposure about the spirit and activities of IPSF among pharmacy students in Eastern Mediterranean region.

The mission of IPSF EMRO is to achieve excellence in education research and public service areas. The regional office provides superior and comprehensive educational opportunities through symposia, campaigns and special professional education.

Countries within IPSF EMRO includes: »» Egypt »» Jordan »» Iran »» Kuwait »» Morocco »» Sudan »» Qatar

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Algeria Iraq Lebanon Tunisia Palestine Saudi Arabia

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For over fifty years, IPSF has strived to actively engage our members in initiatives that positively influence health and health knowledge within their communities. By focusing on globally relevant issues and offering resources and materials to our members, IPSF aims to provide various opportunities for students and recent graduates to expand their involvement in the public health, professional development and pharmacy education areas.

IPSF EMRO is considering improving the way of carrying out these projects by introducing inclusive and exceptional reports related to EMRO’s health issues rather than re-using the general projects directed at general health issues. Today IPSF EMRO has a qualified team of officers and coordinators who are able to be in charge and do their best to improve the image of IPSF EMRO on the global stage.

The projects for the term 2015–2016 includes : •• Ask Your Pharmacist campaign: Ask Your Pharmacist (AYP) is an EMRO public health project. It aims to raise awareness among the general public and patients about non communicable diseases and drug safety, improve counselling skills of the students and recent graduates of EMRO region and to instil the correct concept about the role of pharmacists in healthcare. The target audience of this project is hypertensive and diabetic patients, general patients and consumers of medicines. www.ipsf.org

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•• Vampire Cup: Vampire Cup is an IPSF humanitarian project. It aims to raise awareness about the importance of blood donation and help reduce supply insufficiencies at national blood centres.

Outline of the project: »» Organizing community-based blood donation days among unorganized and organized sectors like colleges, industries, companies and others. »» Technical guidance and support regarding collection of blood units by blood bank medical officers and team.

•• Pharmacy Profession Awareness Campaign (PPAC): PPAC aims to engage pharmacy students in their future profession, highlighting relevant issues and updates in pharmacy and healthcare practice.

Outline: »» This campaign can be done by making a public awareness booth within the community, giving talks to high school students, and conducting activities in rural, under-served communities. »» Decide on a theme or slogan that accurately reflects our ideas. »» Make a promotional video that describes the role of pharmacists in patient health care, and play it continuously.

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• Regional Essay Competition: It is a regional scientific article competition, with a certain topic based on what is relevant to EMRO region.

The winner will have their research article manuscript or review article printed in Phuture (the pharmacy education scientific publication) as a regional feature.

All above mentioned projects are the key to the region.

Campaigns involving worldwide celebrations (world health days) all call for our participation.

•• Student Exchange Program: Student Exchange Programme (SEP) is one of the main activities in IPSF. It is a mobility programme that gives students from all over the world the opportunity to get to know pharmacy in different countries. The member associations of IPSF organize the exchanges by finding host sites where the students are trained. The programme runs throughout the year, but the majority of the exchanges take place between May and September. The duration is usually 1 to 3 months, and possible areas include community pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, wholesale companies, pharmaceutical industries, schools of pharmacy, government or private health agencies. The host may also provide room, board and/or pocket money in addition to the training site in order to help the student.

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Eastern Mediterranean Pharmaceutical Symposium (EMPS) The EMPS is an annual event for the students and fresh graduates of the region and it is also the annual meeting of all national organizations within EMRO. This 5 to 7 day event also has a 4-day Post Symposium Tour and a Leaders-in-Training program beforehand.

The program of the Symposium includes, but is not limited to: •• An official opening ceremony The tradition is to welcome all attendees, partners, sponsors and give a start to the journey. A flag ceremony is also performed.

•• IPSF meetings and workshops and trainings During the Symposium days, workshops are scheduled in parallel to the Regional Assembly (RA), different themes are tackled including public heath, pharmacy education and professional development. Trainings are also provided as well as competitions like the Patient Counselling Event or Compounding Event.

We also run a public health campaign during the Symposium.

•• Symposium on topics of pharmaceutical interest, and of educational and scientific nature.

Speakers from all around the world are welcomed to share with us their knowledge and experiences.

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•• Poster exhibition •• Social Programme Including not only parties but also an excursion day as Congresses are also a way of traveling and discovering new countries and cultures.

•• The IPSF-EMRO Regional Assembly The regional Assembly meets annually during the EMPS to discuss all ongoing matters and plans for the Region, to accept reports and to elect the Regional Working Group for the next mandate.

•• Gala night and Closing Ceremony As we reach the end of the Congress, everyone is gathered for the last night in order to celebrate the region around dinner.

This year EMPS will take place in the magnificent Cairo in Egypt and will be held from the 15th to 20th of July 2015. We hope to welcome you there.

EMPS 2012 in Sudan

EMPS 2014 in Tunisia www.ipsf.org

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EMRO RWG has 3 publications a year which are in form of Newsletters (NL): 1. EMRO Introduction: The EMRO Introduction Newsletter is about giving the chance for people to learns more about the Regional Office, including the introduction of IPSF EMRO, words from the officers and an introduction about IPSF EMPS. This publication is released around November.

2. What’s Up EMRO NL: The What’s Up EMRO publication is about the current events that are happening in the Eastern Mediterranean Region/ We reach the region associations to provide us with articles about their associations so the world can get the chance to learn how the pharmacy students in the region are taking part in developing their communities.

This publication is released in April.

3. EMPS NL: The Eastern Mediterranean Pharmaceutical Symposium is one of the largest gathering of pharmacy students in the region.

This particular Newsletter is a promotional publication for the Symposium that contains an introduction of the reception committee and more detailed information about the events, lectures and registration procedure.

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Benefits of this Partnership •• For our partners and sponsors: »» Visibility into the different publications and social media related pages and accounts as well as the official website. »» Promotion of any of your related events and inducement for students to attend and participate. »» Promotion for health-related campaigns especially the ones dealing with EMRO regional topics. We can manage to put together health campaign for a specific topic and have it going simultaneously in more than 10 different countries. »» Increase the impact of EMRO region throughout trainings given to young leaders in the health field.

•• For IPSF EMRO: »» Opportunities for EMRO students to participate in intern-ships. »» Obtain support in order to achieve projects, participate in the Student Exchange Programme and establish their associations. »» Assistance in finding speakers and topics for Symposia. »» Promotion for our events and valorization of the quality of our work within your media and publications. This recognition will allow us to grow stronger.

Asma Sellami

Contacts

Ahmed Ali Awed

chairperson@emro.ipsf.org

rmpo@emro.ipsf.org

Meryam Hassine

Aya Jamal

secretary@emro.ipsf.org

rro@emro.ipsf.org

Ibraam Saad

Omnia Hamza

emps@emro.ipsf.org

rpo@emro.ipsf.org

www.ipsf.org

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