Foro 2007

30 March 2007

The Alliance is to have a major presence at Foro 2007, this year’s Latin America regional HIV/AIDS conference. Staff and partners from up to 30 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries will attend, alongside Alliance executive director Alvaro Bermejo.

The bi-annual Foro Latino will take place from 16 to 20 April in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Alliance is to host the satellites and events detailed below. A Spanish version of this listing is also available. Please make sure you confirm all dates and details nearer to the conference.

Participants from the LAC region are warmly welcomed to attend the Alliance’s meetings and visit the Alliance booth. Those who are unable to attend will be able to read a daily blog update on the Alliance website.

Alliance linking organisation directors will also be present from Ecuador, Mexico and Peru, as well as staff from programmes in the Caribbean. For a full list of their events, which will be finalised after 10 April, contact lacregional@aidsalliance.org

Alliance satellites and events

  • Community forum – the Alliance is jointly funding the communities’ information-sharing activities for 16 and 17 April. The eight Latin American community networks will be leading a large number of sessions that look back on 25 years of HIV activism in the LAC region.
  • Satellite session – Universal access and civil society: opportunities and challenges at the national level. Wednesday 18 April, open session with translation.
  • Satellite session (jointly run by the Alliance and the Global Fund) – the Global Fund and the role of civil society. Wednesday 18 April, open session with translation.
  • Workshop (run by the Alliance and Kimirina, our linking organisation in Ecuador) – the HIV/AIDS Code of Good Practice and its use in LAC. Thursday 19 April. This event will highlight the importance of signing up to the code and will present a case study from Ecuador on how the principles of the code can be implemented.
  • Meeting of key stakeholders involved in new Alliance LAC Knowledge Management Centre – an initiative to improve the flow of HIV information and knowledge between and within civil society in the LAC region.
  • Breakfast meeting – Building collaboration between the World Bank and civil society in LAC. Friday 20 April. A meeting to discuss the report study and look for ways to improve links. Contact Steve Lewis, head of the LAC team at the Alliance, on slewis@aidsalliance.org if you would like to attend.

For more on the conference link to Foro Latino.

The Alliance blog from Foro 2007.