1. Making the Money Work in Support of Universal Access AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP)
A service of UNAIDS
Jonathan Brown
Georgia, September 2007
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2. AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS
Why Strategies?
National HIV/AIDS Strategies are needed to:
Attract and sustain funding (Ministry of Finance, donors, etc.)
Assure an important role for civil society and communities
Align external support to national strategies
Respond to heterogeneity of epidemics
Implement the principles of the Three Ones
AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS

3. AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS
Why Action Plans?
Annual Action Plans are needed to:
Improve implementation
Ensure timely response to changing epidemics and environment
Link to government planning cycles and budgets
Move from project to program support in order to serve as the foundation for program funding (from GFATM and other donors)
AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS

4. Review of Existing Strategies
Strengths
Forging high level commitment
Broad range of actions
Consultative process and involvement of various stakeholders
Focus on stigma reduction and multisectoral responses
Limitations
Not always based on evidence and transmission patterns
Not prioritized
Limited monitoring and evaluation
Limited costing
Not translated into implementable action plans
Not fully inclusive
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AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS

5. Review of Existing Strategies
ASAP review shows evidence base and prioritization weakest - management and costing also weak
Source: World Bank, 2005
AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS

6. The Challenge: Wasting Money
0.8%
AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS

7. Adapting the response to evolving epidemics
Composition of People Living with HIV/AIDS
Thailand
AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS

8. Global share and source of HIV infections

9. AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS
Origin of ASAP
Created by the Global Task Team
Division of labor – major partners: ILO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNDP, UNAIDS Secretariat, WHO, World Bank (lead partner)
Initial Business Plan developed at Stakeholder Meeting in January 2005
Principles:
Demand driven
Flexible
Consultative
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AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS

10. AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS
ASAP Operations
Requests for support come from:
NACs/CCMs
UNAIDS Country Coordinators
UNAIDS Cosponsors
Consultation process for deciding on support
UNAIDS Country Coordinator
UNAIDS Secretariat
WB TTL and local WB staff
Consultation process for providing support:
Country Stakeholders
UNAIDS Technical Support Facilities
Interested UNAIDS Co-sponsors
Financial Donors
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AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS

11. Demand for ASAP Support
Peer Review
Confidential review of strategies by international experts - 13 requests e.g. Latvia and Madagascar
Technical and financial support for strategy development
Specialized – 10 requests e.g. Tanzania and Guyana
Comprehensive requests e.g. Barbados, Honduras, and Afghanistan
Pipeline – 6 countries (including Latvia & Kosovo)
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12. Other Types of ASAP Support
Tool development
Self-assessment tool and guidelines
Road map for strategy development
Practice Notes on strategies and costing
Action plan guide under development
Capacity Building
Being led by INSP of Mexico, with seven regional institutions, to deliver workshops in every region of the world by the end of 2008
Asia/Pacific workshop, in collaboration with UNAIDS RST to take place in September
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13. Lessons learned from first year of operation
How to strengthen strategies?
Strategies must be based on a good understanding of the epidemic
If you don’t have the data, get it
Prioritization is key if the response is to be truly strategic
Government ownership is essential – consultant-driven strategies are problematic
Early planning is key – consultative processes take time
AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS

14. AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS
Strong strategies must focus on results
Monitoring & Evaluation
Establishment of an appropriate M&E system and funding of operations for five years
Agreement with stakeholders on a Results Framework - the Third One
Capacity building in M&E for stakeholders
Mechanisms to ensure M&E results influence decision-making
AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS

15. 1 year of ASAP operations

16. How to Access ASAP Services
A simple will do!
AIDS Strategy and Action Plan (ASAP) – A service of UNAIDS