Safe and Strong

Goal of the Safe and Strong Programme:

To improve STI/HIV/AIDS prevention programmes aimed at gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders and intersex (LGBTI), in terms of both quantity and quality

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Carrying out the Programme

in 9 Countries, with 17 Partners  

Africa:South Africa (3)Zimbabwe (1)Namibia (1)

Botswana (1) 

South America:Suriname (2)Ecuador (2)

Honduras (2)Costa Rica (1)

Brazil (4)

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Schorer International Team:

José PauwProgramme Manager

Denise KroesProgramme Assistent

Bram LangenSouthern African Region Capacity Strengthening

Wilma den UijlBrasil and Surinam

Liestbeth DaniëlsEcuador, Honduras, Costa Rica

Jeanette Lenskens(starts 04)…Prevention

Bouko BakkerHIV/STI prevention in The Netherlands

and 40 other staff within Schorer…

Safe and Strong

2008: Looking Back • Finishing up the Needs Assessments• Regional workshop in Windhoek to share on

the process of the Needs Assessments, work on cooperation and exchange, work towards a prevention plan 2008-2010

• Developing a prevention plan 2008-2010 and a work plan for the second half of 2008

• Implementation of prevention plans• First international partner meeting in Mexico• ICASA Conference in Dakar• Development of first ideas for a capacity

(self) assessment (as the basis for a capacity strengthening plan in 2009)

• …

Safe and Strong

Principal Themes in the Programme:

• Plan-based HIV-prevention • Capacity strengthening• Knowledge Exchange• Agenda-setting

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2009

HIV/STI Prevention Programme

– Implementing prevention interventions (mix). Broadening and deepening practice

– Developing a project proposal 2008-2010 and work plan for 2009

– Mainstreaming– Evaluation Studies (‘effect evaluation’)

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Evaluation Studies

Goal: • To gain a better understanding of the workings of

prevention activities aimed at the promotion of safer sex and targeting various groups of MSM and WSW, in order to improve the quality of the current and future activities.

• It will also be making the results of the prevention programmes more visible.

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Evaluation Studies

• The evaluation will concentrate on the implementation, the process, and the perceived effectiveness of intervention activities. (so not: effect or impact)

• Evaluation will build upon information that has already been gathered by the organisations about the implemented prevention activities.

• The actual evaluation studies will be carried out by the individual organisations.

• With the expertise of Dr. T. Sandfort (HIV Centre, Columbia University), Schorer will facilitate the implementation by developing frameworks and guidelines and by providing some funding to partner organisations for implementing the evaluation studies.

• It will integrate the perspectives of persons involved in implementing the interventions as well as those of the participants in those interventions, and it will address barriers and facilitators to implementation.

• The selection of intervention activities to be evaluated will be made on the basis of a number of criteria.

– (Schorer-funded) interventions that have the promotion of safer sex as a major goal – should involve face-to-face interaction with members of the various target groups, and – should be carried out between January and May of 2009.

• May – July 2009

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2009

Capacity Strengthening

– Capacity Self Assessments– Drafting a workplan for capacity

strengthening in 2009 – Implementing activities to strengthen

capacities in 2009

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2009

Knowledge Exchange

– Gathering lessons learned, documentation– Set up of a Safe and Strong International

Web Community– International Expert Meeting – 2nd International Partner Meeting in

Amsterdam– Funding for joint conference attendance and

partner meetings

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Funding from Schorer for the Joint Participation of Partners in

Conferences & Funding for Partner-organised Partner Meetings

In 2009 the total amount available for these two kinds of funding together is €124,000.

Criteria like:• The application should involve more than one Schorer partner.

All regional partners should be aware of the request for funding.

• The conference or partner meeting should be linked to the core theme of the Schorer programme: HIV/STI prevention for sexual minorities.

• It should be clear what the partners will get out of the conference/partner meeting, what they will contribute to it, and why that is worth the investment.

• A lead partner should be appointed who will maintain contact with Schorer, co-sign the contract and be responsible for thematic and financial reporting.

Application:• To apply for funding for one of the types of meetings

mentioned above, a group of partners must submit a concise application (3 pages maximum)

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2009

Other themes to be addressed bySchorer in The Netherlands

– Agenda Setting in the North– Increasing public support in the North– Donor coordination– Brainstorming on ‘Safe and Strong’ 2011-

2014