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Request for Proposal for
2008 AIDS Review
Issued: 23 July 2007
Closing Date: 3 September
2007 5pm
This paper invites joint bids from coalitions and
networks of civil society organizations to come together to form a year long
mechanism to support national civil society and community groups in maximising
the impact of the 2008
UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS.
Background
Reporting on the progress of AIDS responses against
the targets in the 2001 and 2006 political declarations scheduled for 2008
presents a great opportunity to advance AIDS responses. Building on past
learning and experiences, and capitalizing on advocacy opportunities, civil
society can help drive further gains against AIDS towards achieving the
universal access targets of 2010 and the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Critical to success is measuring progress at national
level and using the 2008 General Assembly Review as an opportunity to move the
many policies, promises and rhetoric into action.
Civil society and non-state organizations are
increasingly networked around how to contribute towards progress and to
maximise opportunities to secure strong inclusive national plans and reports.
UNAIDS is keen to harness the increasing commitment to
greater collaboration within civil society and strengthen the role of civil
society in AIDS responses.
UNAIDS recognises that initiatives provided by and for
civil society organizations are often more effective than those driven by other
partners and so is keen to support civil society in further organizing and
preparing for the 2008 progress review.
Proposed Objectives of the Mechanism:
1. To review and build national and community level civil society capacity
to use the 2008 review strategically
2. To exchange information about different civil society-led progress
monitoring initiatives both inside and outside ‘Three Ones’ structures
3. To support the capacity of civil society in participation in national
reporting – working closely with M&E experts in UNAIDS and within civil
society
4. To ensure national links to global and regional reporting and advocacy
5. To strengthen relationships to improve communication and networking
among civil society groups working on AIDS and between civil society groups and
other partners – in particular UN organizations and member states
6. To plan for logistics needed to secure meaningful participation of civil
society in the 2008 General Assembly Session including leading a process by
which civil society participants will be identified for active participation
7. To encourage civil society to work effectively at national level
regardless of participation at the Review
Possible activities/outputs of the Mechanism:
·
Hold a timely global meeting
and/or consultation or briefing and/or a series of regional briefings
·
Provide clear communications
and tools in multiple languages to secure increased involvement at national
level
·
Provide clear recommendations
to UNAIDS and the Office of the General Assembly President on structures for
civil society participation in the Mid Term Review
·
Provide pre-meeting briefing
· Provide support to civil society in engaging in
political negotiations and advocacy at national and global
levels
· Preparation and briefing
for the civil society participants and speakers
· Provide input on the themes
for the roundtables, panels and any civil society sessions at the Mid Term
Review (depending on structure agreed by the GA)
· Provide advice on logistical
issues and needs for civil society attending the Review
· Post Review Debriefing and
a post-meeting evaluation report
Selection Criteria
UNAIDS will only consider
joint bids for the managment of this mechanism from two or more civil society
organizations or networks, at least one of which must be based in the South.
The host or lead partners will need to demonstrate an ability to network widely
and formerly involve all of the following groups:
·
Organizations of people
living with HIV
·
AIDS service organizations
·
Organizations of key
populations (MSM, sex workers, drug users)
·
Advocacy and communications
organizations
·
Indigenous national and
community based organizations
·
Faith based organizations
·
Private sector and labour
coalitions
·
UNAIDS and Global Fund NGO
delegates/representatives
To be accepted by UNAIDS bids
must include a written commitment expressing willingness to work in
collaboration with the successful coordinating coalition. Demonstrated coordination
and communication ability, influence and reach within civil society and across
sectors will be critical.
Proposals will need to convince UNAIDS that plans will
be cost effective, able to cross cultural, language and geographical barriers
and include experts from civil society in all aspects of the AIDS response
including care, treatment, prevention and stigma eradication.
Joint bids that will help build links and strengthen
relationships across networks and organizations will be particularly welcomed.
In order to allow UNAIDS to release funds a lead
contractual partner should be identified - clearly empowered by the other named
partners in the coalition to act in this capacity.
Past experience in preparing for, and participating
in, the 2001 and 2006 meetings will be an advantage.
The decision on awarding the contract will remain
solely with the UNAIDS Secretariat and will be decided by the Secretariat’s interdepartmental
working group on the 2008 General Assembly session on AIDS.
The Secretariat commits to providing technical support
throughout the lifetime of the year-long joint mechanism. The Secretariat remains committed to working
with all partners regardless of success in this process.
Mechanism Timeline:
Invitation to tender/bid
issued July 23 2007
Deadline for bids and
decision September 3 2007
Contract period September
2007- August 2008
Budget:
UNAIDS has allocated up to 100,000 USD in 2007 and 50,000 in 2008 to support this year-long mechanism
Contact: Civil Society Partnerships UNAIDS: csp@unaids.org
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