The Road to AIDS 2018 Action for community and political involvement in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Anke van Dam

Why? To raise awareness of the HIV, TB and viral hepatitis epidemics in EECA, and present the challenges and the successes To allow doctors, activists, researchers, policy makers to get access to the latest developments in prevention, treatment and care To ‘open’ the region and facilitate linking, learning and networking

Ensuring increased participation of EECA representatives. WHY?

With Whom? AFEW together with GNP+ and Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) as Core group and the other networks ECUO, ECOM, SWAN, Eurasian women’s network on AIDS In close collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

What? To ensuring increased participation of EECA representatives Conference Coordinating Committee and Program Committee – ECUO, Civil Society Forum on HIV/AIDS, TB and viral hepatitis, Prof. Michel Kazatchkine, Natalia Leonchuk, Nadia Dubchak, Gennady Roshchupkin Increased involvement of universities, academia from the region Increased abstracts and presentations via small grants fund community based research

What? Increased attendance of policy makers and politicians via active approaches, study tours and High Level meeting Increased attendance CSO representatives at conference: Scholarship Fund – efforts to raise extra funds; ensure translation into Russian

To engage communities and NGOs Small Grants Funds Community based research – 25 proposals from communities from EECA region supported AIDS2018 Culture small grants fund to address stigma and discrimination – will start soon

Training and Support Training in community based research Webinars on data analysis Training in ‘how to write abstracts and translating a research into action’ Training in ‘how to present’ E-learning course on CBPR Free access to Abstract writing module in English and Russian Training and guidance in active participation in AIDS2018 work groups

To engage policy makers and politicians SRHR and AIDS Ambassador Mr Lambert Grijns visit to Central-Asia Study tour Dutch politicians to the EECA Region A group of politicians from EECA to the Netherlands High level political meeting with EECA politicians

To engage every one else….. Mapping and analysis of EECA stakeholders Coordination with the EECA Regional networks on joint agenda (Programme and Global Village) Contact clinicians and raise their interests Language support to delegates (volunteers, students)

Communication Promote AIDS2018 in the region by 6 focal points (2 newsletter per month) Social media EECA in the spotlight in the Dutch media FB @Aids2018EECA # Aids2018EECA

More Information www.afew.org www.facebook.com/AFEWInternational www.facebook.com/Aids2018EECA Twitter: #AFEW_Int, #AIDS2018EECA

Thank You!