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New Host Organisation for AIDS Action Europe
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 For over ten years, STI AIDS Netherlands hosted the European network AIDS Action Europe and providedorganisational and financial support. Time for a change, and the board of STI AIDS Netherlands, in cooperation with the AIDS Action Europe Steering Committee, decided to transfer the coordination of AIDS Action Europe by 1 July 2014 to a new host organisation.
After a careful re-hosting procedure that involved several excellent candidates, Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe in Berlin was selected to take over the AIDS Action Europe coordination office. Executive director Silke Klumb explains the sincere interest of Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe and the motivation to provide the organisational framework for AIDS Action Europe in the years to come... >>
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Upcoming EU HIV/AIDS Civil Society Meeting in Luxemburg
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 On 8 and 9 July 2014, the HIV/AIDS Civil Society Forum (CSF) will have its 19th meeting in Luxemburg. The CSF, an informal advisory body established in 2005 by the European Commission to facilitate the participation of NGOs and networks, has recently been renewed. Please find the list of delegates per country on the AIDS Action Europe website.
The upcoming meeting will provide the possibility for new and old members to get acquainted with each other and with the procedures and potential of the CSF. In addition to some general points on the agenda...>>
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Training to improve HIV Prevention in Europe
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 Quality Action is a unique EU- wide project that aims to increase the effectiveness of HIV prevention in Europe. It promotes quality assurance (QA) and quality improvement (QI) tools that are adapted to practice and are useful for practitioners. In April and May Quality Action organised several training workshops offering knowledge and skills to make it even easier to apply the five Quality Action tools. Bertus Tempert and Koenraad Vermey, representing Soa Aids Nederland (STI Aids Netherlands), participated in the 3-day training in Tallinn, Estonia.
“We were impressed with the excellent and smooth execution of the course in a pleasant work environment. In between abundant lunches and coffee breaks a lot of work was done, including lively discussions on existing examples of HIV prevention projects.”
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| Project in the Spotlight: Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe |
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Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe (German AIDS Service Organisation) non-government organisation involved in HIV, STI and hepatitis prevention since the beginning of the HIV epidemic. The organisation was founded in 1983 and is the largest as well as the national peak body of the German AIDS service organisations. It is a not-for-profit, non-government association by and for communities and individuals affected and threatened by HIV and AIDS. They focus on people who are particularly vulnerable to infection, especially MSM, but also people who inject drugs, prisoners, migrants, women. Its prevention activities include campaigns, information, materials, outreach and trainings, supporting self-organisation networks.
 The work of the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe is based on the scientifically proven concept of “Structural Prevention”. The organisation develops, implements and evaluates specific health promotion campaigns as well as a range of other prevention interventions for HIV as well as STIs and hepatitis.
This year the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe was celebrating its 30 th birthday with an anniversary campaign “Did you know?”. Within this campaign and by means of the slogan 10 HIV positive and negative people tell their very personal stories. Local AIDS service organizations in 15 cities brought the campaign messages to people on the streets to create space where everyone will be able to reflect on all changes happening around HIV in the last 30 years.
Want to link up with other member NGOs? Like us on Facebook and meet them on Member Monday!
Your organisation in the spotlight? Please contact our communications coordinator Rieneke de Man.
AIDS Action Europe currently unites more than 400 NGOs in 53 countries in Europe and Central Asia. We hope that member NGOs presenting themselves will inspire other NGOs throughout the region and that it will encourage further linking and learning between our members. Together we can work towards a better response to the HIV epidemic!
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AIDS Action Europe office
Soa Aids Nederland (STI AIDS Netherlands)
Keizersgracht 392 email: office@aidsactioneurope.org
1016 GB Amsterdam phone: +31 (0)20 626 26 69 the Netherlands fax: +31 (0)20 627 52 21
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