The document is an annual report from AWEPA (Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa) that summarizes their activities in 2006. It discusses their capacity building programs that strengthen parliaments in Africa through workshops and seminars. It provides examples of projects in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, focusing on strengthening parliamentary oversight, women parliamentarians, and election monitoring. The report emphasizes AWEPA's role in supporting democratic development and parliamentary strengthening across Africa.
This document outlines the rules and regulations for implementing the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act in the Philippines. It establishes an Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) to coordinate efforts to prevent trafficking, protect victims, and rehabilitate those affected. The IACAT will develop programs, monitor implementation, and collaborate with other government agencies and NGOs. All relevant agencies must work to identify and assist victims, while the public is encouraged to report suspected trafficking incidents to local authorities.
Ntia bbusa preso for blandin fdn 06 18 2015Ann Treacy
The document summarizes a webinar presentation about BroadbandUSA and the Broadband Opportunity Council. It discusses how BroadbandUSA was launched by NTIA to promote broadband investment, deployment, and adoption. It also outlines how the Broadband Opportunity Council, established by President Obama, aims to improve federal coordination around broadband policies to promote access. The presentation provides details on technical assistance, resources, and initiatives that these organizations are involved in to support broadband development in communities across the US.
ESRI researcher Samantha Arnold delivered this presentation on 27 November at the European Migration Network (EMN) Ireland conference on Migrant family reunification: policy and practice. She outlined the challenges for migrants and refugees who wish to reunite with their families in Ireland.
This document summarizes the activities of AWEPA (Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa) in 2008. Some key points:
- AWEPA works to strengthen parliamentary democracy in Africa through capacity building programs with 28 African parliaments.
- In 2008, AWEPA launched a new program engaging African and European parliamentarians in the aid effectiveness debate. This led to parliamentarians influencing the Accra Agenda for Action on aid oversight.
- AWEPA also established a new program to strengthen the capacity of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly and launched the African European Parliamentary Dialogue on Climate, Food Security and Development.
- AWEPA continues supporting peace efforts in the Great Lakes region of
Northern Voices: Delivering Universal Credit and Tackling Homelessness outsid...Policy in Practice
Policy in Practice and Northern Housing Consortium hosted this important event to bring Westminster policy makers together with northern organisations.
Delegates joined central government speakers and local influencers in Leeds for this free one day workshop to exclusively hear the latest policy updates on Universal Credit managed migration from DWP and homelessness prevention from MHCLG. They helped to create a united voice of influence for people and practitioners in the north.
Attendees:
> Heard from central government about policy updates and plans
> Contributed experiences in order to influence central government
> Learned from the experiences of trailblazing organisations in the north
> Networked and benchmark with like minded peers
Who attended:
Senior decision makers, elected representatives and team leaders charged with supporting vulnerable people and tackling homelessness attended. The outputs from the table discussions will form a white paper that will be presented to DWP and MHCLG.
For further details email hello@policyinpractice.co.uk or call Donna Gallagher on 0742 8783581.
Visit www.policyinpractice.co.uk
The document is an annual report from AWEPA (Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa) that summarizes their activities in 2006. It discusses their capacity building programs that strengthen parliaments in Africa through workshops and seminars. It provides examples of projects in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, focusing on strengthening parliamentary oversight, women parliamentarians, and election monitoring. The report emphasizes AWEPA's role in supporting democratic development and parliamentary strengthening across Africa.
This document outlines the rules and regulations for implementing the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act in the Philippines. It establishes an Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) to coordinate efforts to prevent trafficking, protect victims, and rehabilitate those affected. The IACAT will develop programs, monitor implementation, and collaborate with other government agencies and NGOs. All relevant agencies must work to identify and assist victims, while the public is encouraged to report suspected trafficking incidents to local authorities.
Ntia bbusa preso for blandin fdn 06 18 2015Ann Treacy
The document summarizes a webinar presentation about BroadbandUSA and the Broadband Opportunity Council. It discusses how BroadbandUSA was launched by NTIA to promote broadband investment, deployment, and adoption. It also outlines how the Broadband Opportunity Council, established by President Obama, aims to improve federal coordination around broadband policies to promote access. The presentation provides details on technical assistance, resources, and initiatives that these organizations are involved in to support broadband development in communities across the US.
ESRI researcher Samantha Arnold delivered this presentation on 27 November at the European Migration Network (EMN) Ireland conference on Migrant family reunification: policy and practice. She outlined the challenges for migrants and refugees who wish to reunite with their families in Ireland.
This document summarizes the activities of AWEPA (Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa) in 2008. Some key points:
- AWEPA works to strengthen parliamentary democracy in Africa through capacity building programs with 28 African parliaments.
- In 2008, AWEPA launched a new program engaging African and European parliamentarians in the aid effectiveness debate. This led to parliamentarians influencing the Accra Agenda for Action on aid oversight.
- AWEPA also established a new program to strengthen the capacity of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly and launched the African European Parliamentary Dialogue on Climate, Food Security and Development.
- AWEPA continues supporting peace efforts in the Great Lakes region of
Northern Voices: Delivering Universal Credit and Tackling Homelessness outsid...Policy in Practice
Policy in Practice and Northern Housing Consortium hosted this important event to bring Westminster policy makers together with northern organisations.
Delegates joined central government speakers and local influencers in Leeds for this free one day workshop to exclusively hear the latest policy updates on Universal Credit managed migration from DWP and homelessness prevention from MHCLG. They helped to create a united voice of influence for people and practitioners in the north.
Attendees:
> Heard from central government about policy updates and plans
> Contributed experiences in order to influence central government
> Learned from the experiences of trailblazing organisations in the north
> Networked and benchmark with like minded peers
Who attended:
Senior decision makers, elected representatives and team leaders charged with supporting vulnerable people and tackling homelessness attended. The outputs from the table discussions will form a white paper that will be presented to DWP and MHCLG.
For further details email hello@policyinpractice.co.uk or call Donna Gallagher on 0742 8783581.
Visit www.policyinpractice.co.uk
This document summarizes Myanmar's process for developing a national land use policy through multi-stakeholder engagement. It outlines key lessons learned, including using a roadmap, improving working group effectiveness, ensuring quality information and effective public consultation. A vision for a democratic policy development process is presented, involving public participation to develop a higher quality policy with public ownership. The original roadmap and actions taken from 2012-2016 are detailed. The roles of different groups in the process, such as providing research, recommendations and facilitating workshops, are also described.
The document summarizes the Civil Society Development Programme, a joint initiative between UNDP and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strengthen civil society in Ukraine from 2009-2012. The program aimed to simplify CSO registration, reduce government regulation of CSOs, improve financial sustainability for CSOs, and promote transparent and accountable government policies through building the capacity of 90 Ukrainian CSOs and improving the legal environment for civil society. Key results included facilitating legal framework improvements, strengthening over 60 CSOs, and providing grants to CSOs that expanded services for vulnerable groups and enhanced citizen participation and human rights.
Civil Society Development Programme in UkraineUNDP Eurasia
The document summarizes the Civil Society Development Programme (CSDP) funded by UNDP and Denmark to strengthen civil society in Ukraine from 2009-2012. The CSDP aimed to simplify CSO registration, reduce government regulation, improve financial sustainability and policies to enable civil society participation and promote transparency. It provided grants, training and advocacy support to 90 CSOs, resulting in strengthened legal frameworks, institutional capacity of CSOs and improved support for vulnerable groups.
DEVOLUTION AND WOMEN CONFERENCE SUMMARY-signedPaddy Onyango
This document provides a summary of the Devolution and Women Conference held from May 8-9, 2014 in Naivasha, Kenya. The main goals of the conference were to safeguard gender gains and devolution established in Kenya's 2010 constitution. Over 1,300 delegates from national and county governments, women's groups, and civil society attended to discuss threats to devolution and gender equality posed by a proposed constitutional amendment bill. Key outcomes included unanimous opposition to the bill, commitments from governors to uphold gender equality, and calls for improving civic education, women's leadership skills, and civil society engagement.
The document summarizes a survey of 83 local authorities in New Zealand about their consideration of dedicated Māori representation as allowed under Section 19Z of the Local Electoral Act 2001. The key findings were:
- 53 of 63 territorial authorities and 9 of 10 regional authorities had considered establishing Māori wards/constituencies
- Reasons for not establishing them included concerns about creating a "second class" position, preference for all electors to be able to vote for all candidates, and low Māori populations in some areas.
- Issues arising include how best to provide for the interests and participation of indigenous minorities and determining appropriate representation when there is no consensus among Māori groups.
This document summarizes a white paper on reducing homelessness in Australia. It outlines the context of rising homelessness, key drivers of homelessness like poverty and domestic violence, and an overall vision and goals to halve homelessness and provide supported housing to all rough sleepers by 2020. It then describes the national approach which includes improved services, prevention and early intervention initiatives, breaking the cycle of homelessness through housing and support, and new intergovernmental agreements between the Commonwealth and states/territories to fund and implement reforms.
Presentation- E.Cape mapping case study_ ECD CoP meeting- 8 April 2014kaleylemottee
This document maps existing early childhood development (ECD) structures in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It identifies 9 main structures: 1) Network of Early Childhood Training Agencies (NECTA), 2) Eastern Cape ECD Forum, 3) Government ECD structures, 4) Eastern Cape NGO Coalition, 5) Donor Dialogue Platform, 6) Buffalo City Childcare and Development Association, 7) Further Education and Training Colleges and Higher Education Institutions, 8) Provincial structure of the SA Congress, and 9) Welfare Forum. For each structure, it provides an overview, description of its structure, and participation/representation. It also notes some key tipping points of influence and processes currently taking
CCG Gateway to the Feasibility Charrette ProcessAnn Treacy
This document introduces a broadband feasibility charrette conference that will help community leaders and consultants jumpstart broadband planning. The conference uses new models like community surveys, GIS mapping, finance models, and best practices. It will inform attendees about technology choices to maximize community benefits. The agenda includes introductions to fiber networks, wireless networks, broadband planning, and ownership models. Time is allotted for questions and discussion to help communities explore broadband options.
Inter-Parliamentary Union presentation on how to ensure gender balance in delegations, governance and panels based on their groundbreaking work in this area.
The representative discusses FAO's work with partners to implement the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests. This includes raising awareness, establishing multi-stakeholder platforms, developing capacity, and supporting national policy and law processes. The representative highlights examples of these efforts in countries like Myanmar and China. FAO hopes the Guidelines can provide a framework to improve tenure governance through inclusive dialogue at the national level.
The document summarizes how the UK parliamentary petitions system works. It explains that there is a new e-petitions website jointly run by the House of Commons and government. The Petitions Committee oversees both e-petitions and traditional paper petitions. For an e-petition to be considered, it needs six supporters and 100,000 signatures to potentially be debated. The committee can seek more information, refer petitions to other committees, or schedule debates. The goal is to give citizens a way to raise issues in Parliament that may not otherwise be debated and increase public engagement with the political process.
The APNIC EC report provided updates on:
1) Current EC members and their functions of representing members, overseeing APNIC activities, and setting strategic direction.
2) Details of EC meetings held in 2018 and plans for future meetings, including a strategic planning retreat.
3) Results of the 2018 APNIC survey that guides the organization's 4-year plan.
4) Approval of financial statements and 2019 budget with membership and revenue growth.
5) Endorsement of a new Internet number resource policy proposal.
6) Appointments to the NRO Number Council, IANA Review Committee, and a trial of new Service Partners.
This document provides information about Mat Hall and the services he offers related to illustration, visualization, and photo manipulation. It lists his areas of expertise as illustration, vector illustration, photo manipulation, re-touching, product visualization, and concept visualization and includes his website mathewhall.co.uk under each service.
The document appears to be from a 4th year secondary school class on Informatics from 2011. It includes the school name, class information, and a schedule for the week listing subjects each day. There are also some letters and words written randomly, website URLs, and a note about photos taken by two students.
This document appears to be from a 4th year secondary school class on informatics from Colegio San Patricio in 2011. It includes an encoded word search puzzle and a schedule for the week with classes like biology, history, language and more each day. It also includes some website links at the bottom related to Facebook, personal sites, YouTube, photo editing and searching.
A mindmap is a visual way of organizing ideas in a web-like structure. It uses images, colors, and branches connected to a central concept to engage both sides of the brain. Mindmaps are beneficial for brainstorming, planning, note-taking, and documenting ideas in an easy to create and visualize format. The key aspects of mindmaps include a central concept, branches of related ideas, and sub-branches of less important details represented by single keywords, colors, and images.
Prepared for specifically for students at John Carroll University, this presentation will show you how the basics of how to embed a video in Powerpoint.
Digital etiquette for wiki presentationDebra Duncan
Digital etiquette, also known as netiquette, refers to etiquette practices for electronic communication over computer networks. Netiquette originated before the World Wide Web to establish common rules for text-based communication on early internet platforms. Netiquette guidelines promote respectful, responsible and tactful online behavior and discourage flaming, or expressing strongly held opinions without restraint, as well as perpetuating flame wars between users. When communicating digitally, it is important to remember there is a real person on the other end and to treat others with the same politeness and understanding you wish to receive.
This document discusses the importance of civil society consultation in developing model laws to address HIV/AIDS. It states that civil society organizations should be at the center of both developing the laws by providing input and expertise, and implementing the laws by sensitizing others and engaging with policymakers. The document also describes the consultation process between civil society and the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum in drafting a model law, including a civil society meeting. It includes a civil society declaration to continue advocacy for human rights in the HIV response and adoption of the model law.
This document summarizes Myanmar's process for developing a national land use policy through multi-stakeholder engagement. It outlines key lessons learned, including using a roadmap, improving working group effectiveness, ensuring quality information and effective public consultation. A vision for a democratic policy development process is presented, involving public participation to develop a higher quality policy with public ownership. The original roadmap and actions taken from 2012-2016 are detailed. The roles of different groups in the process, such as providing research, recommendations and facilitating workshops, are also described.
The document summarizes the Civil Society Development Programme, a joint initiative between UNDP and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strengthen civil society in Ukraine from 2009-2012. The program aimed to simplify CSO registration, reduce government regulation of CSOs, improve financial sustainability for CSOs, and promote transparent and accountable government policies through building the capacity of 90 Ukrainian CSOs and improving the legal environment for civil society. Key results included facilitating legal framework improvements, strengthening over 60 CSOs, and providing grants to CSOs that expanded services for vulnerable groups and enhanced citizen participation and human rights.
Civil Society Development Programme in UkraineUNDP Eurasia
The document summarizes the Civil Society Development Programme (CSDP) funded by UNDP and Denmark to strengthen civil society in Ukraine from 2009-2012. The CSDP aimed to simplify CSO registration, reduce government regulation, improve financial sustainability and policies to enable civil society participation and promote transparency. It provided grants, training and advocacy support to 90 CSOs, resulting in strengthened legal frameworks, institutional capacity of CSOs and improved support for vulnerable groups.
DEVOLUTION AND WOMEN CONFERENCE SUMMARY-signedPaddy Onyango
This document provides a summary of the Devolution and Women Conference held from May 8-9, 2014 in Naivasha, Kenya. The main goals of the conference were to safeguard gender gains and devolution established in Kenya's 2010 constitution. Over 1,300 delegates from national and county governments, women's groups, and civil society attended to discuss threats to devolution and gender equality posed by a proposed constitutional amendment bill. Key outcomes included unanimous opposition to the bill, commitments from governors to uphold gender equality, and calls for improving civic education, women's leadership skills, and civil society engagement.
The document summarizes a survey of 83 local authorities in New Zealand about their consideration of dedicated Māori representation as allowed under Section 19Z of the Local Electoral Act 2001. The key findings were:
- 53 of 63 territorial authorities and 9 of 10 regional authorities had considered establishing Māori wards/constituencies
- Reasons for not establishing them included concerns about creating a "second class" position, preference for all electors to be able to vote for all candidates, and low Māori populations in some areas.
- Issues arising include how best to provide for the interests and participation of indigenous minorities and determining appropriate representation when there is no consensus among Māori groups.
This document summarizes a white paper on reducing homelessness in Australia. It outlines the context of rising homelessness, key drivers of homelessness like poverty and domestic violence, and an overall vision and goals to halve homelessness and provide supported housing to all rough sleepers by 2020. It then describes the national approach which includes improved services, prevention and early intervention initiatives, breaking the cycle of homelessness through housing and support, and new intergovernmental agreements between the Commonwealth and states/territories to fund and implement reforms.
Presentation- E.Cape mapping case study_ ECD CoP meeting- 8 April 2014kaleylemottee
This document maps existing early childhood development (ECD) structures in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It identifies 9 main structures: 1) Network of Early Childhood Training Agencies (NECTA), 2) Eastern Cape ECD Forum, 3) Government ECD structures, 4) Eastern Cape NGO Coalition, 5) Donor Dialogue Platform, 6) Buffalo City Childcare and Development Association, 7) Further Education and Training Colleges and Higher Education Institutions, 8) Provincial structure of the SA Congress, and 9) Welfare Forum. For each structure, it provides an overview, description of its structure, and participation/representation. It also notes some key tipping points of influence and processes currently taking
CCG Gateway to the Feasibility Charrette ProcessAnn Treacy
This document introduces a broadband feasibility charrette conference that will help community leaders and consultants jumpstart broadband planning. The conference uses new models like community surveys, GIS mapping, finance models, and best practices. It will inform attendees about technology choices to maximize community benefits. The agenda includes introductions to fiber networks, wireless networks, broadband planning, and ownership models. Time is allotted for questions and discussion to help communities explore broadband options.
Inter-Parliamentary Union presentation on how to ensure gender balance in delegations, governance and panels based on their groundbreaking work in this area.
The representative discusses FAO's work with partners to implement the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests. This includes raising awareness, establishing multi-stakeholder platforms, developing capacity, and supporting national policy and law processes. The representative highlights examples of these efforts in countries like Myanmar and China. FAO hopes the Guidelines can provide a framework to improve tenure governance through inclusive dialogue at the national level.
The document summarizes how the UK parliamentary petitions system works. It explains that there is a new e-petitions website jointly run by the House of Commons and government. The Petitions Committee oversees both e-petitions and traditional paper petitions. For an e-petition to be considered, it needs six supporters and 100,000 signatures to potentially be debated. The committee can seek more information, refer petitions to other committees, or schedule debates. The goal is to give citizens a way to raise issues in Parliament that may not otherwise be debated and increase public engagement with the political process.
The APNIC EC report provided updates on:
1) Current EC members and their functions of representing members, overseeing APNIC activities, and setting strategic direction.
2) Details of EC meetings held in 2018 and plans for future meetings, including a strategic planning retreat.
3) Results of the 2018 APNIC survey that guides the organization's 4-year plan.
4) Approval of financial statements and 2019 budget with membership and revenue growth.
5) Endorsement of a new Internet number resource policy proposal.
6) Appointments to the NRO Number Council, IANA Review Committee, and a trial of new Service Partners.
This document provides information about Mat Hall and the services he offers related to illustration, visualization, and photo manipulation. It lists his areas of expertise as illustration, vector illustration, photo manipulation, re-touching, product visualization, and concept visualization and includes his website mathewhall.co.uk under each service.
The document appears to be from a 4th year secondary school class on Informatics from 2011. It includes the school name, class information, and a schedule for the week listing subjects each day. There are also some letters and words written randomly, website URLs, and a note about photos taken by two students.
This document appears to be from a 4th year secondary school class on informatics from Colegio San Patricio in 2011. It includes an encoded word search puzzle and a schedule for the week with classes like biology, history, language and more each day. It also includes some website links at the bottom related to Facebook, personal sites, YouTube, photo editing and searching.
A mindmap is a visual way of organizing ideas in a web-like structure. It uses images, colors, and branches connected to a central concept to engage both sides of the brain. Mindmaps are beneficial for brainstorming, planning, note-taking, and documenting ideas in an easy to create and visualize format. The key aspects of mindmaps include a central concept, branches of related ideas, and sub-branches of less important details represented by single keywords, colors, and images.
Prepared for specifically for students at John Carroll University, this presentation will show you how the basics of how to embed a video in Powerpoint.
Digital etiquette for wiki presentationDebra Duncan
Digital etiquette, also known as netiquette, refers to etiquette practices for electronic communication over computer networks. Netiquette originated before the World Wide Web to establish common rules for text-based communication on early internet platforms. Netiquette guidelines promote respectful, responsible and tactful online behavior and discourage flaming, or expressing strongly held opinions without restraint, as well as perpetuating flame wars between users. When communicating digitally, it is important to remember there is a real person on the other end and to treat others with the same politeness and understanding you wish to receive.
This document discusses the importance of civil society consultation in developing model laws to address HIV/AIDS. It states that civil society organizations should be at the center of both developing the laws by providing input and expertise, and implementing the laws by sensitizing others and engaging with policymakers. The document also describes the consultation process between civil society and the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum in drafting a model law, including a civil society meeting. It includes a civil society declaration to continue advocacy for human rights in the HIV response and adoption of the model law.
The document summarizes an international conference titled "Countdown to 2015: Challenging orthodoxies related to SRH and HIV" that was held in London from May 17-18, 2010. Over 150 people attended the successful two-day conference, including policy advocates, NGOs, researchers, and journalists. The conference featured presentations from four DFID-funded Research Programme Consortia focusing on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, including ABBA, and provided opportunities for discussion on difficult issues. The conference explored new research on poverty reduction and progress toward gender, reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS Millennium Development Goals from different national and regional settings.
The document outlines the strategic plan and activities of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) for 2008-2012. The CPA's three main strategies are to: 1) provide core functions to promote parliamentary knowledge and cooperation, 2) organize special programs and services to meet members' changing needs, and 3) create links between parliamentarians and governance agencies. Key areas of work include sustainable development, parliamentary development, security, and human rights. The CPA aims to represent parliamentary democracy and Commonwealth values globally.
On 28 November 2011, NGO Delegate for Europe, Mat Southwell, presented an overview of the 2011 NGO Report at a UNAIDS Member States meeting in Geneva ahead of the Programme Coordinating Board gathering from 13-15 December 2011. After the presentation, States had the opportunity to ask questions and discuss its findings.
The NGO Report focuses on the experiences of people in different policy and legal environments and how those affect local HIV responses. You can read the full report in seven languages at http://unaidspcbngo.org/?page_id=15047.
An overview of the issues related to the criminalisation of HIV exposure and transmission in Australia.
This presentation was given by Sally Cameron, HIV Education and Health Promotion Officer with AFAO, at the AFAO National HIV Forum, 17 October 2014.
This document provides a guide for increasing meaningful involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) in Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs) that oversee Global Fund grants. It acknowledges that while PLHIV were initially excited by the Global Fund, their participation has varied in effectiveness. The guide aims to strengthen PLHIV roles through sharing best practices and universal principles of participation. It also reviews the Global Fund structure and CCM responsibilities to empower PLHIV representatives.
Fesibility study on HIV AIDS report April 2006Wubshet Mamo
This document provides a feasibility study for a possible HIV/AIDS program in Ethiopia. It notes that HIV/AIDS is a major crisis and development issue in Ethiopia. The study examines the capacity of local NGOs/CBOs and coordination efforts around HIV/AIDS. It identifies gaps where a program could have benefits, such as enabling more coordinated, broader and intensified efforts. The study recommends a participatory program focused on prevention, targeting at-risk groups like youth and women. Key elements would include an HIV/AIDS prevention fund and capacity building for partner organizations. The program aims to significantly reduce HIV/AIDS incidence in Ethiopia through strengthened civil society and development cooperation.
The Roma Support Group (RSG) is a community organization led by Roma people that works with over 900 Roma families in London. RSG's health projects aim to improve access to healthcare for Roma communities through advocacy, raising health awareness, and empowering community members. Key aspects of RSG's work include building trust in the community, employing Roma staff, and taking a holistic approach. RSG runs various health projects that provide advocacy, raise awareness of health services and issues, and facilitate communication between Roma communities and healthcare providers.
1. The document discusses efforts by AIDS advocacy groups in India to address denial, stigma, and discrimination faced by those living with HIV/AIDS.
2. It outlines approaches taken, including community education, sensitizing healthcare workers, empowering people living with HIV/AIDS, and advocating for policy changes.
3. A key outcome was the formation of AAROHII, a coalition of organizations, to document efforts to reduce stigma and discrimination and influence national HIV/AIDS policy and programs.
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) is a voluntary organization that promotes parliamentary democracy among Commonwealth nations. It has over 180 branches across 52 Commonwealth countries with over 16,000 parliamentarians as members. The CPA works to enhance knowledge of democratic governance and build capacity of democratic institutions through professional development programs, technical assistance and publications.
Brent Allan, Local Co-Chair of the Community Programme Committee for AIDS 2014, provides an overview of the plans for the conference with suggestions for how Australian organisations can be involved.
Day 3: Working together: national partnerships, Mr. Giorgi Kldiashvili, Insti...wepc2016
There is a range of models for good collaboration between parliaments, civil society and other partners, including multi-party working groups, parliamentary inquiries, formal commissions and other mechanisms. This session will help to identify lessons learned in establishing successful partnerships.
Costing human rights and gender equality commitments in the context of HIVGobernabilidad
The document discusses costing human rights and gender equality commitments in the context of HIV. It introduces the UNAIDS Human Rights Costing Tool (HRCT) which aims to estimate the resources needed to operationalize human rights commitments by conducting detailed activity-based costing of key human rights programs. The HRCT is a flexible Excel-based tool that can be used by program officers and financial officers to define programs, estimate costs, and inform strategic planning and budgeting. It has been piloted in 14 countries with lessons learned about identifying real costs of human rights programs and strengthening capacity for resource mobilization.
Links between positive prevention, the legal environment and programmes to em...gnpplus
This document discusses the links between positive prevention efforts, the legal environment, and programs that empower people living with HIV/AIDS. It argues that an effective response requires improving the entire legal environment through three main strategies: 1) Empowering affected communities with legal literacy and access to justice, 2) Improving law enforcement through training, and 3) Legislating or reforming discriminatory laws. Monitoring the legal environment and working with partners in government and civil society are also important. Support for essential programs that reduce stigma and discrimination, provide legal aid, and change harmful social norms need to be properly funded and scaled up. Positive prevention efforts should advocate for human rights and demand that combination prevention includes a focus on legal and policy reforms.
Regional Issues Brief : LAWS AND PRACTICES RELATING TO CRIMINALIZATION OF PEO...Yvonne Sibuea
This Regional Issues Brief has been written to provide an overview of an area of enquiry that the Global Commission
on HIV and the Law is examining – laws and practices that effectively criminalise persons living with HIV and those
most vulnerable to HIV. It has been undertaken through a literature review of laws and documentation of their
enforcement in the context of Asia and the Pacific. It serves as an information resource and complements the
report of the Regional Dialogue for Asia and the Pacific that was held under the auspices of the Global Commission
on HIV and the Law in Bangkok on 16 and 17 February 2011.
NAT is a UK charity dedicated to transforming society's response to HIV. The document discusses chemsex, which is the use of drugs to enhance sex, and NAT's efforts to address policy issues around chemsex. NAT has brought together different sectors to discuss best practices, advocated for improved and integrated services, and seen some early impacts like increased attention on chemsex in prevention programs. However, there are still policy debates around issues like funding, inconsistent screening and referrals, limited specialized services, and a mismatch between open access sexual health services and locality-based drug services. Possible solutions discussed include consistent screening, cross-boundary services, improved data collection, and specialized and generic drug services working together.
The Black Sea Countries Coalition on Breast and Cervical Cancer PreventionTamar Naskidashvili
The Black Sea Countries Coalition on Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention is a voluntary alliance of policy makers, experts, and clinicians from countries in the Black Sea region and South Caucasus. The coalition was formed to improve cancer prevention efforts in member countries by sharing knowledge and experiences, as countries are at different stages of implementation. Key objectives of the coalition include identifying and sharing successful models, establishing training centers, developing joint guidelines, and promoting cooperation with international organizations. The coalition has already launched a website, conducted country assessments, and begun capacity building programs in Georgia. Meetings have been held in Tbilisi and Istanbul to advance the coalition's work.
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2nd PLHIV conference in Belgrade, Serbia
1. Dejana Rankovic, Youth of JAZAS, Serbia
LOBBYING AND ADVOCACY
FOR IMPROVEMENT OF PLHIV
HUMAN RIGHTS IN SEE
REGION
2. Overview
• Serbian experience
• Multisectoral approach and results
achieved
• Lessons learned
• Conclusions and Recomendations
• Contribution to regional networking
and creating joint SEE advocacy
agenda
3. Serbia 2012:
• Established Union of PLHIV organizations
• Established Parliamentary Group on
HIV/AIDS
• Number of laws amended
• Recommendations of legal experts on
particular issues (Criminalization of HIV
transmission)
• Support of all stakeholders
• Increased media coverage
5. National Expert Group
• Gathering judiciary experts
• Scorecard of legislation related to PLHIV
• Consultation process
• Creating proposals
• Advising policy makers on legislations and services
• Cooperation with MPs
• Forums and debates on HIV/AIDS and human
rights
• Prosecuting court cases related to
stigma, discrimination and violation of basic
human rights
6. Empowerment of PLHIV
• Forming and supporting organisations
and self-help groups
• Training in organizational
management, project
development, lobby and advocacy
• Development and production of
educational material
• Establishment of the Union of PLHIV
organizations in Serbia (USOP)
7. Parliamentary group on HIV/AIDS
• Identifying MPs who are interested to join the
group and gathering the group
• Holding seminars for MPs on HIV/AIDS, human
rights and public health
• Holding regular consultations with PLHIV and
other civil society organizations, Parliamentary
Committee on Health, National Office for HIV/AIDS
and other stakeholders
• Proposing a legislation on the rights of PLHIV to
Parliament
• Influencing debate and legislation on HIV/AIDS
• Visits to other Parliamentary Groups on HIV/AIDS
and reproductive health
8. Results
Law prohibiting discrimination
Amendment submitted by Parliamentary group on HIV/AIDS
Article 250 of the Criminal law
Amendment submitted by member of Parliamentary group on
HIV/AIDS
Law prohibiting mobbing
Amendment prepared by Expert group and Parliamentary group
on HIV/AIDS
Request of the Speaker of the Serbian Parliament to the Prime Minister
Successful partnering and performing the supervising role of the
National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
National plan of development of Health Protection
Adopted amendment to other documents within the National
Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, submitted by Parliamentary
on HIV/AIDS
9. Lessons learned
• There is space for improvement for coordinated
action in setting priorities on behalf of the entire
PLHIV community and its approach to the
development of assistance and support to PLHIV.
• There is still work ahead to develop clear and
coordinated policies and plans for future
development.
• Intensive communication with all stakeholders
and beneficiaries is crucial to ensure dialogue
• Personal contacts of stakeholders and politicians
with PLHIV ensures much better understanding of
PLHIV problems and support in the Parliament
10. Recommendations
• Create national partnership of Members of
Parliament and CSOs aiming to protect human
rights of PLHIV and affected groups
• Create partnership on the regional level with the
joint strategic programe aiming to ensure the full
realization of all human rights and fundamental
freedoms of people living with and affected by HIV.
• Establish regional CSO network that is able to
present joint strategic programmes
• Government institutions in every country in the
region recognize the importance of the issue and
value of civil society participation in the processes
of protection of human rights of PLHIV