HIV Consortium for Partnerships

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HIV Consortium for Partnerships in Asia and the
Pacific Mark Bebbington
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AcknowledgementsThanks to

• Representatives of the Consortium Members
• AusAID Health and HIV/AIDS Thematic Group
• Marina Carman

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Background

• AusAID HIV/AIDS Workforce Capacity Development
  Strategy 2007-2011
• to build the capacity of organisations and
  individuals in the Asia/Pacific region to address
  HIV/AIDS

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Regional Capacity Building Program

• to foster strategic partnerships and linkages
  between Australian HIV organisations and
  counterpart organisations in the Asia and Pacific
  regions to increase the capacity of partners to
  contribute to effective HIV responses.

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AusAID Asia Pacific HIV/AIDS Workforce Capacity
Development Strategy
Component 4 Linking Australian HIV
organisations with in-country partners.
AusAID Regional HIV/AIDS Capacity Building Program
HIV Consortium
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Consortium Members

• Albion Street Centre
• ASHM
• National Serology Reference Laboratory
• AFAO
• AIVL
• Scarlet Alliance

• NCHSR
• ARCSHS
• NCHECR

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The Consortiums Approach

• Partnership
• Capacity Building
• Responding to need
• Collaboration
• Sustainability
• Cross-cutting approach

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The Consortiums Approach

• Partnership
• Capacity Building
• Responding to need
• Collaboration
• Sustainability
• Cross-cutting approach

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The Consortiums Approach

• Partnership
• Capacity Building
• Responding to need
• Collaboration
• Sustainability
• Cross-cutting approach

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The Consortiums Approach

• Partnership
• Capacity Building
• Responding to need
• Collaboration
• Sustainability
• Cross-cutting approach

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The Consortiums Approach

• Partnership
• Capacity Building
• Responding to need
• Collaboration
• Sustainability
• Cross-cutting approach

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The Consortiums Approach

• Partnership
• Capacity Building
• Responding to need
• Collaboration
• Sustainability
• Cross-cutting approach

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Implementation

• Establishment and planning (Jan June 2008)
• Implementation (July 2008 June 2011)
• Indonesia, Timor Leste, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos,
  and the Pacific
• Involves ongoing liaison with partners and
  project development

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Challenges

• Partnerships are long-term but program is time
  limited
• Funding constraints
• Primary domestic focus of Consortium members
• Newly established consortium approach

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Thank you