Resource Mobilization and Awareness Working Group Mercedes Mas de Xaxás Population Action International

RMA supporting goals of RHSC Goal 1: –Increase the availability, predictability and sustainability of financing for RH supplies Goal 3: –Assure the added value of the coalition as a productive and sustainable global partnership through support for efficiency, advocacy and innovation

Overarching goals: Create an environment conducive to political support for RH supplies at the global, regional and national levels Secure increased financial resources for RH supplies at country, regional and global levels

Objectives: Reaching out to and engaging civil society (CSOs and networks) Developing core messages to be used by the RHSC to advocate for RH Supplies Moving to a country focus and promoting southern participation and ownership of the work of the RHSC

Membership Chair: Carolyn Vogel and Suzanne Ehlers, PAI “Old” Members: - Constella Futures - German Foundation for World Population - International Planned Parenthood Federation - Partners in Population and Development - Population Action International - United Nations Population Fund - USAID

New members: World Population Foundation (Netherlands) Countdown 2015 (Europe) Interact Worldwide (UK) Marie Stopes International (UK) Hewlett Foundation (USA) Packard Foundation (USA) UN Foundation (USA) Engenderhealth (USA) Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana MEXFAM (Mexico) Family Planning Association of Bangladesh

Workstreams Advocacy toolkit Project Resource Mobilization Awareness (Project RMA) Integration of RH and HIV/AIDS Supply Gap Analysis

Advocacy toolkit Produced by Constella Futures Tool to support RH supplies advocacy Users: RHSC and its partners; Advocates Target audience: country level decision makers (governments, PRSP Committees etc.) Soon on-line at the RHSC website. Also on CD ROM version

Project RMA: -Joint effort to increase political and financial support for RH supplies at the global, regional and national levels -3 years ( ) - 3 Partners: IPPF (national. 6 countries) DSW (regional). PAI (global)

Project RMA: Global Level  Supporting advocacy through small grants to CSOs and networks  Coordinating global civil society advocacy. First meeting: Uganda April 08  Supporting the RHSC by linking to other initiatives and introducing RH supplies in other projects

Project RMA: Regional work Promote regional coordination of efforts to improve RH supplies through strategic communication on national activities, best practices and lessons learned in five regions of the global south. –Regional Supply Meetings –Regional Supply Campaigns –Regional training for supply campaigners

Project RMA: National work IPPF supporting national advocacy in Bangladesh, Ghana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Tanzania and Uganda. To influence the following processes: –National essential drugs list –Finance mechanisms –National budget lines –Country coordination mechanism for RH supplies

RH and HIV/AIDS integration Project Mobilizing for RH/HIV Integration Partners: GAA. IW. The International HIV/AIDS Alliance. IPPF and its ARO. Friends of the Global Fund Africa. PAI To increase the number of integrated RH/HIV proposals submitted to the Global Fund and approved by this institution. Advocating for integrated proposals to include RH supplies

RH and HIV/AIDS Integration Addis meeting (February 26-29). To launch the initiative and set the ground for country work. 10 focus countries: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Ghana, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia. Country teams formed and with access to technical support and financial assistance Global and regional advocacy also taking place

Supply Gap Analysis Assessment of in country demand for contraceptives dependent on donor supplies compared to current and projected levels of future funding to highlight the ‘donor gap’ Preliminary findings presented in March 08. It outlined options for estimating supply and demand (composition of country sample, sector definitions, inclusion/exclusion of condoms for HIV, etc.), and presented results of those estimates, depending on the options chosen.

New Potential Work streams Effective translation, dissemination and use of the advocacy toolkit Strengthen communications capacity and message development for Coalition Mapping of existing advocacy around supplies at all levels Linking pro-poor policies to RH supplies Ensuring supplies are on the agenda for ICPD +15 process

New Potential Work streams Reaching out to other initiatives in related fields RHSC increases advocacy capacity by hiring an advocacy officer

Thank you As the RMA Working Group we would like to make a special thank you to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for taking this opportunity to share their new RH strategy