Martijn Pakker . EU Policy Advisor . Stop AIDS Alliance

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Advocacy capacity building in the south
Martijn Pakker . EU Policy Advisor . Stop AIDS
Alliance
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situation analysis

• Current funding trends
• Focusing on GBS
• Governments have more ownership
• Civil society participation!!
• EU-Africa relations de-centralised

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situation analysis

• What is needed for effective advocacy?
• Field experience
• Research
• Network
• Good working relations CSO-govt
• Need for training in lobby and advocacy
• Governments
• Donors (local and international)

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the importance of north-south-north collaboration

• North-South
• Experience
• Contacts
• Expertise in advocacy
• South - North
• Field experience
• What has already been done?
• What is effective?

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stop aids alliance in brief
STOP AIDS NOW! (SAN!) (Netherlands)
International HIV/AIDSAlliance (IHAA) (UK)
Stop AIDS Alliance (Brussels)
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Futureplans

• Regional Support Hubs
• Africa Regional Policy
• South South collaboration
• Common policy and lobby goals
• North South North collaboration bringing the
  North closer to the south and the south closer to
  the north

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Futureplans

• North-South-North capacity building
• TA to increase capacities of southern partners
  to
• advocate
• Strengthen relations with governments and donors
  (EU delegations)
• Fundraising and GFATM grants training
• Push for CS participation in MTR of CSPs
• Build capacity of local CBOs and NGOs to provide
  valuable and critical input in the MTR

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what can we do?

• What are the strengths? Our partners?
• What are our challenges?
• What opportunities can we grasp?
• What are the threats to success?

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Some questions to help

• What information do you need to properly address
  the advocacy needs in the South?
• What organisations should be involved in the
  capacity building? How?
• What benefits will you get from working with your
  southern partners?
• What critical entry points can be identified for
  effective advocacy?
• Who can you partner with in the North?
• What technical assistance can be offered
  alongside advocacy and policy influencing?