Action: Consultation on the civil society participation in the HIV/AIDS UNGASS DoC processes ICASO
From ICASO (International Council of AIDS Service Organisations)
OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT: CONSULTATION ON THE PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE PROCESSES RELATED TO THE HIV/AIDS UNGASS DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT [DoC] AT COUNTRY LEVEL
Dear friends/colleagues:
The International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) is undertaking a project entitled:
'STORIES FROM THE FRONTLINES: LESSONS LEARNT IN THE INVOLVEMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE MONITORING AND REPORTING PROCESS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNGASS DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT'.
Almost five years ago, under the heading of 'Global Crisis- Global Action', the United Nations General Assembly held an unprecedented special session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) - the first time the General Assembly ever addressed a specific health issue. The resulting UNGASS Declaration of Commitment (DoC) signed by all UN Member States provided a comprehensive framework to halt and to reverse the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2010, and included specific and measurable milestones for 2003, 2005 and 2010.
Five years after its adoption, governments are being called to report on progress they have made toward implementing these promises. Paragraph 94 of the DoC calls for civil society involvement in the national periodic reviews of the progress achieved in realizing these commitments, to identify problems and obstacles to achieving progress, and to ensure wide dissemination of the results of these reviews. This project aims to compile information on how civil society organizations (CSOs) have participated in the UNGASS DoC-related reporting processes at country level.
The output of this consultation will be a report highlighting lessons learnt on how CSOs have monitored and reported on the implementation of the DoC. The consultation will look at the involvement (or not) of CSOs in the preparation and discussion of the national official (government-led) report, and the participation of CSOs in civil society-led monitoring and reporting initiatives. Your stories will inspire and interest others to mobilize and advocate for more civil society involvement in the response to HIV. The aim is that we all share, learn from and replicate the positive processes and experiences in other countries in the coming years.
The Stories from the Frontlines will highlight best practices, success stories, as well as barriers, challenges and opportunities faced in participating in the UNGASS reporting process. It will include stories from civil society actors and organizations from all regions of the world in order to capture differences in national experiences. Stories will be collected through an electronic consultation in 4 languages (English, French, Spanish and Russian). Civil society organizations worldwide are invited to send us their experiences. These could be success stories or challenges.Please send your responses before April 7, 2006 to ungass@icaso.org
Below are some questions to help guide you in your responses. There are two scenarios for this consultation.
The first one deals with the involvement of civil society in the government-led reporting process.
The second scenario deals with civil society monitoring and reporting 'outside' the government-led process (shadow reports). If you participated in both scenarios, please complete both parts.
There is a third part with overall general questions, which apply to both scenarios. You do not need to answer the questions in order. Although these questions have been designed to guide your response, please feel free to add as much information as you want. Include your contact information (email and phone number) as well as your organization and country. Please also indicate if you authorize ICASO to use/publish your name and your organizational affiliation.
Depending on the number of words submitted, ICASO will edit your contribution, but you will have a chance to review it befor e it gets published. We thank you in advance for your participation.
PART A: SCENARIO 1: Involvement in government-led reporting process.
Were you (individually or your organization) involved in any way with the official (government-led) UNGASS reporting process in 2005? If yes, please provide detailed information about your experience. Please include answers to:
a) Were you contacted/invited by the government authority or did you have to contact them/take the initiative?
b) What was the process used by the government to collect the data and was it inclusive of civil society input?
c) Did the UNAIDS country office (or UN-theme group) play a role? Explain
d) Did the methodology to collect data/seek input included meetings of stakeholders? Who was invited/included? How many meetings were organized?
e) Who was responsible for writing the report?
f) How was the consultation process carried out once the report was drafted? Were there consultations with stakeholders? Was there an opportunity to provide input?
g) Was the input provided by civil society taken into account in the final report submitted to UNAIDS? Did you get a copy of this report?
PART B: SCENARIO 2: Involvement in monitoring/reporting "outside" the government-led process.
Were you (individually or your organization) involved in any way in monitoring and reporting on the implementation of the DoC outside the government-led process? If yes, please provide detailed information about your experience. Please include answers to:
a) Was this involvement part of a larger/multi-country project?
b) Did the initiative produce a 'shadow' report? Is the report available? What format have you used to present the information? (cases studies, theme/topic based, etc)
c) How have you used the report?
d) What methodology/process was used to collect and validate the data/information? What data did you collect? Who was involved? Which sectors were included as 'key informants' or participants?
e) What role, if any, did the UNAIDS country office (or UN-theme group) play?
f) What was the reaction of the government (if any) to your initiative? Did any government official participate?
g) Did other NGOs/CBOs/CSOs participate in the process?
h) Was this report (or the information therein) in any way incorporated into the official government-led report?
PART C:
1) What are some of the barriers/challenges that you faced in any or both of the above scenarios? How did you overcome them?
2) What are your recommendations for:a. More involvement of civil society in monitoring/reporting initiatives b. More effective civil society-led monitoring/reporting initiatives
3) What are your major lessons learnt/recommendations for CSOs that would like to get involved in these monitoring/reporting processes in the years to come?
We look forward to hearing your story.
Thank you, in anticipation, for your cooperation.
[Note: Members can find this announcement in French, Spanish, and Russian on the ICASO website at: http://www.icaso.org]
Source: PartnersZimbabwe eForum
OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT: CONSULTATION ON THE PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE PROCESSES RELATED TO THE HIV/AIDS UNGASS DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT [DoC] AT COUNTRY LEVEL
Dear friends/colleagues:
The International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) is undertaking a project entitled:
'STORIES FROM THE FRONTLINES: LESSONS LEARNT IN THE INVOLVEMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE MONITORING AND REPORTING PROCESS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNGASS DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT'.
Almost five years ago, under the heading of 'Global Crisis- Global Action', the United Nations General Assembly held an unprecedented special session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) - the first time the General Assembly ever addressed a specific health issue. The resulting UNGASS Declaration of Commitment (DoC) signed by all UN Member States provided a comprehensive framework to halt and to reverse the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2010, and included specific and measurable milestones for 2003, 2005 and 2010.
Five years after its adoption, governments are being called to report on progress they have made toward implementing these promises. Paragraph 94 of the DoC calls for civil society involvement in the national periodic reviews of the progress achieved in realizing these commitments, to identify problems and obstacles to achieving progress, and to ensure wide dissemination of the results of these reviews. This project aims to compile information on how civil society organizations (CSOs) have participated in the UNGASS DoC-related reporting processes at country level.
The output of this consultation will be a report highlighting lessons learnt on how CSOs have monitored and reported on the implementation of the DoC. The consultation will look at the involvement (or not) of CSOs in the preparation and discussion of the national official (government-led) report, and the participation of CSOs in civil society-led monitoring and reporting initiatives. Your stories will inspire and interest others to mobilize and advocate for more civil society involvement in the response to HIV. The aim is that we all share, learn from and replicate the positive processes and experiences in other countries in the coming years.
The Stories from the Frontlines will highlight best practices, success stories, as well as barriers, challenges and opportunities faced in participating in the UNGASS reporting process. It will include stories from civil society actors and organizations from all regions of the world in order to capture differences in national experiences. Stories will be collected through an electronic consultation in 4 languages (English, French, Spanish and Russian). Civil society organizations worldwide are invited to send us their experiences. These could be success stories or challenges.Please send your responses before April 7, 2006 to ungass@icaso.org
Below are some questions to help guide you in your responses. There are two scenarios for this consultation.
The first one deals with the involvement of civil society in the government-led reporting process.
The second scenario deals with civil society monitoring and reporting 'outside' the government-led process (shadow reports). If you participated in both scenarios, please complete both parts.
There is a third part with overall general questions, which apply to both scenarios. You do not need to answer the questions in order. Although these questions have been designed to guide your response, please feel free to add as much information as you want. Include your contact information (email and phone number) as well as your organization and country. Please also indicate if you authorize ICASO to use/publish your name and your organizational affiliation.
Depending on the number of words submitted, ICASO will edit your contribution, but you will have a chance to review it befor e it gets published. We thank you in advance for your participation.
PART A: SCENARIO 1: Involvement in government-led reporting process.
Were you (individually or your organization) involved in any way with the official (government-led) UNGASS reporting process in 2005? If yes, please provide detailed information about your experience. Please include answers to:
a) Were you contacted/invited by the government authority or did you have to contact them/take the initiative?
b) What was the process used by the government to collect the data and was it inclusive of civil society input?
c) Did the UNAIDS country office (or UN-theme group) play a role? Explain
d) Did the methodology to collect data/seek input included meetings of stakeholders? Who was invited/included? How many meetings were organized?
e) Who was responsible for writing the report?
f) How was the consultation process carried out once the report was drafted? Were there consultations with stakeholders? Was there an opportunity to provide input?
g) Was the input provided by civil society taken into account in the final report submitted to UNAIDS? Did you get a copy of this report?
PART B: SCENARIO 2: Involvement in monitoring/reporting "outside" the government-led process.
Were you (individually or your organization) involved in any way in monitoring and reporting on the implementation of the DoC outside the government-led process? If yes, please provide detailed information about your experience. Please include answers to:
a) Was this involvement part of a larger/multi-country project?
b) Did the initiative produce a 'shadow' report? Is the report available? What format have you used to present the information? (cases studies, theme/topic based, etc)
c) How have you used the report?
d) What methodology/process was used to collect and validate the data/information? What data did you collect? Who was involved? Which sectors were included as 'key informants' or participants?
e) What role, if any, did the UNAIDS country office (or UN-theme group) play?
f) What was the reaction of the government (if any) to your initiative? Did any government official participate?
g) Did other NGOs/CBOs/CSOs participate in the process?
h) Was this report (or the information therein) in any way incorporated into the official government-led report?
PART C:
1) What are some of the barriers/challenges that you faced in any or both of the above scenarios? How did you overcome them?
2) What are your recommendations for:a. More involvement of civil society in monitoring/reporting initiatives b. More effective civil society-led monitoring/reporting initiatives
3) What are your major lessons learnt/recommendations for CSOs that would like to get involved in these monitoring/reporting processes in the years to come?
We look forward to hearing your story.
Thank you, in anticipation, for your cooperation.
[Note: Members can find this announcement in French, Spanish, and Russian on the ICASO website at: http://www.icaso.org]
Source: PartnersZimbabwe eForum
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