Program
09.00 Arrival, coffee and tea
09.15 Welcome and introduction by Helena Zweifel, aidsfocus.ch
09.30–12.30
The global AIDS response
Inputs with Discussion
Dr Christoph Benn, Director Partnership, Communications, Resource and Mobilization, Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria: The future of the global AIDS response
Andreas Loebell, Policy Advisor, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC): Implications for SDC
Implications for NGOs
Inputs with Discussion
Robin Gorna, Executive Director, International AIDS Society (IAS): The future of the Global AIDS response. Implications for HIV professionals and Civil Society organisations
Florence Ajok Odoch, Manager TASO Mulago, AIDS Support Organisation (TASO), Uganda: Implication of funding trends on community based programmes
12.30 Lunch
Implications for NGOs (continued)
Sharonann Lynch, HIV/AIDS Policy Advior, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF): Punishing success? Early signs of a retreat from commitment to HIV/AIDS care and treatment
Dr Stefan Germann, Director, Learning and Partnerships, World Vision International: Reaching the other half of children affected and living with HIV and AIDS by 2015
14.30 Coffee break
15. Workshops
Future of Global AIDS response - implications for Swiss NGOs: Conclusions, recommendations and steps to be taken
16.00 Plenary and Farewell
17.00 End of the conference
Organisation and Coordination
Helena Zweifel, aidsfocus.ch/ Medicus Mundi Switzerland
The conference is financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and World Vision Schweiz
Date: 14 April 2010
Vernue: Kornhausforum, Kornhausplatz 18, Bern, www.kornhaus.org