The problems addressed in this framing paper call for a global, integrated, and multi-dimensional approach combined with regional and country-specific analysis and initiatives. While responses at regional and country levels are urgently needed and funding needs to be secured, it is equally important to provide a global strategic framework and corporate guidance on policy and programming to support a long-term, coordinated response.
The corporate framework for action presented in this paper provides an indicative plan of action to ensure that innovative programs and initiatives that are already being undertaken and/or planned for the near future – at regional or country level – benefit from a global research-informed policy and programming perspective that has been developed with the engagement of a wider group of partners.
