Annual Activities Report 2006 - 2007
PROGRAMS
National HIV/AIDS Business Coalitions
One of the principal strategies for engaging the private sector is the development of national business coalitions against HIV/AIDS. Business coalitions are intended to facilitate public-private partnerships with key stakeholders such as international donor agencies, foundations, multinational corporations, national companies, private sector organizations (including labor unions, employer federations, business council representatives), National AIDS Commissions and their private sector focal points, other public sector constituencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) representing civil society. In 2006, with funding from the World Bank Multi-Country AIDS Program (MAP), the Initiative provided technical assistance to develop country-specific frameworks and strategies for business coalitions and private sector engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mali, Mauritania and Senegal and linked these countries to other ongoing private sector initiatives across Africa. The Initiative, under a renewed contract with the World Bank for 2007, conducted missions to the DRC, Mali and Mauritania. In October 2007, CCA also completed a mission to Ghana in collaboration with the World Bank, The Ford Foundation and the Global Business Coalition against HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC) to provide technical assistance to the Ghana Business Coalition against AIDS.
HIV/AIDS Private Sector Mobilization Forum
Under the auspices of its World Bank contract, CCA assisted The World Bank and the World Economic Forum (WEF), in partnership with PharmAccess International GTZ, ILO, the Global Business Coalition (GBC), SIDA-ENTREPRISES and UNAIDS, to organize the HIV/AIDS Private Sector Mobilization Forum for Francophone Africa held in Marrakech, Morocco, 19-23 June 2006. The forum was part of a larger effort to develop innovative partnerships between the public and private sectors and civil society in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The meeting provided opportunities to exchange information and discuss tools to support and implement action plans and workplace programs that fully engage the power and resources of the private sector in national HIV/AIDS agendas. Participants included directors and private sector focal points from National AIDS Commissions and representatives from national business coalitions against HIV/AIDS, labor unions and employer federations, NGOs, donors, selected companies and development agencies.
Gadgets Technology Platform - An Internet-Based Communication Tool for Business Coalitions
CCA is currently facilitating the development of a partnership between AllAfrica Global Media and the DRC Business Coalition against HIV/AIDS whereby AllAfrica will assist the coalition to create an internet platform so that business coalition representatives throughout the country can communicate and share resources more effectively. AllAfrica has agreed to pilot this application in the DRC and plans to adapt, install, host and manage a version of this communication platform during the defined pilot period. CCA assisted the coalition in organizing a three-day training during which AllAfrica will train coalition representatives on the use of this platform so that the organization can integrate this technology into their activities. CCA is also facilitating a relationship between AllAfrica, AIDS Portal and the Pan-African Business Coalition (PABC) whereby AllAfrica and AIDS Portal will assist the PABC in developing an Internet-based mechanism that will enhance communication among all business coalitions on the continent.
Public-Private Partnerships in the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Sector
In 2006 and 2007, the CCA HIV/AIDS Initiative, in collaboration with the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC), ICCR, Constella/Futures and GBC, convened a series of meetings with CCA members and partners representing the telecommunications and applied information technology industries to discuss the creation of public-private partnerships to meet HIV/AIDS and other health requirements in Africa through the expansion of new and current markets and innovative applications for existing technologies. Appropriate and scalable applied ICT can improve healthcare delivery in developing countries by creating virtual infrastructure to bridge physical infrastructure gaps. The series of meetings resulted in three OGAC-funded pilot activities for implementation in PEPFAR-supported African countries.
Global Development Alliance/Radio Madagascar
In October 2006, CCA was informed by USAID that its proposal for the development of a Global Development Alliance partnership in support of Madagascar World Radio was approved and had been sent to the Office of Acquisitions and Agreements for funding. CCA will be working with its member company, Madagascar World Voice (MWV), to develop and adapt radio “soap opera” scripts for the delivery of HIV/AIDS prevention messages in Madagascar and throughout the radio’s broadcast region. CCA will also assist MWV in marketing the radio station and its extensive communication capacity with other CCA members interested in showcasing their corporate social responsibility (CSR) portfolios in Africa.
The Population, Health and Nutrition Technical Assistance and Support Contract (TASC3) IQC
In January 2007, CCA won a sub-contractor position on the Family Health International (FHI)-led consortium to implement the five-year TASC3 Global Health Indefinite Quantity Contract recently awarded by USAID. The five-year, $1 billion indefinite quantity contract provides worldwide support to USAID missions and regional bureaus to access efforts to improve conditions in population, health and nutrition. CCA forms an integral component of the FHI-led team that includes seven other leading organizations: The American College of Nurse Midwives, Catholic Relief Services, Dalberg Global Development Advisors, Klett Consulting Group, Inc., Meridian Group International, Inc., Population Reference Bureau and World Relief.
MACRO International Evaluation of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Evaluation
In May 2007, the CCA HIV/AIDS Initiative was awarded a contract by Macro International Inc. to examine the current nature of the public/private sector partnership within the Global Fund. CCA conducted missions to Geneva, Tanzania and Malawi to study the role of the private sector in contributing to the objectives of the Fund in the context of the current Global Fund Five-Year Evaluation. Results from the in-country contributions studies served both to highlight the private sector participation issues at country level and to inform the broader examination of resource mobilization.
Partenaires Contre le SIDA
In October 2007, CCA was accepted as a member of the “Partenaires Contre le SIDA (PCS) National and International Expert Database.” PCS, a joint initiative of the Global Business Coalition on AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC) and SIDA-ENTREPRISES, was founded in May 2006 and is funded by the French Development Agency (AFD) for three years. This project will provide technical expertise and financial assistance to companies, business coalitions and other private sector entities seeking to implement or strengthen their responses to HIV/AIDS. As a member of the “PCS National and International Expert Database,” CCA will provide its expertise in designing and implementing private sector HIV/AIDS initiatives to PCS grantees in Africa.
UNAIDS/Sudan
UNAIDS/Sudan has requested technical assistance from CCA for the development and support of a business coalition against HIV/AIDS in Sudan. The project is scheduled to begin in early 2008 and will increase the number of countries receiving private sector technical support from CCA to six.
