PHA-Exchange> COLLABORATION & EXCHANGE FOR HIV/AIDS ORGANISATIONS Call for Participation - South/South/North

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South/South/North Communication HIV/AIDS 
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The Drum Beat - Issue 149 - Special - Exchanging information for HIV/AIDS
June 17, 2002

from The Communication Initiative...global forces...local choices...critical
voices...telling stories...

Partners: The Rockefeller Foundation, BBC World Service Trust, The 
CHANGE
Project, CIDA, The European Union, Exchange, FAO, Johns Hopkins 
University
Center for Communication Programs, The Panos Institute, Soul City, The 
Synergy
Project, UNAIDS, UNICEF, USAID, WHO.

Chair of Partners Group: Denise Gray-Felder, Rockefeller Foundation 
dgray-felder at rockfound.org Director: Warren Feek wfeek at comminit.com 
Website:
http://www.comminit.com

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COLLABORATION & EXCHANGE FOR HIV/AIDS ORGANISATIONS

'twinning against AIDS' - http://www.comminit.com/icad/ - is a project seeking
input from around the world on how best to enhance the exchange of 
information,
skills, and experience on HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment and support. 
The
project seeks your ideas about how Information & Communication 
Technologies
(ICTs) can be used to strengthen and further develop the capacity of
organisations responding to the global AIDS crisis to share their experiences,
learn from each other, and develop more effective tools in their work.

TWINNING SURVEY

'twinning against AIDS' seeks to gather ideas informed from as wide a set of
experiences as possible through a survey available on-line and via e-mail.  It
is supported by a website and a discussion forum through which interim 
results
of the survey will be available and further comments welcomed.

You can fill out the survey at - http://www.comminit.com/icad/ - through the
'twinning against AIDS' web site survey section or you can send an e-mail
requesting the survey to twinning at comminit.com and we will send a Word 
version
to you.  Simply fill it in and send it back to us.  The survey is available
on-line and in Word in English, French & Spanish.

'Twinning' refers to a formal, substantive collaboration in which 2 or more AIDS
Service Organisations (ASOs), NGOs, research and other institutions 
anywhere in
the world come together to contribute to each others work and to learn from 
each
other's experiences.

'twinning against AIDS' is a project of the Interagency Coalition on AIDS &
Development (ICAD) and The Communication Initiative guided by an 
international
steering committee with representatives from the Global AIDS Action 
Network, the
Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organizations (APCASO), Policy 
Research
International, Health & Development Networks,  Acción Ciudadana Contra el 
SIDA
(ACCSI), Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Organizaciones No 
Gubernamentales con
Servicio en VIH/SIDA (LACCASO), the OneWorld Africa AIDS Channel, ICT4D 
at the
International Research Development Centre (IDRC), Panos West Africa, and 
the VSO
Regional AIDS Initiative of Southern Africa (RAISA).  It is supported
financially by CIDA.

TWINNING CASE STUDIES
more available at http://www.comminit.com/icad/case-studies.html#alp

1. AIDS Law Project - Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network Partnership
(collaboration on specific initiatives)
The AIDS Law Project, based in South Africa, and the Canadian HIV/AIDS 
Legal
Network have a formal partnership agreement through which they work 
together to
improve awareness and understanding of the legal, ethical and human rights
impact of the global spread of HIV/AIDS; to promote regular communication
between both organisations at management and operational levels; and to
undertake joint activities in the areas of research, publications, the creation
and support of networks, conferences, and other educational activities. The
agreement calls on the partners to promote the partnership within their
respective organisations and to integrate the partnership into their workplans.
It encourages affordable personal contact between staff from the 2 
organisations
through meetings at international HIV/AIDS events.

Contact Mark Heywood, Head AIDS Law Project, Centre for Applied Legal 
Studies  
125ma3he at solon.law.wits.ac.za OR Ralf Jürgens, Executive Director, 
Canadian
HIV/AIDS Legal Network  ralfj at aidslaw.ca

2. Haemophilia Foundation Victoria - Hemophilia Association of the Philippines
for Love & Services (a project involving information and technical exchanges)
The Haemophilia Foundation Victoria (HFV), in Australia, and the Hemophilia
Association of the Philippines for Love & Services (HAPLOS) formalized a
twinning partnership during a visit in 1999 by two HFV delegates to the
Philippines. The two organisations agreed to a set of working priorities and
developed a joint three-year action plan. They plan to exchange information on
administration and programming. HFV plans to provide assistance to 
HAPLOS on
developing e-mail communication, setting up an office, investigating sources of
funding, developing information materials and organising a conference.

Contact Jennifer Ross, Executive Director, Haemophilia Foundation Australia 
fhaust at haemophilia.org.au website: http://www.haemophilia.org.au OR 
Violeta
Magsuci, Hemophilia Association of the Philippines for Love & Services 
ustpedia at pacific.net.ph

TWINNING RESOURCES

Beyond Our Borders: A Guide to Twinning for HIV/AIDS Organisations
- a source of basic information on planning and implementing twinning 
projects.
[PDF] http://www.comminit.com/icad/pdf/twinning.pdf

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HIV COMMUNICATION & THE PANOS INSTITUTE

The Panos Institute is producing a report on HIV Communication outlining the
different ways in which organisations in the North and the South use
communication projects in the response to HIV/AIDS.

In the report, The Panos Institute will argue that there are many valuable
communication initiatives running in this field but that some approaches fail to
build on the lessons that should have been learnt in the response to HIV. They
will show how some initiatives can even undermine locally driven responses to
HIV/AIDS by taking the emphasis away from sustainable community action, 
using
inappropriate messages or channels of communication or by unwittingly
reinforcing HIV related stigma and prejudice.

A key question within this document will be "who drives the response to
HIV/AIDS" - looking at communication activities as both a help and a 
hindrance
for community empowerment. Using examples in Uganda, Senegal, and 
Zambia they
aim to show how open public dialogue and debate can and should inform and
catalyse an effective, locally driven response to HIV/AIDS. In tackling this
subject they will be drawing upon the experiences and perspectives of
individuals and organisations in the south to form a constructive critique of
international HIV/AIDS policy. They are also working directly with donors to
gain a picture of their work with HIV Communication.  

PANOS SURVEY

With the support of The Communication Initiative, Panos is conducting an 
online
questionnaire in order to gauge needs and priorities in relation to HIV/AIDS
communication programming around the globe. The results and findings will be
featured in the forthcoming Panos Report and in other media materials on this
issue that are produced with their media partners Interworld Radio and Gemini
and/or Panos Features.  This questionnaire is available in English at -
http://www.panos.org.uk/hivsurvey/

Contact aids at panoslondon.org.uk for further information.

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THE XIV CONFERENCE

XIV International Conference on AIDS will be July 7-12 in Barcelona, Spain, 
with
a theme of 'knowledge and commitment for action'. The framework of the 
meeting
aims to facilitate participation from around the world, particularly the most
affected areas such as sub-Saharan Africa, South & Southeast Asia, Eastern
Europe and Latin America & the Caribbean.
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2002/453-event.html Contact
aids2002 at aids2002.com

Satellite meetings on specific issues related to HIV/AIDS will take place
on-site and in other locations around the world.  Just a few include:

Satellite Session: Time to Treat - Transforming Aids Treatment from Right to
Reality http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2002/1111-event.html

Oxfam International Satellite Session on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2002/1143-event.html

Satellite Session: Addressing Stigma & Disclosure: Fresh Approaches & 
Lessons
Learned from the Field http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2002/1160-
event.html

Satellite meeting: "Scaling up a comprehensive response to prevent HIV
transmission to pregnant women, mothers & their children"
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2002/1145-event.html

Satellite Session: What is the future of prevention in the era of ARVs & 
vaccine
& microbicide trials? http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2002/1161-
event.html

Satellite Session on Adherence at AIDS 2002
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2002/1041-event.html

Satellite Session: New Approaches in HIV/AIDS Programming
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2002/1162-event.html

Satellite Session: Scaling Up: Grounded Realities
http://www.comminit.com/events_cal/2002/1163-event.html

OneWorld Spain presentation on the AIDSChannel - a multimedia portal.  This 
will
touch on AIDS Radio, AIDS TV, and an introduction to the Spanish/Catalan
AIDSChannel.  There will also be a poster presentation.  Contact Catherine
Ndashe Phiri, AIDSChannel Editor  catherine.phiri at oneworld.net

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