1. Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA), Germany This work is part of the Joint Action on Improving Quality in HIV Prevention (Quality Action), which has received funding from the European Union within the framework of the Health Programme. Work package 7 Quality Principles and Criteria

2. www.qualityaction.eu Convene Scientific Reference Panel (SRP) - 06/2013 Develop data collection, analysis and consultation plan - 02/2014 Agree on WP7-specific indicators for data collection - 6/2014 Provide literature review on quality in HIV prevention - 06/2014 Conduct focus groups with trainers at the follow-up regional training workshops – 10/2014 and 01-02/2015 Analyse the results of the practical applications of the five QA/QI tools - from 04/2015 on Develop quality principles and criteria and produce an agreed Charter for Quality in HIV prevention – first final version: 11/ 2015 (translated and revised version: 02/2016) Write scientific articles – ongoing; all articles submitted by 11/2015 Overview of main tasks of WP7

3. www.qualityaction.eu Provides scientific and methodological advice Contributes to identifying relevant literature Supports in identifying indicators for evaluation instruments Reviews the data analysis and the process of translating the results into quality principles and criteria Supports in liaising with research and review projects Two face to face meetings – First meeting: 21. May 2014 – Second meeting: middle of 2015 Scientific Reference Panel (SRP)

4. www.qualityaction.eu Frank Amort, University of Applied Sciences, FH Joanneum, Austria (Advisory Group (AG) member) Graham Brown, Australian Research Centre in Sex Health and Society, La Trobe University, Australia (additional expert) Johann Fontain, Department for Health and Consumer Protection Hamburg, Germany (AG member) Gerjo Kok, University Maastricht, The Netherlands (AG member) Anastasia Pharris, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Sweden (collaborating partner) Aryanti Radyowijati, Results in Health, The Netherlands (collaborating partner) Michael Wright, Catholic University for Applied Sciences, Germany (collaborating partner and AG member) Scientific Reference Panel (SRP) - Members

5. www.qualityaction.eu WP3 (evaluation) will develop data collection instruments (e.g. for evaluating the practical application of tools) WP7 will develop specific indicators/ evaluation questions to be included into evaluation instruments – in order to derive quality principles and criteria from data collection ‘What do we need to know from participating projects and programs (before and after application) in order to develop quality principles and criteria?’ Agreement on WP7-specific indicators for data collection (6/2014)

6. www.qualityaction.eu Focus group discussions will be conducted by WP3 in collaboration with WP7 (during the regional training workshops Part II) WP7 will include relevant indicators/ questions in the topic guide for the focus groups – in order to analyse which factors the trainers experienced (when applying the tools) as successful in order to improve quality of prevention Focus groups with trainers (10/2014 and 01-02/2015)

7. www.qualityaction.eu The literature review is being conducted by the Institute of Health- and Tourism Management (Austrian University of Applied Sciences, FH Joanneum) – with the aim to identify and synthesize literature on approaches, applications, guidelines and tools – which intentionally influence quality HIV prevention work and processes in a positive direction Literature review (6/2014)

8. www.qualityaction.eu The Charter will be based on the analysis of the results of the practical applications of the five QA/QI tool It will include a short introduction into the topic and the agreed quality principles and criteria for HIV prevention Charter for Quality in HIV Prevention (11/2015 and 2/2016)

9. www.qualityaction.eu WP2 (Dissemination): To disseminate the Charter WP3 (Evaluation): To plan the WP7 specific data collection WP5 (Capacity building): To conduct focus groups at the four regional WP5 training workshops Part II WP6 (Practical application): To apply the evaluation instruments to participating projects/programs WP8 (Policy development): The Charter will be the technical basis for the policy kit Cooperation with other WPs

10. www.qualityaction.eu Thank you! Ursula von Rüden ursula.von-rueden@bzga.de