Past activities- Capacity building and advocacy:
Regional civil society advocacy forum (3-5 May) in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania brought together more than 40 NGO representatives from ten African countries to discuss global and regional advocacy strategies to address the urgent need for resource mobilization for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care, and for replenishment of the Global Fund in October 2010. The main output of this event was a memorandum entitled “Health is Wealth”. The Regional Coordinator was among the group of nine AIDS activists detained by Tanzanian authorities as they attempted to handover the memorandum to two prominent speakers (Yvonne Chaka Chaka, the popular South African musician and UN Goodwill Ambassador for Africa, and Christoph Benn, the Director of External Relations for the GF) at the World Economic Forum on Africa on May 5-7. The group was escorted under heavy security back to their hotel, where they were instructed to gather their luggage and proceed to the airport to wait through the night, under police supervision, until their flights departed from the country the following day.
Organised by GNP+ and WAC, Young People Living with HIV consultation (June 7-9) in Amsterdam was convened for approximately 30 to 35 young people living with HIV (aged between 16 and 30) to provide the space for YPLHIV from all over the world to explore their own needs, shape a strategy for addressing these needs themselves and develop consensus on how to move forward. A statement was made during the consultation and a peer-elected YPLHIV Advisory Group has been established. The Group was formed to support the development and implementation of the GNP+ YPLHIV programme and ensure that the priorities highlighted by the community of YPLHIV remain the priorities of the programme. The Executive Assistant attended the consultation on behalf of ITPC- CATAG.
Following the recommendations of the PIW workshop held on April 20-22 in Yaoundé,Cameroon, the Regional Coordinator carried out a field visit in DRC and Central Africa Republic during the period of July 6-16 for proposal redrafting and technical assistance to PRERA, NAC-RDC (DRC) and E So Benda (CAR). It was also an opportunity for a field visit to CPPSG (DRC) and presentations on the AIDS financial crisis in the four cities visited (Lubumbashi, Mbuji Mayi, Kinshasa and Bangui).
Current and future activities
James and his crew are now preparing for the RAC meeting In Douala, Cameroon (October 12-14) and a joint donor meeting for Central and West Africa (October 18-22). Regional fund raising strategy will be the priority area of discussions.
He will also participate and be part of the organisation of a national training workshop on Universal Access to be spearheaded by World Aids Campaign in Cameroon in September.
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