The Partnership Forum

This is an annual event of all stakeholders at national and lower levels that attracts political/policy and technical representation to share information on the status of the epidemic and response and agree on national priorities for action.

The first Forum was held in October 2002 together with the 3rd National AIDS Conference. The second Forum was held in December 2003 and this constituted a relatively smaller membership to discuss findings of the Mid Term Review of the NSF 2003. Recommendations of the Forum fed into the revision of the NSF. The third Forum was held in November 2004 and it received the first country status report and recommended the compilation of annual status reports through joint review efforts. The 2005 Partnership Forum was held in January 2006. The delay was intended to allow for appropriate conclusion of the Annual Joint Review exercise that culminated a technical workshop in December 2005.

The Partnership Fund

This was established in 2002 and has since been the major source of funding for HIV/AIDS coordination and management efforts of UAC, Self-Coordinating entities and other national level stakeholders. The following have over the years contributed to the Fund: DFID, DCI, NORAD, UNAIDS. Some Development Partners including USAID do not provide direct funding to the Fund but provide support to identified coordination and management priorities.

Activities that receive support from the Fund must be approved by the Partnership Committee and financial reports of the Fund account are made on a monthly basis during PC meetings. Independent audit reports are also compiled and shared with PC members and development partners.