1. Transport against AIDS Joint Initiative to Mitigate HIV/AIDS in Infrastructure Sectors: Update from World Bank Transport sector Julie Babinard Transport for Social Responsibility Thematic Group Leader Videoconference Dialogue Friday March 14, 08 World Bank, Washington DC 8:00-10:30AM ET

2. HIV/AIDS Prevention/ awareness campaigns: HIV/AIDS Prevention/ awareness campaigns: Retrofitting: AFR (25 projects); SA (1 potential); LAC (1 planned) Construction: AFR (8 planned); SA (4SPN,5LEN); EAP (6 projects, 5 planned); Corridor/ mobile populations: AFR (Lagos-Abidjan; Mali-Ghana); MENA (Djibouti); SA (National Trade Corridor) Border crossing: AFR (Lagos-Abidjan); ECA (‘Safe border’ project); MENA (Djibouti); LAC (1 planned); Treatment & care: AFR; SA Strategy for HIV/AIDS mitigation: Strategy for HIV/AIDS mitigation: SA (Regional); MENA (regional); LAC (Transport) Capacity building & Training: Capacity building & Training: AFR; EAP (Workshop; IEC materials planned); SA (Training of NGOs in India) Research & M&E: Research & M&E: SA (M&E tools planned); ECA (Balkan truckers study; another planned) The transport sector experience in mainstreaming HIV/AIDS

3. Working with international and national partners UNAIDS consortium and bilateral organizations UNAIDS consortium and bilateral organizations International Labor Organization (ILO) Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS International Labor Organization (ILO) Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) Seafarer’s Health Information Programme (SHIP) Seafarer’s Health Information Programme (SHIP) International Road Union (IRU) and other employer organizations International Road Union (IRU) and other employer organizations Ministries of Transport and Public Works, Road authorities Ministries of Transport and Public Works, Road authorities Ministries of Health and National AIDS Committees Ministries of Health and National AIDS Committees

4. WB achievements in transport sector Contract clauses have been modified to cover general worker safety as well as HIV-AIDS awareness Clients have sustained programs and initiatives (Abidjan-Lagos; Shiman Highway project, HIV/AIDS unit in National Highway Authority of India) Recognition from the WB Global AIDS program on sector’s role in tackling the epidemic: World AIDS Day participation (FY05-present) Transport Incentive Trust Fund (FY08) Full time staff in Africa and six-month consultant in India on HIV/AIDS and transport

5. Challenges and constraints for scaling up Sector-wide mainstreaming remains a challenge HIV/AIDS prevention receives low priority in sector strategies and interventions Mandatory contract clauses in standard bidding documents are not always enforced Lack of M&E mechanisms and difficulty in assessing impact of interventions Bank financing is critical to mainstreaming Lack of systematic data linking transport with HIV/AIDS transmission hinders action and commitment

6. For more information: World Bank web page : World Bank web page : www.worldbank.org/responsibletransport >Mitigating the Spread of HIV/AIDS Resources on: sector vulnerability and risk sector vulnerability and risk Interventions and stakeholders Interventions and stakeholders surveillance and impact surveillance and impact sector contributions to World AIDS Day 05,06,07 sector contributions to World AIDS Day 05,06,07 Links to the following websites: Africa Transport and HIV Africa Transport and HIV East Asia and Pacific HIV/AIDS East Asia and Pacific HIV/AIDS South Asia Transport and HIV/AIDS South Asia Transport and HIV/AIDS ACTAfrica ACTAfrica World Bank Global AIDS Program World Bank Global AIDS Program

7. Follow-up to Joint Initiative: WB questions to JI partners  What is your institution’s typical mainstreaming response in the transport sector?  How do your activities fit within national strategies and does your institution cooperate with local stakeholders?  How are projects selected for mainstreaming?  How do you establish and monitor effectiveness of interventions?  How has your institution incorporated good practices in its business strategy?