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AGENDA
Day
1 – October 16, 2002
08:30 – 9:00 Coffee and Registration
09:00 – 09:40 Session 1 — Opening
Session
Chair, Ron Howard, OIC International
Welcome
and Introductions
• Connie Newman, Bureau for Africa, USAID
Opening Remarks
• Anne Peterson, Bureau for Global Health, USAID
• Emmy Simmons, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade,
USAID
Objective: To introduce the conference and to provide an overview
of the impact of HIV/AIDS on different sectors and their responses.
09:40 – 11:00 Session 2 — Setting
the Scene
Chair, Jack Lesar, Academy for Educational Development
• The Nature
and Determinants of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic – David Stanton, USAID
• Scale and Impact of the Epidemic – Karen Stanecki, US
Bureau of the Census
• Multisectoral Approaches: Review of Definition and Progress
– Barrie Hofman, NDI
Objective: To outline the basic factors of HIV/AIDS: its nature,
the magnitude of the disease and current trends. This session will explain
the concept of multisectoral approaches and how it can be operationalized
in the field including tools, methodologies, and resources available
to support PVO multisectoral efforts.
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee/Tea Break
11:15 – 13:00 Session 3 — Intersectoral
Issues (concurrent sessions)
Promising Practices – Intersectoral working groups: What
we have done, what we have learned and where do we go?
Sesion topics and
organizers:
• Gender/Women — Ellen Weiss, ICRW
• OVC — Marie-Christine Anastasi, Plan International and
Ann Claxton, World Vision
• Youth — Patricia Langan, International Youth Foundation
• Conflict/Humanitarian — Ann Claxton, World Vision
• Workplace — Clarence Hall, Africare
• Advocacy — Gardiner Offutt, CARE and John Zarafonetis,
InterAction
• Capacity Building — Mary O’Neil, Management Sciences
for Health
Objective: The small groups will be participatory forums to present
some promising practices and challenges that PVOs have encountered in
cross-cutting areas related to HIV/AIDS. Group discussions will be organized
around key themes but will be focused around the priorities established
within the group. Illustrative key themes are:
a. priority actions required at the program and policy level to respond
to the current situation
b. promising approaches with respect to those actions
c. the role PVOs can play to implement the actions and bring about policy
changes
d. type of capacity and resources the PVOs need to make a difference
and measure progress
13:00 – 14:30 Session 4 — Toolfair/Networking
Lunch
Objective: To share tools and lessons from groups that have experience
working in HIV/AIDS. A representative will be available to answer questions
and to network with interested individuals.
14:30 – 16:30 Session 5 — **Promising
Practices – Intersectoral working groups: What we have done, what
we have learned and where do we go?
** This will be a repeat of Session 3. Participants should sign up for
a different session than the one they attended in the morning.
16:30 – 17:00 Session 6 — Small Group
Chairs and Rapporteurs Meeting
Objective: To develop a synthesis of the first day that can be presented
in the report back session.
Day 2 – October 17, 2002
8:30 –
9:40 Session 8 — Panel Discussion: Strengthening
Capacity, Partnerships, and Sustainability
Chairs, Mary Kathryn Cope, IESC; Sharon Pauling, Bureau for Africa, USAID
Panelists:
• Nicky Davies, International HIV/AIDS Alliance
• Mary O’Neil, MSH
• Steve LaVake, YouthNet
• Jason Heffner, USAID/CORE Initiative
Short remarks, followed by Q&A.
Objective: To discuss ways of strengthening partnerships and increasing
capacity to assure a sustained coordinated response to the epidemic.
9:40 – 10:40 Session 9 — Panel Discussion:
Emerging Funding Mechanisms
Chair, Hope Sukin, Bureau for Africa, USAID
Panelists:
• Richard Burzynski, The International Council of AIDS Services
Organizations, representing the Global Trust Fund
• Dennis Whittle, Development Space
• Polly Mott, PACT/REACH Project
• Gates Foundation
(tentative)
Short remarks, followed by Q&A.
Objective: To discuss potential funding sources that might be available
to PVOs/NGOs.
10:40 – 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break
11:00 – 12:30 Session 10 — Small
Group Discussions: Sectoral Strategies and Responses
Session topic and
organizers:
• Education — Ken Rhodes and May Rihani, Academy for Educational
Development
• Democracy and Governance — Paola Lang, PACT
• Agriculture and Food Security — John DeBoer, Winrock International
• Natural Resource Management — Joan Parker, Development
Alternatives, Inc.
• Health — Gilbert Kombe, Abt Associates
• Economic Development and Micro-enterprise — M.K. Cope,
IESC
Objective: The small groups will be participatory forums to discuss
promising practices and challenges that PVOs have encountered in specific
sector areas related to HIV/AIDS. Group discussions will be organized
around key questions but will be focused around the priorities established
within the group. Illustrative key questions are:
a. What actions can PVOs take to help each sector mitigate the impact
of HIV/AIDS on the sector itself?
b. How can PVOs strengthen the implementation of relevant sectoral policies
and programs at the grassroots level?
c. What are key actions that PVOs can take to develop their capacity
to implement the sectoral actions?
12:30 – 14:00 Session 11 — Lunch
Chair, Steve Moseley, Academy for Educational Development
Keynote
Speaker: Stephen Lewis, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General
for HIV/AIDS in Africa – “Challenges of HIV/AIDS and Development”
14:00 – 15:30 Session 12 — Small
Group Discussions: Sectoral Strategies and Responses
Objective: This is a repeat of Session 10 above to give participants
a chance to participate in the discussions of more than one sector.
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee/Tea Break
15:45 – 17:15 Session 13 — Report
Back and Next Steps
Chairs, Connie Carrino, USAID and Ken Giunta, InterAction
Objective: To synthesize the small group sessions and discuss how
PVOs can apply what they have learned in the conference to their programs
and how to institutionalize a sustainable mechanism for PVOs to continue
sharing their experiences, tools and lessons with others in responding
to HIV/AIDS.
17:15 – 17:30 Session 14 — Closing
Chair, Jay Smith, Bureau for Africa, USAID
A photo exhibit will be on display throughout the conference
“A Broken Landscape HIV & AIDS in Africa” sponsored by
ActionAid
Gideon Mendel, photographer
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