Agenda

Background, Objectives and Agenda - DRAFT
Second Consultative Meeting on Rethinking HIV/AIDS and Development:
A Review of USAID's Progress in Africa - March 12-13, 2002
Academy of Educational Development Conference Center, 8th Floor
1825 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington DC

Background

In September 1999, USAID convened a Consultative Meeting on 'AIDS as a Development Crisis in Africa: Rethinking Strategies and Results' in Washington. At this meeting USAID and selected staff from other agencies deliberated for two days on the development crisis resulting from high and growing HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Africa. Different sectors have made considerable progress since this meeting, however, more needs to be done since HIV prevalence has continued to rise in much of Africa, the number of AIDS cases has increased, and the full impact of the disease is beginning to be felt. It is appropriate, therefore, to convene a second consultative meeting on the theme of AIDS and development to review progress that has been made and lessons learned and to identify new directions to take.

Objectives of the Consultative Meeting:

The objective of the meeting in March will be to:

(a) Review the progress made by different sectors in addressing HIV/AIDS since the meeting in 1999

(b) Determine future directions in sectoral strategies and programs in light of the worsening epidemic

(c) Suggest ways to strengthen support to the field for HIV/AIDS program in all sectors

The objectives will be achieved by:
- Discussing emerging effective sectoral and inter-sectoral approaches in dealing with HIV/AIDS and the lessons learnt in adopting them
- Determining ways to collaborate and coordinate activities with other agencies
- Identifying mechanisms within and outside USAID for funding multisectoral approaches
- Reviewing and adopting recently developed monitoring and evaluation plans

Day 1

08:30 - 9:00 Continental breakfast and registration

09:00 - 09:30 Session 1 - Opening session
Chair, Alan Whiteside, HEARD, South Africa

Welcome and Purpose of the Meeting - Hope Sukin
Opening remarks Emmy Simmons

09:30 - 10:30 Session 2 - Setting the Scene
Chair, Tom Park

Scale of the Epidemic - Karen Stanecki, US Bureau of the Census
Economic and Demographic Impact of AIDS- Alan Whiteside
Multisectoral Approaches- Review of Definition and Progress - Ishrat Z. Husain

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee

11:00 - 13:00 Session 3 - Emerging Issues
Chair, Paul Delay

Mitigating impact through work force development programs - Buff Mackenzie

Responding to the systemic impact of HIV/AIDS on sectors: Examples from education - Brad Strickland and Peter Babcock-Walters

Accelerating the implementation of youth focussed prevention and care programs - Peter McDermott

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 16:00 Session 4 - Small working groups: What we have done, what we have learnt and where do we go

Education - Brad Strickland
Democracy and Governance - Robert Groelsema
Agriculture and Food Security- George Gardner and Rene Berger
Natural Resource Management- Jon Anderson
Health Reforms - Karen Cavanaugh and Peter Babcock- Walters
Economic Development and Micro-enterprise- Madeline Cauthier and K. Mckee
Crisis and Conflict- Ajit Joshi and Kate Crawford
Faith based and other community organisations - Buckingham/Heffner

16:00 - 17:00 Session 5: Sectoral Responses: Lessons Learned/Report from the Small Groups
Chair, Harriet Destler

Day 2

8:30 - 9:30 Session 6 - Promising Practices - Country Examples
Chair, Kate Crawford

Zambia, Robert Clay
South Africa, Neal Cohen

9:30 - 11:30 Session 7 - Panel Discussion: Strengthening Partnerships and Funding for Multisectoral Programs
Panelists- Felice Apter, Robert Clay, Keith Hansen, Monique Derfuss, David Clark

Coffee/tea available throughout the morning

11:30 - 12:30 Session 8 - Monitoring and Evaluation: Multisectoral Indicators Chair, John Novak
Laurie Liskin, DAI

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 15:00 Session 9 - Small Group Discussions: Developing Multisectoral Action Plans for the next 2 to 5 years

Education - Brad Strickland
Democracy and Governance - Robert Groelsema
Agriculture and Food Security- George Gardner and Rene Berger
Natural Resource Management- Jon Anderson
Health Reforms - Karen Cavanaugh and Peter Babcock- Walters
Economic Development and Micro-enterprise- Madeline Cauthier and K. Mckee
Crisis and Conflict- Ajit Joshi and Kate Crawford
Faith based and other community organisations - Buckingham/Heffner

15:10 - 16:10 Session 10 - Action Plan-Report Back from Small Groups
Chair, Buff Mckenzie

16:10 - 17:00 Session 11 - Next Steps and Closure Day I and 2
Chair, Hope Sukin

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