Program: Human Rights and Business Roundtable

Companies and NGOs in Indonesia have formed a Health and Business Roundtable to build the relationships, trust, and learning needed for partnerships to improve workplace and community health and reach more women in particular with health resources.

The first five case studies based on presentations at the Health & Business Roundtable Indonesia (HBRI) are now available. Click here to go to the case studies.

The Health & Business Roundtable Indonesia (HBRI) was formed in January of 2008 by companies and NGOs to build the relationships, trust, and learning needed for partnerships to improve workplace and community health. They developed guidelines for the process that allows members to freely exchange information on their interests, concerns, activities, challenges, and ideas for addressing health issues and health-related issues including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal and child health, clean water, and sanitation. Members discuss how they can partner effectively with each other and with local governments to ensure sustainable services and programs to improve health.

As of April 2010, more than 70 organizations are participating in half-day sessions held quarterly that are for members only and off-the-record. Meetings showcase presentations by companies and NGOs on partnerships supporting sustainable health services in the workplace and communities. Presentations are used to prepare case studies on how the partnerships are formed and implemented and their results. Roundtable sessions are complemented by technical workshops on partnership skills such as how to identify and select partners, communicate more effectively with each other, and measure partnership needs, progress, and results. The group communicates between sessions through a members-only online group. Products and outcomes of HBRI as of June 2009 include four case studies and one new partnership.

HBRI is an activity of Company-Community Partnerships for Health in Indonesia (CCPHI), a project led by the Public Health Institute (PHI) with The Fund for Peace (FfP) and funded by the Ford Foundation. The project facilitates health-related partnerships among companies, NGOs, and local governments. HBRI is modeled after the Human Rights and Business Roundtable, a 13-year project of FfP.

In May 2009, CCPHI launched the transition to ensure sustainability of HBRI and its products by working with two Indonesian NGOs to assume responsibility for its activities. Pacivis, an NGO with eight years of facilitation and NGO capacity-building experience, facilitated the sixth HBRI Roundtable session and will convene additional sessions in response to member needs. Jurnal Perempuan (JP), an NGO with 14 years of research and communication experience on gender equality issues including health, translated the first case study into Bahasa Indonesian and will translate more case studies. It will disseminate partnership information throughout Indonesia. JP’s translations mark the first in-kind contribution by a member of HBRI to further HBRI sustainability. Chevron also marked the transition as the first member to provide financial support to sustain HBRI by sponsoring the sixth Roundtable session and third workshop.

The members of the group as of April 2010 are:

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