1. Civil Society Consultation Frika Chia Iskandar
Civil Society representative
Commission on AIDS in Asia
Satellite session, IAC Mexico, 5 August 2008

4. The Community consultation was conducted in three stages
Face-to-face community consultation
(Jakarta, Manila and Dhaka)
2) Online consultation
(reached 26 countries)
3) In-depth key informant interviews
(during the VIII ICAAP, Sri Lanka)

5. The objectives of the Consultations
To create a regional platform for dialogue to help ensure that Community is involved in contributing to the Commission on AIDS in Asia’s work;
To assist the Commission in collecting broader and more in-depth inputs and opinions from civil society in the region, to help shape its major recommendations;

6. The objectives of the Consultations (con’t)
To help establish links between the work of the Commission – and the current (and past) regional civil society AIDS-related consultations

7. Pakistan Cambodia India Indonesia Nepal Thailand Mongolia
Afghanistan
Uzbekistan
Lao DR
Vietnam
Cambodia
India
Bangladesh
Singapore
Indonesia
Malaysia
China
Nepal
Australia
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Thailand
Mongolia
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Myanmar
Iran
Japan
Papua New Guinea

8. Local
National
NGOs
Regional
International
Community-based
PLHIV

9. Background of respondents
What types of work are they involved in?
Background of respondents

10. Social openness PLHIV speaking about their lives
Non-stigmatizing media coverage
PLHIV speaking
about their lives

12. Legal reforms that impact HIV and AIDS
Development of legal mechanisms to support marginalised communities
Unified regional approaches to international legal frameworks
(e.g., WTO, TRIPS etc)
Legal reforms that impact HIV and AIDS

13. Better capacities of existing networks for monitoring of national HIV responses
More consultation with civil society and HIV/AIDS Communities
Recommended
Set up regional AIDS Watch body

14. Civil society: Key roles
 Making sure people get information that helps them keep their governments and officials accountable for their HIV and AIDS commitments  Providing direct targeted services to the most vulnerable individuals and populations  Promoting accountability by monitoring HIV and AIDS programmes and service coverage  Participating in AIDS programme and policy-making, and evaluating those decisions.

15. Time to move on
Accountability

16. Book Documentation
Documenting the process of
Community Consultation

17. Available in this conference
Documentation on CD
Available in this conference or
Websites:

18. “ To address HIV-related stigma, we
must turn to those who live with HIV.
Their courage and expertise have
given me new and invaluable insights
into the epidemic”
- Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretariat General, during his speech of the Launch of Commission on AIDS in Asia report, 26 March 2008, New York Introduction