1. The Road to AIDS 2018
Action for community and political involvement in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Anke van Dam

3. Why?
To raise awareness of the HIV, TB and viral hepatitis epidemics in EECA, and present the challenges and the successes
To allow doctors, activists, researchers, policy makers to get access to the latest developments in prevention, treatment and care
To ‘open’ the region and facilitate linking, learning and networking

4. Ensuring increased participation of EECA representatives. WHY?

5. With Whom?
AFEW together with GNP+ and Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) as Core group
and the other networks ECUO, ECOM, SWAN, Eurasian women’s network on AIDS
In close collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

6. What? To ensuring increased participation of EECA representatives
Conference Coordinating Committee and Program Committee – ECUO, Civil Society Forum on HIV/AIDS, TB and viral hepatitis, Prof. Michel Kazatchkine, Natalia Leonchuk, Nadia Dubchak, Gennady Roshchupkin
Increased involvement of universities, academia from the region
Increased abstracts and presentations via small grants fund community based research

7. What?
Increased attendance of policy makers and politicians via active approaches, study tours and High Level meeting
Increased attendance CSO representatives at conference: Scholarship Fund – efforts to raise extra funds; ensure translation into Russian

8. To engage communities and NGOs Small Grants Funds
Community based research – 25 proposals from communities from EECA region supported
AIDS2018 Culture small grants fund
to address stigma and discrimination
– will start soon

9. Training and Support Training in community based research
Webinars on data analysis
Training in ‘how to write abstracts and translating a research into action’
Training in ‘how to present’
E-learning course on CBPR
Free access to Abstract writing module in English and Russian
Training and guidance in active participation in AIDS2018 work groups

10. To engage policy makers and politicians
SRHR and AIDS Ambassador Mr Lambert Grijns visit to Central-Asia
Study tour Dutch politicians to the EECA Region
A group of politicians from EECA
to the Netherlands
High level political meeting
with EECA politicians

11. To engage every one else…..
Mapping and analysis of EECA stakeholders
Coordination with the EECA Regional networks
on joint agenda (Programme and Global Village)
Contact clinicians and raise their interests
Language support to delegates
(volunteers, students)

12. Communication Promote AIDS2018 in the region by 6 focal points
(2 newsletter per month)
Social media
EECA in the spotlight in the Dutch media
# Aids2018EECA

13. More Information www.afew.org www.facebook.com/AFEWInternational
Twitter: #AFEW_Int, #AIDS2018EECA

14. Thank You!