HIV/AIDS NPOs AND COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES: What options for partnership and cooperations do exist? Mag. Frank M. Amort Aids Hilfe Wien [e-mail] www.aids.at

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HIV/AIDS NPOs AND COMMERCIAL
ENTERPRISESWhat options for partnership and
cooperations do exist?Mag. Frank M.
AmortAids Hilfe Wienamort_at_aids.atwww.aids.at
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Input

• Most people living with HIV do not leave their
  jobs when diagnosed with HIV. Are those
  businesses prepared?
• Many non-working people living with HIV would
  like to return to a working enviroment. Are they
  prepared?

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AIDS NPOs and enterprises

• AIDS NPOs tend to see themselves more often als
  businesses
• AIDS NPOs saw commercial enterprises primarily as
  sponsors for fundraising
• New partnerships in the interest of HIV clients
  have to be developed

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Some legal Aspects

• Has the employer to be informed about a HIV
  infection of one of the employees?
• Are there any laws against discrimination?
• Does a disability act exist?

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Best practice (1)

• HIV/AIDS coaching for enterprises
• Spin-off of intermediate prevention in medical
  and psychosocial professions
• Individual coaching / group activities
• Preventive without cause / due to a concrete
  occasion
• Mostly in small enterprises

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Best practice (2)

• Specific information material dealing with the
  topic HIV/AIDS and workplace

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Best practice (3)

• Adapting the dialogue with the business sector

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For further discussion

• HIV/AIDS NPOs are (often) businesses How do they
  handle the reality of HIV/AIDS at the workplace.
• HIV/AIDS NPOs should find new ways to form a
  dialogue with enterprises in order to achieve
  better integration of HIV employees.

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For further discussion (2)

• HIV/AIDS NPOs should clearly separate the
  dialogue of corporate social responsibilty from
  fundraising activities.