Bringing Civil Society’s Voice into Suco Council Discussions in Timor-Leste

The MOH recently introduced its first-ever health sector partnership and coordination manual to guide collaboration with a range of health sector stakeholders, including REBAS-TL and its member CSOs. The manual clearly identifies the engagement mechanisms where REBAS-TL/CSOs could participate to discuss health issues that impact the population at national and municipality levels. Currently, however, there is no clear mechanism for CSOs to engage in health system strengthening at the village level and below.