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BACKGROUND
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WHAT WE
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APCASO's
Programme Strategies
APCASO aims to increase the capacity of CBOs and NGOs to respond to HIV/AIDS and
develop co-ordinated regional response through the following strategies:
Capacity Building
These are programmes and activities that increase
the awareness and understanding of CBOs and NGOs on HIV-related issues and enable
them to strengthen their organisational capability to deal with these issues.
These include skills-building training (for example advocacy, programme planning,
training and networking skills), issue-specific workshops or seminars (for example,
human rights and the greater involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS), and
twinning and exchange activities. Capacity building also includes linking groups
with the appropriate technical support.
Advocacy
This includes
identification, discussion, and articulation of positions on urgent and critical
issues, and making these positions known to relevant parties. APCASO, on its own
or in conjunction with ICASO and other regional secretariats, promote these positions
with the public, governments, national AIDS programmes, donors, non-governmental
development organisations, and international agencies through various forums as
previously cited.
Networking
This refer to strengthening
the APCASO network by liaising with CBOs/NGOs in the region; promoting services
and programmes supported by NFPs, COR and RS; planning and hosting regional meetings
of NGOs; supporting the development of more CBOs and NGOs who link with APCASO;
and, strengthening ties between and among them.
Contact
Susan Chong
Regional Secretariat
APCASO
12 Jalan 13/48A
The Boulevard
Shop Office
Off Jalan Sentul
51000 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel: (60-3) 4045 1033
Fax: (60-3) 4043 9178
E-mail: apcaso@pd.jaring.my
Website: http://www.apcaso.org |  |
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NEW - (Colombo, 19 January 2007) The AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific (ASAP) and UNAIDS have met today in Colombo, Sri Lanka as members of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) to the 8 th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) which is scheduled to be held in Colombo between 19-23 August 2007. 
