1. Young People’s Network on HIV and AIDS Terms of Reference
Presented by: Henry Ngara YPNSRHHA decentralization

2. Rationale behind promotion of youth involvement in HIV and AIDS programming
It is the right for young people to participate meaningfully in their own development.
Involvement and participation of beneficiaries leads to more effective and sustainable programs
As key beneficiaries in HIV related programming, youth know what is best and can work for them
Youth know best the language and approaches to reach their peers.

3. Involvement of young people is to promote active participation in
Research
Policy Advocacy
Programming (at all levels of the project cycle)
All levels (national, provincial, district and ward) of the structure

4. Lessons learnt from the Urban Youth project
Young People’s Task Force as a coordination structure at provincial level
Involvement of key stakeholders in the establishment of the Task Force
Participation of young people in the Provincial AIDS Action Committees
Multi-sectoral nature of the Task Force

5. Purpose of the Young People’s Network on HIV and AIDS
To establish a mechanism for open dialogue and exchange between youth groups and youth-serving groups and to advise the National Partnership Forum, PAAC and DAAC on the strategic opportunities and actions to address HIV related issues.

6. OBJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S NETWORK ON HIV AND AIDS
Facilitate the exchange of information and knowledge-sharing about best practices and lessons learned from youth policies and programmes as well as on major opportunities and challenges for moving the agenda of young people’s rights, gender equality and sexual and reproductive health forward;

7. OBJECTIVES CONTINUED
Enable greater understanding among youth groups and youth-serving partners on National policies and programmes, and how adolescent and youth concerns can be advocated for in various political and socio-cultural contexts;

8. OBJECTIVES CONTINUED
Advise the National Partnership Forum, PAAC and DAAC on how best to enhance youth participation in the development of its policies, programmes and activities across the areas of its mandate;
Identify emerging issues in young people’s reproductive health and rights.

9. OBJECTIVES CONTINUED
Advocate for youth involvement and participation in collaboration with existing youth networks at various levels in the country in order to strengthen collaboration in HIV/AIDS related issues of common interest and/or major initiatives, with linkages to regional-level activities;
Any other objective as determined by the network after its formation and endorsed by key stakeholders.

10. EXPECTED RESULT
Overall improvement in the youth-friendliness and responsiveness of the coordinated interventions to young people’s rights and needs, through dialogue, identification of opportunities, mechanisms and concrete follow up actions to strengthen work with young people in the areas of population and development, gender equality and equity, and reproductive health and rights, including HIV/AIDS.

11. ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE
Decentralization to the ten provinces and 16 districts
Exhibitions at the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show, ZITF and other provincial level exhibitions.
ZITF 2008(Over 3000 people reached)
ZITF 2009 (Over 6622 people reached)
Zimbabwe Agricultural Show 2009(6551 people reached)
ZITF 2010 (9585 people reached)
Zimbabwe Agricultural Show 2010 ( over people reached)
National, provincial and district quarterly meetings

12. ACHIEVEMENTS CONT...
Holding of first annual Youth Convention in 2009 and the second in 2010
Holding of the first HIV and AIDS Youth Festival in 2010.
STEPS film screenings in the ten provinces and reached 2300 males and 2000 males during the month of October in 2009
Production of a documentary film-Tariro/Hope (which won a National Arts Merit Award!)

13. ACHIEVEMENTS CONT... Annual World AIDS Day commemorations
Development and production of youth specific Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials on the themes:
A Call to Activate Youth Leadership
Dialogue and Mutual Understanding for Universal Access and Human Rights
Universal Access and Human Rights – Young People Together We Will Make It
Youth Leadership for Universal Access and Human Rights

14. ACHIEVEMENTS CONT…
The Young People’s Network on HIV and AIDS members represented other young people to articulate and voice the young people’s SRH issues at:
National Partnership Forum
District AIDS Action Committees and Provincial AIDS Action Committees
National ASRH Coordination forum
African Youth Adolescent Network in South Africa
International Olympic Committee and UNAIDS
International AIDS Conference in Austria
Other regional and international level youth conferences.

15. ACHIEVEMNTS CONT...
Involvement in the development of national strategies and policies
National ASRH Strategy
National MC Policy
National Strategy for MC Scale-up
National MC Communication Strategy
ZNASP II

16. Membership of the Young People’s Network
10-12 young people representatives from ASRH /HIV youth serving organizations
Members will be in the age group years
Members will not consist of more than one officially endorsed representative per youth organization
5 co-opted members may be invited to represent specific target groups

17. Membership of the Young People’s Network
In case a member leaves his/her organization during his/her term of office;
Another representative from this youth organization can replace him/her for the time until the term expires

18. Criteria for selection
Demonstrated commitment and mandate of their organizations to the human rights of young people and to youth participation. Preference will be given to those working in the area of young people’s reproductive health and rights, with focus on HIV and AIDS, and in gender equity.

19. Criteria for selection
Diversity, in terms of sex, age, religion and geographic characteristics. Priority will be placed on representatives of organizations who are members of youth serving organizations. Special emphasis will be placed on representatives of neglected groups (e.g. the poor, disadvantaged or marginalized) or of groups/networks working exclusively to serve the interests of these groups.

20. Criteria for selection
Youth representatives must be between the ages of 10 and 24, at the time of selection for a membership of the panel. Preference will be given to those who have strong communication and advocacy skills in order to ensure strong youth voices and active participation in the meetings. In certain circumstances, relatively older youth (e.g. between years old), may be invited to serve as “special consultants or advisers” on specific areas of their expertise.

21. Criteria
While task force members are selected as representatives of organizations or special interest groups, rather than on an individual basis, members will be expected to be able to commit personally to the young people’s network and to participate in meetings and other activities pertinent to the work of the young people’s network. Members would be mandated to provide feedback to members of the youth organizations they are representing. The members at all stages continue to represent their organization and reflect views of the youth they are representing refraining from imposing personal thoughts/ ideas.

22. Criteria
A limited number of agency partners and renowned experts may be invited as observers, or as resource persons or expert advisers for specific agenda items, as necessary, based on their individual and/or institutional capacities, given their recognized contributions to the field, or particular perspectives they may be able to contribute to the young people’s network deliberations.

23. Programme and Working Modalities of the young people’s network
The Young People’s Network on HIV/AIDS is an advisory group at national, provincial and district levels that will be functionally attached to the National Partnership Forum, PAAC and DAAC .
The Young People’s Network on HIV and AIDS will be convened by NAC.

24. Programme and Working Modalities of the young people’s network
The networks meet on a quarterly basis just before the meeting of the National Partnership Forum, PAAC and DAAC .
In periods of intensified program development, meetings will be called according to needs identified by participants.
The young people’s network could also be called upon during deliberations of revision/ development of national youth related policies/ stratprogrammes.

25. Programme and Working Modalities of the young people’s network
The young people’s network members would also be called upon to represent the country in Regional/ International trainings/ workshops/ seminars etc.
MOHCW, NAC and its partners would also plan periodic capacity building activities for the young people’s network.

26. Programme and Working Modalities of the young people’s network
The young people’s network would be expected to draw up an action plan on an annual basis and also prepare briefs for its representatives to present during the partnership forum meetings.

27. Provincial and district task forces
The National young people network after its formation will consolidate on the NAC structures at the provincial and district level to form provincial and district task forces.

28. To whom does it belong to?
To whom to?
Us!!!, Us!!!

29. THANK YOU NDATENDA NGIYABONGA