The NGO partnership on HIV and AIDS in Europe and Central Asia
AIDS Action Europe was established in 2004 and has grown to be one of the largest HIV-related networks in the region. Our network reaches beyond the borders of the European Union and covers all 53 countries in Europe and Central Asia. Our mission is to unite civil society to work towards a more effective response to the HIV epidemic in Europe and Central Asia.
Members of our network comprise a diversity of about 400 NGOs, national networks, AIDS service organisations, activists and community based groups of people living with HIV.
Click here to download our leaflet.
AIDS Action Europe Office
The AIDS Action Europe office is based in Amsterdam and is responsible for the overall network management of AIDS Action Europe.
As co-chair of the HIV/AIDS Civil Society Forum and member of the HIV/AIDS Think Tank, advocacy is one of the core activities.
The network's linking and learning activities are also coordinated by this office. This includes the content management of the website and the clearinghouse.
Executive Coordinator: Martine de Schutter
Communications Coordinator: Martine van der Meulen
Programme Officer: Nina Schat
Programme Assistant: Dieuwke Bosmans
AIDS Action Europe Steering Commitee
AIDS Action Europe is governed by a Steering Committee of 12 members.
The committee comes together twice a year and has six-weekly conference calls. The members spend their time (around 10 days per year) and energy in AIDS Action Europe on a voluntary basis. The term for each steering committee member is 3 years, each steering committee member can me re-elected once. For institutional memory and ease of working, there will be a staggered turnover of 3-4 Steering Committee members yearly. There are fixed seats for a representative of STI AIDS Netherlands (as host organisation of AIDS Action Europe); the co-chair of the Civil Society Forum and a representative of EATG. Click here to download an overview of the terms of our current steering committee members.
Steering Committee Principles
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The Steering Committee acts as the governing body of AIDS Action Europe on all programmatic issues concerning policy, strategy, finance, monitoring and evaluation. - The Steering Committee should be composed by individuals from members or partners of AIDS Action Europe.
- The composition of the Steering Committee should be balanced in terms of HIV status, gender and geographic representation.
- Steering Committee members attend on a personal title and in recognition of their personal expertise. Therefore, seats at the Steering Committee are not transferable automatically from one person to another within organisations.
Click here to download a more detailed description of the principles, functions and governance of the steering committee.
Click here to read the minutes of past steering committee meetings.
European Partner of ICASO
As regional office of the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO), AIDS Action Europe is part of ICASO's mission to mobilize and support diverse community organizations to build an effective global response to HIV and AIDS. This is done within a vision of a world where people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS can enjoy life free from stigma, discrimination, and persecution, and have access to prevention, treatment and care.