| Governance |
| • |
A Regional Management Meeting was held in July 2003 |
| • |
Recruitment of 2 new Council of Representative (COR)
members from Japan and Sri Lanka and 6 National
Focal Points (NFPs) from Mongolia, Cambodia, India,
Bangladesh, Thailand & Indonesia
|
| UNGASS |
| • |
Workshops
on “Making UNGASS Work” held in Bangladesh
(September 2003), Indonesia (November 2003) and
Cambodia (December 2003) |
| • |
Workshops
held to introduce and familiarise participants to
the commitments made by their government in the
Declaration of Commitmet (DoC) and assist in developing
advocacy skills needed for effective responses towards
HIV/AIDS |
| • |
Workshop
in Fiji sponsored by UNAIDS to develop a framework
for action for the Pacific Islands |
| • |
Skills
building session at the Asia Pacific Community Forum
on HIV/AIDS, January 2004 on “Making UNGASS
Work: Looking Towards 2005”
|
| Global
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
| • |
continues
to advocate for civil society issues raised at Global
Fund Board meetings in the Asia Pacific region and
at Committees
|
| Conference
Initiatives |
| • |
APCASO,
being the secretariat for the Seven Sisters Coalition,
organised and delivered the Seven Sisters Asia Pacific
Alternative Community Forum from 12-14 January 2004
|
| Materials
Produced |
| • |
revised
Workshop Module on “Making UNGASS Work”
based on feedback from workshops held in Philippines,
Bangladesh, Indonesia and Cambodia Available on
website, hard copies and CD Roms, See APCASO’s
website at www.apcaso.org |
| • |
a
HIV/AIDS and Human Rights training manual for NGOs,
community groups and people living with HIV/AIDS
has been produced See APCASO’s website at
www.apcaso.org
|
| Upcoming
Activities |
| • |
more
in-country workshops on UNGASS |
| • |
a
regional UNGASS workshop hosting its local partners
from the 6 countries to strategise for the follow
up towards meeting the UNGASS targets for 2005 |
| • |
developing
programmes on Care, Treatment as well as Microbicides
and Vaccines for the Asia Pacific region
|
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. 
