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Martijn Pakker . EU Policy Advisor . Stop AIDS Alliance

Advocacy capacity building in the south. Martijn Pakker . EU Policy Advisor . Stop AIDS Alliance. situation analysis. Current funding trends Focusing on GBS Governments have more ownership Civil society participation!! EU-Africa relations de- centralised. situation analysis.

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Martijn Pakker . EU Policy Advisor . Stop AIDS Alliance

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  1. Advocacy capacity building in the south Martijn Pakker . EU Policy Advisor . Stop AIDS Alliance

  2. situation analysis • Current funding trends • Focusing on GBS • Governments have more ownership • Civil society participation!! • EU-Africa relations de-centralised

  3. situation analysis • What is needed for effective advocacy? • Field experience • Research • Network • Good working relations CSO-gov’t • Need for training in lobby and advocacy • Governments • Donors (local and international)

  4. the importance of north-south-north collaboration North-South • Experience • Contacts • Expertise in advocacy South - North • Field experience • What has already been done? • What is effective?

  5. stop aids alliance in brief International HIV/AIDSAlliance (IHAA) (UK) STOP AIDS NOW! (SAN!) (Netherlands) Stop AIDS Alliance (Brussels)

  6. Futureplans Regional Support Hubs • Africa Regional Policy • South – South collaboration • Common policy and lobby goals • North – South – North collaboration: bringing the North closer to the south and the south closer to the north

  7. Futureplans North-South-North capacity building • TA to increase capacities of southern partners to: • advocate • Strengthen relations with governments and donors (EU delegations) • Fundraising and GFATM grants training • Push for CS participation in MTR of CSPs • Build capacity of local CBOs and NGOs to provide valuable and critical input in the MTR

  8. what can we do? • What are the strengths? Our partners’? • What are our challenges? • What opportunities can we grasp? • What are the threats to success?

  9. Some questions to help • What information do you need to properly address the advocacy needs in the South? • What organisations should be involved in the capacity building? How? • What benefits will you get from working with your southern partners? • What critical entry points can be identified for effective advocacy? • Who can you partner with in the North? • What technical assistance can be offered alongside advocacy and policy influencing?

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