UNAIDS has published the guidance document for increasing partnerships with civil society, including people living with HIV and key populations.
The guidance calls from partners that meaningful engagement with civil society be incorporated into all areas of the UN Joint Programme’s work and that essential principles of engagement be reflected within the UBRAF and other key UNAIDS strategic, programming and budgeting documents.
The objectives of the guidance include providing succinct, user-friendly guidance to key stakeholders and decision-makers within Joint UN teams on AIDS, especially staff working at national level, to assist them to take concrete steps to enhance the partnership work of UNAIDS with civil society, including key populations and people living with HIV; ensuring that across the UN system, partnerships with civil society and all other types of collaboration are a high priority, promoted, and fully operational, in order to maximise the potential of achieving real results; and, among others, building a more consistent, innovative and strategic approach to work with civil society across all UNAIDS’ Cosponsors and Secretariat, and at all levels (global, regional, national and local).
The document can be downloaded from this link.
