Programme

Day One and Day Two will focus on workshops that engage midwives in building their organisations and provide opportunities to enhance midwifery practice and build capacity within your association. Whether you’re part of a national midwives’ association, a regional or local branch, or a student organisation, these sessions are designed to support your growth and development.

All participants will be allocated into groups and scheduled to attend all six workshops. 

Day Three will offer half- and full-day midwifery practice skills workshops, covering a variety of topics organised by ICM and its partners. These sessions will delve deeper into practical skills and advanced techniques, ensuring that participants leave with enhanced knowledge and capabilities to apply in their daily practice.

Ahead of the conference, delegates will receive an email prompting them to select the specific workshops they wish to attend on day three. Due to space limitations, registration for workshops on that day will be mandatory. 

All workshops will be conducted in English.

Descriptions and information about the workshops below.

Day 1

 

Friday, 8 November 2024

08:00 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:00
10:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 12:00
12:00 - 12:15
12:15 - 13:45
13:45 - 14:00
14:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
16:00 - 17:30
17:30 - 19:30
Europe 5-6
Registration
Opening
Coffee & Tea Break
Lunch and Poster review
-
Lunch and Poster review
Coffee & Tea Break
Welcome Reception
Europe 4
Registration
Opening
Coffee & Tea Break
Lunch and Poster review
Lunch and Poster review
Coffee & Tea Break
Welcome Reception
Europe 3
Registration
Opening
Coffee & Tea Break
Lunch and Poster review
-
Lunch and Poster review
Coffee & Tea Break
Welcome Reception
Europe 2
Registration
Opening
Coffee & Tea Break
Lunch and Poster review
-
Lunch and Poster review
Coffee & Tea Break
Welcome Reception

Day 2

 

Saturday, 9 November 2024

08:00 - 09:00
09:00 - 10:30
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:30
12:30 - 13:00
13:00 - 13:45
13:45 - 14:30
14:30 - 16:00
16:00 - 16:30
16:30 - 18:00
20:00
Europe 5-6
Registration
Coffee & Tea Break
Lunch and Poster review
-
Lunch and Poster review
Coffee & Tea Break
Social event
Europe 3
Registration
Coffee & Tea Break
Lunch and Poster review
-
Lunch and Poster review
Coffee & Tea Break
Social event
Europe 2
Registration
Coffee & Tea Break
Lunch and Poster review
-
Lunch and Poster review
Coffee & Tea Break
Social event

Day 3

 

Sunday, 10 November 2024

09:00 - 09:45
09:45 - 10:00
10:00 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 - 13:00
13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 16:30
17:00 - 18:00
Europe 4
Plenary session
Break
Coffee & Tea Break
Lunch
Closing Session
Europe 6
Plenary session
Break
Coffee & Tea Break
Lunch
Closing Session

If you select a full-day workshop, it will be the sole workshop you attend for the day, and you will not have the option to rotate through multiple workshops. Conversely, if you choose a half-day workshop, you will be required to attend an additional half-day workshop to complete your schedule.

Note: you will receive an email prior to the conference asking you to select your workshops.

How (anyone) can use data to advocate for midwives

Facilitator: Jessica White, Faridah Luyiga
Language: English

Advocacy for midwives and maternal health is most successful when it is powered by data. However, it is often difficult to find verified, credible information. This workshop will introduce participants to the power of the Global Midwives’ Hub, the information it holds, and how to use it for data-driven advocacy. It’s also an opportunity to share your advocacy success stories and midwifery data needs with ICM and shape the future of the Hub.

 

Stronger midwives’ associations for healthier women and babies

Facilitator: Shree Mandke, Aigul Kasymova
Language: English

Evidence shows that strong and sustainable midwives’ associations help grow the profession, which means that mothers and babies have better outcomes. But, MAs need sustained funding and investment from different sources.

This workshop will introduce participants to the ‘Why Invest in Midwives’ Associations Policy Brief, which outlines who, how and why invest in MAs.

Making Midwife Models of Care Work

Facilitator: Sally Pairman, Zab Franklin

Language: English

Continuity of Midwife Care produces the best outcomes for women and their babies. However, midwives need an enabling environment to deliver continuity of midwife care effectively.
This workshop will enable participants to explore continuity of midwife care and the enabling environment that is necessary, including concepts such as autonomy, accountability, policy, integration, continuity, and midwife-led birthing centres.

Every midwife is a leader

Facilitator: Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent

Language: English

Midwives and midwifery associations are often left out of formal decision-making spaces. This means midwives must often bring their own chairs to decision-making tables, and raise their voices to even be considered.
This workshop will introduce participants to different ways midwives can and should lead: formally, informally, cross-generationally, and more.

Midwives: Essential humanitarian responders

Facilitator: Neha Mankani, Liselotte Kweekel
Language: English

During and after a disaster there are almost always interruptions in reproductive and maternity services. Midwives are uniquely positioned, but not always prepared, to quickly mobilise and provide essential care for women and babies.
This workshop will present humanitarian response tools available to midwives through the experiences of others who have responded to these crises.

 

Good governance and healthy finances for midwives’ associations

Facilitator: Leefke Hinderlich, Nikkie Yeaman
Language: English

Running a midwives’ association, be it national, regional or for students, requires a skill set that midwives are often not taught or mentored in. These skills are essential for the success of the MA, which in turn is essential for the growth of a strong profession.
This workshop will guide participants through critical, but often missing topics such as good governance, financial management and membership engagement.

Using stories to PUSH for midwives

Facilitator: Daniela Drandic and Ana Gutierrez
Language: English

Stories have power when they are adapted to their audience, and told in a compelling way. This basic communications workshop will teach participants how and where to tell compelling stories about midwifery and its impact on communities. It will also help participants map and shape strategies for reaching different communications stakeholders, like women’s organisations and policymakers, to advance the profession.

Alliance for Improvements in Midwifery Education (AIME): Developing competent midwives

Facilitator: International Confederation of Midwives, Laerdal
Language: English

Full Day Workshop

Explore the 2024 update of the ICM Essential Competencies for Midwifery Practice Learning Tool through a new hands on, peer-to-peer digital learning tool for midwifery students. The tool encourages students to practice their skills more often, using a safe, peer-to-peer environment, while providing midwifery teachers with flexibility and feedback on students’ progress. This workshop will introduce participants to the Learning Tool and provide an opportunity to explore how they can use it in their own teaching.

Satellite Symposium

Exploring Effective Midwives Practices: Advancing Childbirth Pain Management

Facilitator: Messer SE & Co. KGaA
Language: English

  • Prof. Viktoria Vivilaki, Midwifery Department, University of West Attica
  • Dr. med. Jarmila Zdanowicz, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland

Twinning for Strong and United Midwives’ Associations

Facilitator: International Confederation of Midwives
Language: English

Half Day Workshop

Learn about how twinning can unite midwives and support and grow your midwives’ association through the experiences of ICM’s Twin to Win Programme. Twinning is a cross-cultural, reciprocal process where two groups or people work together to achieve joint goals. During this workshop, participants will learn more about the methodology of twinning, its dynamic character, and the preconditions for a successful twinning project. It will provide them the opportunity to start planning their own twinning project, as well as explore opportunities to apply for funding through the Erasmus+ programme.

 

Day Three will offer half- and full-day midwife practice skills workshops, covering a variety of topics, organised by ICM and its partners. The list of workshops will be regularly updated, so be sure to check back for new additions!

Person Centred and Respectful Midwifery Care for Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Migrants

Facilitator: International Confederation of Midwives
Language: English

Full Day Workshop

Europe is experiencing diverse migration flows, placing midwives at the forefront of providing care to women from various cultural backgrounds, including refugees and asylum seekers. This full-day workshop will equip midwives with the essential knowledge and skills to navigate the unique challenges and considerations in providing culturally competent maternity care to these vulnerable populations. We will delve into the impact of potential trauma, communication barriers, and distinct cultural practices related to pregnancy and childbirth, while also exploring our own biases to ensure equitable and sensitive care for all.

 

Comprehensive abortion care

Facilitator: World Health Organization
Language: English

Full Day Workshop

Explore WHO guidelines and tools on the effective implementation of quality abortion care, including the Abortion Care Guideline and Family Planning and Comprehensive Abortion Care Toolkit for the Primary Health Workforce. Part of the workshop will focus on hands-on training of select comprehensive abortion care competencies.

 

Physiological Breech Birth

Facilitator: Breech Birth Network
Language: English

Full Day Workshop

Designed for clinical skills trainers, obstetricians, midwives, and paramedics, this workshop will provide an engaging and interactive update on professional skills to facilitate physiological breech births, planned or unexpected, and how to teach these skills to others. The focus is on collaborative, multi-professional working to improve the safety of vaginal breech birth using the skills of all maternity care professionals.

Regional Meeting for Europe

The Regional Meetings are for formal representatives (President, Vice President, Secretary,Treasurer, etc.) of ICM Member Associations only.

 

Scaling up Midwifery Units in Europe: tools to start an implementation project

Facilitator: Midwifery Unit Network
Language: English

Half Day Workshop

In this workshop participants will learn about implementation experiences for midwifery units across Europe and have the opportunity to engage in discussions. Participants will learn how to conduct a context and stakeholder analysis and mapping, with the goal of developing a strategic plan for the implementation of new midwifery units, focusing on barriers and facilitators.

 

Day Three will offer half- and full-day midwife practice skills workshops, covering a variety of topics, organised by ICM and its partners. The list of workshops will be regularly updated, so be sure to check back for new additions!