Agenda for the community FORUMs at the 9th ICAAP. Call for discussion:

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Call for discussion: Agenda for the community FORUMs at the 9th ICAAP,

Dear FORUM,

The 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific(9th ICAAP) with

the theme `Empowering People- Strengthening Networks' is expected to take place

during 9 - 13 August 2009 at , Bali International Convention Centre (BICC). Nusa

Dua " Bali , INDONESIA.

Asian People' Alliance for Combating HIV/AIDS (APACHA)- the largetst HIV civil

society respose in Asia will be participating in various the community FORUM .

For us to articulate, better on community concerns we would like to seek your

advise. Please suggest what issues we should propose as the agenda and highlight

during the discussion at the community FORUMS?

Community FORUMS are one of the significant space for community groups to

articulate issues and concerns. This is to seem your comments and opinion about

possible issues to be raised by APACHA at the community FORUMS. The objectives

of the Community Forum are to bring communities together as well as to identify

and exchange views on key and emerging issues of concern.

Due to the further complexity of HIV and AIDS issues and the alarming

accelerated numbers of new HIV cases in Asia and the Pacific, besides the PLHIV

and Youth groups, other community groups not formally attached to the Congress

(i.e. Interfaith) had a pre-congress meeting in the 8th ICAAP. Other groups

(LGBTIQ & sex workers and IDUs) also gathered at the Community Forum meeting to

ensure common understanding and prepare community statements that would be

voiced at the opening ceremony.

Communities will then all gather together on 9th August 2009 morning to

consolidate results of their meetings and prepare a Community Statement to be

announced at the opening ceremony on the same day.

Please suggest what issues we should propose as the agenda for the discussion at

the community FORUMS.

a) the list of the community FORUMS are listed below.

a) Are you satisfied with the list of community forums. Do you reckon, this

FORUMS are covering all the key issues of concerns of community?

Are the proposed list of community FORUS inclusive enough to accommodate all

the genuine Asian and pacific communities responding to HIV?

 

c) What other issues are you would like to be see are addressed at the community

FORUMS.

(Eg governance of HIV response, civil society accountability, financing of HIV

response, role of bilateral and multilateral agencies in HIV response, neglect

of Global fund to the HIV vulnerability of women and children) 

d) Do you think ICAAP is a providing an appropriate venue for a genuine

assessment of HIV response in Asia Pacific region, which provides a broad based

participation of the communities responding to HIV in Asia pacific region?

The proposed list of community FORUMs at 9th ICAAP

Community Forum Opening Programme 7 August 2009

Interfaith Forum 7 - 8 August 2009

Youth Forum 7 -8 August 2009

PLHIV Forum 7 August 2009

Women Incl. Lesbian 8 August 2009

Sex Workers Forum 8 August 2009

IDUs Forum 8 August 2009

MSM & TG Forum 8 August 2009

Community Forum Closing Plenary 9 August 2009

Hope to hear from you all at the earliest

Asian People' Alliance for Combating HIV/AIDS (APACHA)

www.apachanet.org

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