Aternative Asia pacific Community Forum in Bangkok

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Aternative Asia pacific Community Forum

In late June 2003, the Local organising Committee (LOC) of the 7th International

Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) announced the postponement of

the 7th ICAAP which was to be held in November 2003 in Kobe, Japan. The

Community Forum has always been an integral part of all the ICAAP as it provides

a critical platform for grassroots communities to network, to share community

issues and concerns and to build and strengthen their skills and capacities.

With the next International World AIDS Conference XV to be held in Bangkok in

June 2004, the postponement of the 7th ICAAP removed a crucial opportunity for

the community sector to identify and discuss current issues which could then be

channeled as a joint community response to the International World AIDS

Conference, Bangkok 2004.

This event is planned for approximately 100 participants, from 12-14 January

2004 and will be held in a central location in Bangkok, Thailand. Participants

will mainly comprise of community representatives working in various sectors

such as care and treatment, harm reduction, sex work, migration, gender and

sexuality, youth, human rights and GIPA. Geographic representation will also be

a consideration.

The tentative programme will include: As such the Coalition of Asia Pacific

Regional Networks on HIV/AIDS (Seven Sisters Coalition) is organizing an

alternative Community Forum to be held in mid-January 2004 in Bangkok. -

Structured theme-based group-work, eg situational analysis, identifying emerging

issues, etc. -Developing appropriate actions to prepare communities for

meaningful participation and to enable community concerns to be addressed at

Bangkok 2004 -Skills-building sessions eg. access to treatment, GIPA and gender

and sexuality

Date: January 12, 2004 - January 14, 2004

Venue: Bangkok

Contact Information:

Email: apcaso@...

http://www.plwha.org/Folder.2003-08-09.2206/Alternative%20Asia%

20Pacific%20Community%20Forum