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Community Programme Committee (CPC) Membership
Roles and Responsibilities of Community Programme Committee (CPC)
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Reclaiming ownership of the agenda
Building on the history of community involvement in the International AIDS conferences, AIDS 2008 provides an opportunity to reach and involve diverse communities affected by HIV and provide spaces for wide-spread representation and dialogue. The conference must be a catalyst for those communities most affected by HIV to regain an urgency and momentum to their activism in order to reclaim ownership of the agenda through the creation of strategic alliances and articulation of each others’ needs.
Addressing human rights and social justice
AIDS 2008 must create a platform for the re-establishment and reinforcement of linkages among communities and the most marginalized to address issues of human rights, social justice and economic inequality, including south-south and south- north differences and access issues.
Bringing together community and evidence-based science
The Conference must offer the potential to highlight new challenges threatening our communities and for evidence- based science and community to come together to jointly address these issues.
Ensuring a long-term legacy for the region
Taking place in Latin America, and close to the Caribbean, the Conference is an excellent opportunity to focus on concentrated epidemics, which are linked intrinsically to generalized epidemics in other parts of the world. It must leave a lasting legacy in the region, empowering local communities and promoting meaningful community involvement at local and regional levels.
Demanding accountability and action
Remaining action-oriented, harnessing community power and strength and demanding accountability from all stakeholders must be underlying principles for our involvement in AIDS 2008 if universal access to prevention, treatment and care are to be achieved by 2010.
Community Programme Committee (CPC) Membership
Co-chairs:
Beatrice Were, Uganda
Philippa Lawson, USA
Juan Jacobo Hernandez, Mexico
Members:
Kate Thomson, Switzerland
Andrew Hunter, Thailand
Muwoli Mvula, Zambia
Anuar Luna, Mexico
Ninel Diaz, Mexico
Anandi Yuvaraj, India
Gcebile Ndlovu, Swaziland
Evan Collins, Canada
Tariq Zafar, Pakistan
Niza Picasso, Mexico
Roles and Responsibilities of Community Programme Committee (CPC)
The role of the committee member will be to participate in a committee of 14 people to plan and execute the Community Programme for AIDS2008 and to advise on community issues regarding other parts of the conference. The role of committee members is that of volunteer and there is no payment for participating. Travel and related expenses will be covered by the IAS. Previous committee members have found that position can be intermittently demanding and requires some dedicated time. There are likely to be face to face meetings of the JPC and/or CPC twice in 2007 and 2 to 3 times in 2008 leading up to the conference. In addition there will be teleconferences and frequent email communication.
CPC functions include to:
- Represent the views of the various constituencies and community stakeholders, in particular people living with and affected by HIV, and vulnerable communities
- Help plan and execute the Community component of the Conference Programme
- Draft the Community Vision for AIDS2008
- Liaise with the Leadership and Scientific Programme Committees (LPC and SPC) and to participate in meetings of the Joint Programme Committee (JPC)
- Suggest overall theme for the CCC to consider
- Suggest plenary topics and speakers for the CCC to consider
- Propose topics, select and help design non-abstract driven sessions for the CCC to consider
- Nominate members for the Track Committees and Programme Activity Working Groups
- Help recruit reviewers of abstract and skills building workshop submissions
- Recruit the Community Rapporteur Team
- Recommend to the CCC PLWHA speakers for the Opening and Closing Sessions
- Work with the Local Partners and Conference Secretariats on Programme Activities (including Global Village, Youth Programme, Culture Programme etc)
- Disseminate conference information to networks, help in outreach and advocate for the conference
- Participate in Monitoring and Evaluation
Qualifications include:
- Broad experience with the issues of people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, vulnerable communities and HIV-related non-governmental and community based
- Ability to represent, and consult with, a wide variety of constituencies and community stakeholders, and not just your own constituency.
- Ability to work with colleagues from Science and Leadership and recognize that the conference has multiple stakeholders
- Ability to attend and participate fully in all CPC and JPC meetings
- Ability and capacity to communicate by telephone, fax, and email
- Ability to work in written and spoken English as documentation is generally provided, and group discussions are, in English
- Additional languages and trans-cultural experience an asset
- Ability to review large volumes of documentation in advance of meeting and/or strategic decisions
- Ability to act within a team setting
- Be sensitive to all aspects of diversity
- Assurance that you and/or your organization/institution can provide some protected time for conference related duties
Isabel Gonzalez
isabel.gonzalez@iasociety.org