Reaching the Unreached: Meeting of Southeast Asian Countries

to Achieve the EFA Goals Together by 2015

2 – 4 September 2008/ Imperial Queen’s Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

WORKSHEET 4

Action Planning Worksheet

Using the results of the ‘give and take’ session, group discussions, and insights gained from the field visit, work in your group and draft plans how you intend to reach particular unreached population groups. Consider your priorities and plan with the other countries and EFA partners that you want to involve and work with. This is NOT a country plan. Country representatives may work with different countries and EFA partners on different proposals.

Name of Proposed Collaborative Project : ASEAN JOINT PROJECT ON HIV AND AIDS USING AN INTEGRATED APPROACH

Brief Description : Project focuses on strengthening existing government policies on addressing the HIV/AIDS problem by undertaking a rapid needs assessment survey to identify affected and infected persons and by providing education, care and treatment, counseling services and monitoring and evaluation. Project staff will also be trained the project personnel.

Target Unreached Groups : CHILDREN, YOUTH AND ADULTS INFECTED AND AFFECTED BY HIV and/or AIDS

Countries Involved : ALL ASEAN COUNTRIES, WITH MINISTRIES OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, SOCIAL WELFARE AS KEY PLAYERS

EFA Partners Involved : NGOs, INGOs, UNAIDS and government mass organizations (e.g. Lao: youth union, Myanmar: WAF – women affairs federation; Malaysia: AIDS Council), national committee on HIV/AIDS

Recommendation for the ASEAN Committee to encourage high-level endorsement for ministries to work together (e.g. MOE, MOH, MOS, etc.) for an integrated approach on HIV/AIDS

All EFA partners should harmonize their work in the countries

Activities / Specific Roles & Responsibilities / Timeframe / EFA Partners / Resources Needed / Remarks
(Assumptions,
Country / EFA Partner / issues, risks)
I. Rapid Needs Assessment Survey (Data collection) / Countries to organize consultative meeting involving all partners/stakeholders;
Assign a lead implementing agency / key ministries: MOH, MOE, Ministry of Social Welfare (Lao: plus youth union)
MOH to share existing data / financial support and technical assistance
share existing data / 6 months (within 2009) / NGOs, INGOs, UNAIDS, UNFPA, and other UN agencies, World Bank, ADB, Japanese Funds in Trust, AusAid, Nordic,USAID, other bilateral aid and government mass organizations (e.g. Lao: youth union, Myanmar: WAF – women affairs federation; Brunei: AIDS Council), national committee on HIV/AIDS / Fund support (depending on size of country)
TA / Risk: prevailing culture and tradition towards HIV/AIDS (barrier to identifying who are infected)
II.
A)Care and treatment for HIV+ persons
Integrated with counseling service
(community based)
-education community and family on how to care and treat HIV+ persons
B)Care and treatment for seriously HIV/AIDS infected persons integrated with counseling service (hospitals/ hospice for HIV/AIDS infected persons) / A)Conduct education awareness training for the community; regular monitoring of effectiveness of training
B) Establish specific hospitals for HIV/AIDS infected persons ( also in other parts of the country) – key ministry: MOH / Technical and financial support / 5 years from 2009 -2015 / NGOs, INGOs, UNAIDS, UNFPA, and other UN agencies, World Bank, ADB, Japanese Funds in Trust, AusAid, Nordic,USAID, other bilateral aid and government mass organizations (e.g. Lao: youth union, Myanmar: WAF – women affairs federation; Brunei: AIDS Council), national committee on HIV/AIDS / Funds support
Technical Assistance (experts, etc.)
Equipment / TA, financial support and equipment available (INGOs, UNAIDS, global funds)
Difficult to monitor cases of HIV/AIDS
III. Education
A)Strengthen existing curriculum to cover HIV/AIDS, including teacher training curriculum for all levels (primary, secondary, tertiary; formal and NFE)
B)In relation to activity 1: ensuring access to education of children and adults affected/infected by HIV/AIDS (inclusive education) – monitor with the parents, community and school / Advocacy
Review and strengthening the existing curriculum for life skills education (MOE, MOH, youth union)
Strengthen the national committee in in-charge of HIV/AIDS (a technical sub-committee can be created under the existing national committee/ not create another big body)
B)Implementation of inclusive education
B)Monitoring and reporting from national to the school level;
mobilize teachers for monitoring and reporting at the community/school level / Funding support
TA
Toolkits, advocacy materials / 5 years from 2009-2015 / NGOs, INGOs, UNAIDS, UNFPA, and other UN agencies, World Bank, ADB, Japanese Funds in Trust, AusAid, Nordic,USAID, other bilateral aid and government mass organizations (e.g. Lao: youth union, Myanmar: WAF – women affairs federation; Brunei: AIDS Council), national committee on HIV/AIDS / Funding support
TA
Toolkits, advocacy materials / Review and strengthening of higher education curriculum needs much resources
prevailing culture and tradition towards HIV/AIDS
Challenge: inter-Ministry coordination
IV.
Capacity building for project staff / A)Identify focal point team from various ministries to be trained
B) Training – Regional (ASEAN) Training for Training of Trainers; national and sub-national trainings (advocacy, curriculum development, etc.)
C)inter-ASEAN country study visits to learn on best practices and lessons learned / Funding support
TA
Training tools and materials, preferably in the local language
-encourage EFA partners to have standard toolkits/materials not separate toolkits)
ASEAN Committee to encourage high-level endorsement for ministries to work together (e.g. MOE, MOH, MOS, etc.)
All EFA partners should harmonize their work in the countries / 5 years, 2009-2015 / NGOs, INGOs, UNAIDS, UNFPA, and other UN agencies, World Bank, ADB, Japanese Funds in Trust, AusAid, Nordic,USAID, other bilateral aid and government mass organizations (e.g. Lao: youth union, Myanmar: WAF – women affairs federation; Brunei: AIDS Council), national committee on HIV/AIDS / Funding support
TA
Toolkit, materials / Challenge: inter-Ministry coordination
Get high-level endorsement for ministries to work together (e.g. MOE, MOH, MOS, etc.) – pass this message to MOFA
V.
Project monitoring and evaluation / Country undertake regular quantitative and qualitative M&E
Tap existing mechanisms for monitoring (centres)
Conduct impact evaluation study at the end of the project / TA for M&E
Funds support
External evaluation / Regular monitoring throughout the project
Evaluation at the end of the project / NGOs, INGOs, UNAIDS, UNFPA, and other UN agencies, World Bank, ADB, Japanese Funds in Trust, AusAid, Nordic,USAID, other bilateral aid and government mass organizations (e.g. Lao: youth union, Myanmar: WAF – women affairs federation; Brunei: AIDS Council), national committee on HIV/AIDS / TA for M&E
Funds support
Human resource