Preliminary Programme

MONDAY, November 20
8.30-9.00am	Registration
9.00-9.30am	Welcome and Introduction Kim Bolduc, Resident Representative, UNDP Brazil and Government Representative from Brazil ; Lily Ohiorhenuan, HIV/AIDS Group,UNDP New Yorkand Terry McKinley, IPC, Brasilia.
9.30-11.00am	Topic: An Introduction to the Macroeconomic Issues of Scaling-Up HIV/AIDS Financing Chair: Ajay Sharma, DfID Panel: Fernando Cardim, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Mwanza Nkusu, IMF ; David Goldsbrough, Center for Global Development; Beng’i Mazana Issa, Tanzania AIDS Commission.
11.00-11.15am	COFFEE BREAK
11.15-12.30pm	Open Discussion Chair: Mary Shawa, Principal Secretary for Nutrition, HIV&AIDS, Office of the President and Cabinet, Malawi
12:30-1:30pm	LUNCH
1:30-3.00pm	Topic: Response of Governments/International Institutions/Civil Society on Scaling Up HIV/AIDS Financing Chair: Alberic Kacou, UN Resident Coordinator, UNDP RR Nigeria Presentation : -Aisha Baldeh, National AIDS Secretariat, Gambia Panel: Bernhard Schwartlander, Director of Strategic Information and Evaluation The Global Fund ; Mony Pen, Cambodian Community Review Panel for the Tides Foundation Collaborative Fund ; Nataliya Leonchuk, Executive Director, East European and Central Asian Union of PLWA Organizations Ukraine ; David Evans, Director of Health System Financing, WHO.
3.00-3.15pm	COFFEE BREAK
3.15-5.00pm	Topic: Background Papers on Macroeconomic Policies for Combating HIV and AIDS Chair: Bernhard Schwartlander, Director of Strategic Information and Evaluation, The Global Fund Presentations : David Bevan, Oxford University; John Serieux, University of Manitoba ; Matias Vernengo, University of Utah ; Bernard Walters, Manchester University
5.00-6.00pm	Open Discussion Chair: Alberic Kacou, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative, Nigeria
7.00	RECEPTION

 

TUESDAY, November 21
9.00-11.00am	Topic: Country Experiences on Spending for HIV and AIDS Chair: Fidele Sarassoro, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP RR, Ethiopia Presentations : Jan Kees Martijn, IMF ; Mick Foster, independent consultant ; Degol Hailu, UNDP Caribbean; Kenneth Mugambe, Ministry of Finance, Uganda.
11.00-11.15am	COFFEE BREAK
11.15-12.30pm	Open Discussions Chair: David Evans, WHO
12:30-1:30pm	LUNCH
1:30-3.00pm	Topic: Implications for Government/Donors/Civil Society funding, budgeting and expenditure Chair: Aisha Baldeh Presentations: John Kamigwi, NAC-Kenya ; Mary Shawa, Malawi ; Rick Rowden, ActionAid Panel: Fidele Sarassoro, Gustave Nebie, UNDP Cameroon ;Nataliya Leonchuk ;Atila Roque, Inesc, Brasil.
3.00-3.15pm	COFFEE BREAK
3.15-4.30pm	Discussion and Reflections Chair: Kenneth Mugambe
4.30-5.30pm	Discussion on the Way Forward Lily Ohiorhenuan ; Terry McKinley.
5.30-6.00pm	Wrap Up Chair: Bernhard Schwartlander
7.00	DINNER

 

WEDNESDAY, November 22
9.00-11.30am	Special Brazil session (optional) : Presentations of the joint Government of Brazil/UNICEF/UNAIDS project Laços Sul-Sul that seeks to offer universal access to first-line treatment to 6 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America with the support of the Brazilian Government. (room to be determined)

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