Why a Code

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Why a Code?

• AIDS is a crisis that is extraordinary in its
  scale
• To stand any chance of effectively responding to
  the epidemic, we have to treat it both as an
  emergency and as a long-term development issue

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Why a Code?

• We need HIV/AIDS specific responses, to
  mainstream HIV/AIDS within humanitarian and
  development programming and integrate HIV/AIDS
  within related health programming such as sexual
  and reproductive health

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Why a Code?

• There has already been a considerable increase in
  the number and variety of NGOs responding to
  HIV/AIDS in recent years
• The proliferation of NGOs and rapid scaling up of
  programmes has, at times, occurred at the expense
  of accountability and quality programming and has
  led to fragmentation of the NGO voice in the
  HIV/AIDS response

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Why a Code?

• Simultaneously, there have also been significant
  changes in the global funding environment,
  particularly in ensuring that the lessons learned
  over the past 20 years are used to guide the
  allocation of resources in scaling up responses
  to HIV/AIDS

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Responding to the challenges

• The Code aims to
• outline, and build wider commitment to, the
  principles, practices and evidence base that
  underscores successful NGO responses to HIV/AIDS
• assist NGOs to improve the quality and
  cohesiveness of our work and our accountability
  to our partners and beneficiary communities

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Responding to the challenges

• foster greater collaboration between the wide
  variety of NGOs now responding to the HIV/AIDS
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• reinvigorate the voice of NGOs in the HIV/AIDS
  response by committing to a shared vision of good
  practice in our programming and advocacy agenda

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Learning from experience

• The idea for the Code draws on the experiences
  and success of other interagency initiatives such
  as the Sphere Projects Humanitarian Charter and
  Minimum Standards in Disaster Relief The Code of
  Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red
  Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief and
  The People In Aid Code

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How it came about

• The idea of a code was tested with NGOs through a
  series of workshops conducted at the
  International Home and Community Care Conference
  and the International Conference for PLHA in late
  2003.
• These initial consultations informed the
  development of the first draft of the Code, which
  was released for comment on 15 March 2004

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How it came about

• The draft Code was used as a tool to engage wider
  NGO community around the world
• The draft Code was English, French, Spanish and
  Russian and input could be provided in any of
  these languages
• Inputs on the draft were provided through
  consultation meetings, workshops, email
  consultations, and by written submission

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How it came about

• The draft Code was then revised in light of
  consultation inputs
• The final text was made available with a summary
  of key revisions, to enable NGOs to consider
  signing on to the Code

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What the Code covers

• The Guiding principles are the overarching
  framework for the Code
• our core values
• protecting people's human rights and what we mean
  by a rights based approach
• applying public health and development principles
  and evidence based approaches

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What the Code covers

• The Organisational principles outline how we do
  our work, including good practice principles in
• involving people living with HIV/AIDS and
  affected communities
• programme planning, implementation and evaluation
• good governance and management
• effective scaling up
• advocacy

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What the Code cover

• The Programming Principles outline good practice
  principles in relation to
• HIV/AIDS programming VCT HIV prevention
  treatment care support, and addressing stigma
  and discrimination
• Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS within development and
  humanitarian programming

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Signing on to the Code

• The first phase of sign on closed on 29 October
  2004, to enable NGO signatories to be published
  in the first printed edition
• Over one hundred and sixty NGOs are listed in the
  first edition, which was launched on 10 countries
  on World AIDS Day, 1 December 2004

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Where to from here?

• This joint initiative was entirely funded by the
  11 NGOs involved to ensure its independence
• The Steering Committee is seeking external
  funding to establish a secretariat to support
  signatory NGOs in implementing the Code in their
  work and to undertake translations the Code in
  2005

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Future sign on

• Once the second phase of the Code project is
  established, there will be an on going mechanism
  for NGOs to sign on to the Code

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Model of Implementation

• Given the diversity of signatory NGOs, approaches
  to using the Code, applying the principles in
  different contexts and reporting on progress will
  vary, depending on the type of signatory NGO
• The proposed approach to implementation is a
  flexible one, designed to be refined in
  collaboration with signatory NGOs

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Model of Implementation

• A pilot assessment with a diverse range of
  signatory NGOs is underway, to determine what
  support they may need to assist them in
  implementing the Code and what existing planning
  frameworks they have in place that they can use
  in the process implementation

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Supporting Implementation

• We plan to establish a secretariat to support
  implementation of the Code
• The secretariat will provide a focal point for
  marketing the Code, providing information about
  it and the process for sign-on and
  implementation, and help to network and support
  signatory NGOs as they use the Code in their work

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Model of Implementation

• Signatory NGOs will be assisted to implement the
  guiding and operational principles and those
  programming principles that are relevant to their
  work and report on their effort in implementing
  the Code
• Timeframe will need to be appropriate to their
  needs, with an emphasis on continuous improvement
  over time

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Using the Code

• It is likely that signatory NGOs will use the
  Code in different ways
• developing training modules with partner NGOs or
  member organisations
• using the principles contained in the Code to
  develop indicators appropriate for the epidemic
  context within which they work, which can then be
  used when developing, implementing and evaluating
  specific programmes.

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Where can I get a copy?

• The Code is available electronically, with
  hyperlinks to all secondary source material
• www.ifrc.org/what/health/hivaids/code/
• The website will be updated as work on Phase 2
  Supporting Implementation of the code progresses

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Where can I get a copy?

• Print copy of the Code are being distributed free
  to all who participated in consultation process
  on the draft Code and to all NGO signatories
• Hard copies of the Code can be purchased from
  Oxfam Publishing
• http//publications.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam/default.asp
  

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Steering Committee

• ActionAid International
• CARE USA
• Global Health Council
• GNP
• Grupo Pela Vidda
• Hong Kong AIDS Foundation
• ICASO
• International Federation of Red Cross Red
  Crescent Societies
• International Harm Reduction Association
• International HIV/AIDS Alliance
• World Council of Churches

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www.ifrc.org/what/health/hivaids/code/