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IOE-ICFTU meeting to launchjoint action planson HIV/AIDS in Africa

ILO, Geneva

30-31 March 2004

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ILOMeeting Report

AIDS

IOE-ICFTU meeting to launch joint action plans on HIV/AIDS in Africa

International Labour Office Geneva

30-31 March 2004

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Contents

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Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 1

Opening session ................................................................................................................................. 1

Country reports .................................................................................................................................. 2

Côte d’Ivoire ............................................................................................................................ 2

Ghana ....................................................................................................................................... 2

Kenya ....................................................................................................................................... 3

Malawi ..................................................................................................................................... 3

Mali ....................................................................................................................................... 4

Tanzania................................................................................................................................... 4

Uganda ..................................................................................................................................... 4

Zambia ..................................................................................................................................... 5

Action at the workplace: panel discussion......................................................................................... 6

CFAO....................................................................................................................................... 6

Merck ....................................................................................................................................... 7

Lafarge ..................................................................................................................................... 7

Global Unions Campaign on HIV/AIDS................................................................................. 7

World Health Organization...................................................................................................... 8

Resource mobilization........................................................................................................................ 8

GTZ: the BACKUP Initiative and ACCA ............................................................................... 8

Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations, Geneva............................................... 9

Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs ................................................................................. 9

Overview of US funding opportunities.................................................................................... 9

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria................................................................... 10

Working groups: developing the action plans.................................................................................... 10

Closing session................................................................................................................................... 12

Appendix I: IOE-ICFTU joint action plans in eight African countries ............................................. 13

Appendix II: Programme of the meeting ........................................................................................... 15

Appendix III: List of participants..................................................................................................... 17

Appendix IV: Table summarizing activities of employers’ and workers’ organizations in the eight countries ............................................................................................................................................. 20

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Introduction

On 12 May 2003 the General Secretaries of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) 1 signed a joint declaration on HIV/AIDS entitled “Fighting HIV/AIDS Together - A Programme for Future Engagement”. A further statement was signed by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions–African Regional Organization (ICFTU-AFRO) and the Pan African Employers’ Conference (PEC) on 24th August 2003 in Nairobi. To prepare the way for action at country level, employers and workers submitted a joint resolution on HIV/AIDS that was adopted by the 10th ILO African Regional Meeting held in Addis Ababa on 2-5 December 2003.

As stated in the resolution, the intention is to implement joint action plans on HIV/AIDS in the workplace in eight African countries - Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia - enabling IOE and ICFTU-AFRO members to come together to develop joint strategies and programmes. The process starts in Africa but lessons learned from the pilot programmes will be shared throughout the two organizations. A meeting was convened on 30 and 31 March to agree the main components of the plans and a strategy for implementation.

Opening session

Messages of welcome and opening presentations were given by Mr Antonio Peñalosa, Secretary-General of the IOE, Mr Andrew Kailembo, General Secretary of ICFTU-AFRO, Mrs Amadi-Njoku, Director of the ILO African Regional Office, and Mr Franklyn Lisk, Director of the ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work.

Mr Lisk welcomed participants, and reminded them of the stages that had led up to the meeting, starting the previous May with the signing of a declaration of collaboration between employers and workers on HIV/AIDS. He pointed out the role of the ILO in encouraging and supporting social dialogue, within the policy and technical framework provided by the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work.

Mr. Peñalosa said that the development of the joint action plans was the practical outcome of a unique collaborative initiative. He made it clear that they would represent only the beginning of practical action - a pilot which, when tried and tested, would be replicated by the member organizations of the IOE and ICFTU in all regions. He reminded participants of the important developmental role played by IOE members worldwide, and the potential of working through them, and through ICFTU affiliates, to provide guidance and support to workers and their families, especially in the small and medium-size local enterprises in countries and populations of need.

Mr Andrew Kailembo drew attention to the unprecedented opportunity offered by the meeting to put aside traditional differences between unions and managers. He spoke of the programme to train union members as HIV/AIDS peer educators and the involvement of African employers in a review meeting the previous April, that had agreed recommendations for joint action. He stressed the importance of the pilot plans being scaled up and replicated widely in other countries.

1 The IOE and the ICFTU are the most representative employers and workers’ organizations at the international level. The IOE represents 137 national employers' organizations from 133 countries. The ICFTU has 231 affiliated national trade union centres in 150 countries, representing 158 million members. The two organizations have a long-established working relationship as they represent two of the three tripartite constituencies of the ILO.

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Mrs Amadi-Njoku stressed the importance of the workplace and the partnership between workers and employers in breaking the vicious circle of HIV/AIDS and poverty. She saw the meeting as the birth of a strong strategic alliance between the IOE, ICFTU and ILO to halt the advance of the disease. She pointed out the need to integrate AIDS-related issues in development and national planning, with a special focus on women and youth, since the epidemic is dangerously undermining the skills, experience, and networks that support women and their families in Africa. Maintaining and expanding youth employment, taking into account the particular risks of HIV/AIDS to young people, is a priority for the African Region.

Country reports

Delegates from the employers’ and workers’ organizations in the eight countries then described their core activities, and exchanged experiences on what they had been able to achieve, as well as identifying obstacles and constraints (see also table at Annex IV).

From the country reports it emerged clearly that a vast range of innovative, practical and effective actions have been undertaken by the partners, both separately and together, and many lessons have been learned that can help shape future action.

Côte d’Ivoire

The presentation was made by Mr. N’guessan Loba, Conseil National du Patronat Ivoirien (CNPI); the worker delegate was unable to attend.

AIDS is the principal cause of death in the labour force and accounts for half of all absenteeism, with measurable impacts on productivity. As a result, 52 enterprises in the CNPI have put in place joint committees and workplace programmes in the framework of the national action plan on HIV/AIDS. These include prevention through sensitization campaigns for behaviour change, the treatment of STIs and promotion of VCT. The prevention campaigns resulted in a decrease of 70% in STIs generally. The programme also includes care, with 100% cover of treatment in larger companies, and the creation of solidarity funds. Future challenges are to mobilize resources to extend treatment to the spouses and children of workers, increase the number of enterprises with committees and programmes, and encourage enterprises with under 50 employees to take action. CNPI’s bipartite HIV/AIDS unit helps to overcome these challenges by following four priorities: coordination, monitoring and evaluation; prevention; care; and resources mobilization.

Ghana

The presentation was made by Mr. K. Ampadu Yeboah, Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) and Mr. John Brimpong, Trade Union Congress of Ghana (TUC).

The GEA, TUC and the NGO Centre for Aids Information Network (CAIN) collaborate to provide information, awareness-raising and training activities for the formal and informal sectors. Following a survey sponsored by the ILO in 2001, the GEA decided to step up its own action and developed an HIV/AIDS policy for its own Secretariat and guidelines for enterprises. The organization carries out training (focal points, peer educators, counsellors) and develops materials, including a training manual. The greatest challenge to the GEA is the lack of capacity and understanding of HIV/AIDS among enterprise managers.

The TUC policy on HIV/AIDS is to create awareness and build capacity in the membership with the aim of integrating HIV/AIDS in collective bargaining agreements and implementing workplace programmes. The TUC helps its members develop their own policies and programmes, trains educators, and runs distance learning courses. It has also introduced

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HIV/AIDS as a module in the Labour Studies Certificate programme. Union activities include campaigning, behaviour change communication, VCT promotion, and care and support.

Kenya

The presentation was made by Mr. Joel O. Momanyi, Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) and Mr. Noah Chune, Central Organization of Trade Unions Kenya (COTU(K)).

The FKE has 2,600 members. It started work on AIDS in 1988 and set up an HIV/AIDS Advisory Committee which meets regularly. With FKE assistance, sugar, tea, coffee and service companies have developed workplace programmes including prevention - in collaboration with trade unions - and free treatment to workers and their immediate family. The organization has developed a Code of Conduct on HIV/AIDS, a training manual for facilitators, baseline surveys for monitoring and evaluation, and sector-based policies for plantations, hotels and tourism, and the flower-growing industry. It has also successfully negotiated with the pharmaceutical industry to have the price of ARVs reduced, and is in consultation with the insurance industry to provide cover for workers. FKE strategies to fight AIDS are based on strong prevention campaigns, knowledge of status through VCT, treatment of opportunistic infections, and affordable nutrition; it also promotes the involvement of the family and tripartite collaboration. The main challenge in order to further develop peer education and counselling, care and support is the mobilization of resources.

COTU(K) works with ICFTU-AFRO and the National AIDS Control Council to develop activities such as education of members and their families, counselling, and training of peer educators, shop stewards and union officials. It gives policy guidance for the incorporation of HIV/AIDS issues into collective bargaining agreements. The organization has an HIV/AIDS Coordinating Unit which oversees programme planning, implementation and resource mobilization, and is setting up a solidarity fund for members with HIV/AIDS. All training activities are developed in cooperation with the employers. The challenges to be overcome include assisting young people and reaching out to the informal sector.

Malawi

The presentation was made by Mr. Patrick Chikowi, Shire Buslines Ltd, for the employers’ federation and Mr. Lurther Mambala, Hotel Food and Catering Workers’ Union, for the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU).

Both agreed that the epidemic is the greatest development challenge the country faces. In 1999, workplace awareness-raising programmes started with the help of NGOs. The government gives its support to companies for AIDS education associated with vocational training, and includes the workplace in campaigns to increase VCT take-up. Shire Buslines, among other companies, distributes condoms to the work force. Mr. Chiwoki ended by emphasizing the importance of the rights of PLWHA: discrimination is counter-productive and costly for employers as well as workers. He pointed to the need for more resources in order to extend workplace activities.

Mr. Mambala explained that Malawi has given priority to a multisectoral and multi- partner response, which has included strong employer-worker collaboration: an agreement exists with the employers to develop joint action on HIV/AIDS at the national level and through HIV/AIDS committees at the workplace. The trade unions are also represented in the National AIDS Commission. The Hotel Food and Catering Workers’ Union held a workshop in July 2003 to alert the top union leadership and chart the way forward at enterprise level. The unions are committed to campaign against stigmatization, identified as one of the major obstacles in combating HIV and AIDS.

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Mali

The presentation was made by Mr. Lassina Traoré, Conseil National du Patronat du Mali (CNPM) and Ms. Sidibe Kadiatou Touré, Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Mali (CSTM).

There has been widespread mobilization in Mali to respond to HIV/AIDS, with a truly multisectoral response, strong NGO support and community involvement. Mr Traoré referred to the Appel de Douala and the follow-up campaign to raise awareness among chief executives, focusing on the cost-effectiveness of workplace prevention. The organization has developed sectoral plans with the Ministry of Health, starting with the transport sector. The MoH supports prevention activities in enterprises, and has helped the CNPM create a special fund for workers living with HIV/AIDS and their families. There is close collaboration with workers and their organizations, including a recent national planning meeting. The main obstacle to the further development of integrated activities is the lack of funding.

The Confédération Syndicale also organizes awareness-raising activities in enterprises, and recommends that prevention activities under the joint action plan should focus on behaviour change. Ms. Sidibe underlined the importance of work with women and young people, through the Inter-Federation Committee of Working Women and the CSTM training department. Future programmes would be developed in the sectors of transport, construction, and industry in the framework of a multisectoral response to HIV/AIDS.

Tanzania

The presentation was made by Mr. Mark K. Mfunguo, Association of Tanzania Employers (ATE) and Mr. Meja Kapalata, Trade Union Congress of Tanzania (TUCTA).

The partners agreed that AIDS should be seen as a human resource and workplace issue, with implications throughout society. ATE warns employers about falling production, enterprise collapse, loss of workers and contracting markets. It also shows how the workplace provides the best environment for prevention initiatives and measures to combat stigmatization and discrimination. The goal must be to give member organizations of ATE and TUCTA the capacity to run workplace programmes on their own, and a tripartite AIDS taskforce has been created to coordinate activities, covering care, counselling and VCT as well as prevention. Future work should include monitoring and evaluation, using baseline surveys. ATE encourages cooperation with national and local government, lobbies for a decrease in the price of ARVs, and campaigns for employers to be given incentives (tax) for workplace programmes, including treatment provision.

TUCTA developed an HIV/AIDS policy for trade unions with the collaboration of employers and government. It has also set up a national committee to oversee all matters regarding occupational safety and health and HIV/AIDS. TUCTA has developed bipartite programmes for care and support with the employers’ organization, though recognizes that there are still some persisting problems among employers in terms of attitudes to HIV/AIDS activities and discrimination. Future challenges extending collaboration with employers, and training more shop stewards and peer educators – ideally in a tripartite seminar.

Uganda

The presentation was made by Mr. George Tamale, Federation of Uganda Employers (FUE) and Ms. Rose Nassanga, National Organization of Trade Unions Uganda (NOTU).

FUE started a workplace-based HIV/AIDS programme in 1988. The main activities focus on education and training for management and union officials, peer educators and counsellors,

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trainers, and members of the labour force. FUE has also produced many materials (including film), runs advisory services, and sensitizes the mass media. A KAPB survey has shown substantial achievements in increasing knowledge and changing attitudes. In November 2002 the FUE adopted an Employers’ Statement of Recommended Practices on HIV/AIDS at the Workplace, based on the ILO Code of Practice. Current priorities include reaching more employers - especially in rural areas, increasing the level of care and support, and taking measures against sexual harassment at the workplace. Future work will include cosponsoring between FUE and small employers, and income-generating projects for orphans and widows. The obstacles include the lack of resources, the need to establish a databank, and the high price of ARVs.

NOTU’s workplace programme was scaled up in 2003 with assistance from ICFTU-AFRO and NORAD. Main activities include training of leaders, shop stewards and members on issues related to HIV/AIDS; of factory/labour inspectors notably on including HIV/AIDS in occupational health and safety briefings; and of counsellors. A drama group has been formed that performs at all major trade unions functions. NOTU advises on the inclusion of HIV/AIDS in collective bargaining agreements, and emphasizes the need to encourage VCT (and helps workers obtain counselling), to protect the rights of infected and affected workers (including sick leave), and to persuade employers to provide ARVs. Obstacles include the lack of funds to sensitize all workers in the country, the lack of co-operation from some employers, discrimination in some cases, and the lack of confidentiality. Ms Nassanga also highlighted the need to fight sexual harassment and to address poverty in rural areas.

Zambia

The presentation was made by Mr. Mostard Allan Simumba, Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board (Employers), Mr. Peter Mulenga, Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU).

The Board has an HIV/AIDS policy based on the ILO Code of Practice, and provides information, education and counselling for its staff. It takes a strong stand on confidentiality and non-discrimination. The Board covers 70% of medical costs for all staff members and their immediate family members. Peer educators support prevention and encourage the take-up of VCT. The main challenges identified are how to promote behaviour change, the need for actions from all sectors (enterprises, donors, trade unions, churches, etc.), and funding shortages. Mr. Simumba underlined the importance of further reducing the price of ARVS.

ZCTU has launched a countrywide ‘Crusade Against HIV/AIDS’. Union activities include training of peer educators, who carry out continuous education, prevention and supportive programme at the workplace; the development of sectoral policies for the health sector, schools and universities, and the hotel industry. Negotiators are given information on the ILO Code of Practice and trained to include key provisions in collective bargaining agreements. The ZCTU works in partnership with the employers, the Business Coalition on AIDS, the National AIDS Council, Kara Counselling, and the AIDS Law Project, but Mr Mulenga stressed the fact that it is the employers and workers who “own” the workplace, so NGOs should only be used to assist programme delivery. A Labour Day Award has been created for the best employer-worker partnership in responding to HIV/AIDS at the workplace. Future challenges include the development of real care and support for workers living with HIV/AIDS (nutrition and healthy living advice, counselling, ARVs). Obstacles include capacity and funding, the lack of national legislation, and the failure of donors to recognize the role and potential of trade unions.

A table presenting employer and worker activities in the countries concerned is contained at Annex IV, and lessons learned are summarized below.

The following points were agreed by all participants:

• employers and workers together are stronger than the sum of their parts;

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• employers and workers can provide leadership in mobilizing civil society against HIV/AIDS, in promoting open discussion of sensitive issues, and in ensuring a broad-based national programme that includes the world of work;

• the workplace is ideally suited to the delivery of programmes for prevention and care – including treatment where drugs can be made available – in a framework of non-discrimination and confidentiality;

• the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work provides the framework for action at national, sectoral and workplace levels;

• workplace policies and programmes need co-ownership by employers and workers if they are to be effective – involving unions helps create the essential conditions of trust and openness that help fight stigma and promote prevention measures, including VCT;

• the particular vulnerabilities of women and needs of young people should be recognized and reflected in policies and programmes;

• workplace programmes must be guided by a clear plan of action, and have the capacity to implement it – training should be focused on the specific needs of organizations and workplaces;

• generalized messages have much less impact than targeted communication for behaviour change, especially when led by peer educators;

• AIDS-related issues should be integrated in the ongoing activities and existing structures of organizations, enterprises and workplaces, rather than added on in a way that may not be sustainable;

• monitoring and evaluation should be built into the programmes to measure their effectiveness.

Action at the workplace: panel discussion

The next session added information from companies, the Global Union Campaign on HIV/AIDS, and the World Health Organization ‘3 by 5’ campaign. The moderator was Dr Jack Chow, Assistant Director-General, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, World Health Organization.

CFAO

The CFAO Group is a leading distributor in the automobile, pharmaceutical and IT sectors. It employs some 10,000 workers in 31 African countries and French overseas departments and territories. Aware of the consequences of HIV/AIDS for its workforce and for economic growth in Africa, the company set up an HIV/AIDS programme in early 2003, with the support of the trade unions, covering 24 countries and most of its employees and their families. This includes information, education and prevention activities, VCT, and treatment as necessary. The main features of the programme are the appointment of a country coordinator, the training of peer educators, the development of materials, and the organization of awareness-raising and prevention activities. The company has set up a special fund to cover the costs. CFAO is a founding member of SIDA-Entreprises, which was created in 2003 and brings together major French groups operating in Africa and in Asia to support efforts against AIDS in the countries in which they operate, share experience, develop partnerships, and pool costs. The CFAO chairman was the first chairman of SIDA-Entreprises.

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Merck

Merck is a global pharmaceutical company, and has responded to HIV/AIDS both as a provider of pharmaceutical products and as an employer. The main focus of the company is on the development and delivery of medicines and vaccines. It helps increase access to ARVs by offering them at no profit to government, the private sector, and community groups in the least developed countries. Merck also contributes to the African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnership (ACHAP) in Botswana, a public-private partnership with the Gates Foundation and the Government of Botswana. Merck believes that the success of ACHAP is due to the fact that it is fully integrated with Botswana's national strategy, that it leverages the benefits of the private sector to support public health aims, and that specific initiatives are locally driven. Most importantly, ACHAP is enhancing local capacity through the strengthening of the health care infrastructure and the transfer of managerial, leadership and technical skills.

As an employer, Merck has a workplace policy based on confidentiality, care and treatment, and non-discrimination. But obstacles remain and include employees not knowing their HIV status, the fear of stigmatization, and the failure to commit to treatment. Merck also recognizes that the needs of small businesses and the informal sector are not generally being met.

Lafarge

Lafarge is a world leader in the production of building materials and employs 75,000 workers in 75 countries. It started an HIV/AIDS programme in 2001 in eight Sub-Saharan African countries, and has collected examples of best practice from its subsidiaries. In 2002, the company became a member of the Global Business Coalition on AIDS. Lafarge published its Group HIV/AIDS Guidelines in 2003. These promote non-discrimination and confidentiality, and put in place comprehensive programmes covering awareness and prevention, VCT, and care and support (including ARV treatment). The Lafarge Africa Health Committee has also established a ‘Road Map’, based on local best practices. Lafarge recognizes a number of obstacles which compromise the implementation of its own and other workplace programmes:

• to be aware is not necessarily to believe or to change behaviour

• VCT is not popular unless there is trust and confidentiality

• low ARV take-up is related to problems of communication, privacy, and trust

• confidentiality and discrimination are particular issues in small companies.

At global and national levels, the collaboration with unions was key to the success of their campaign: Lafarge collaborates closely with the International Federation of Building and Wood Workers, and locally with worker representatives on workplace Safety and Health Committees. As a result 80% of staff agreed to be tested in Zambia and South Africa, for example. Lafarge also believes in building public-private partnerships and involving civil society in order to extend workplace programmes into the community.

Global Unions Campaign on HIV/AIDS

Ms. Clementine Dehwe, campaign coordinator, explained that the campaign had been launched on World AIDS Day (1 December) 2004 with the aim of extending and strengthening the trade union response to HIV/AIDS. Key activities include advocacy to make sure that HIV/AIDS is recognized as a central issue for national trade unions, capacity-building and the sharing of good practice to help unions implement relevant strategies and programmes,

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developing partnerships, mobilizing additional resources for trade union-specific action, and strengthening information exchange and cooperation on HIV/AIDS among unions at all levels.

She emphasized the importance of training shop stewards both as workplace focal points/ coordinators and as peer educators. She urged employers to work with rather than against trade unions, and also appealed for more funding to support local trade union initiatives and to ensure access to treatment for all those who need it.

World Health Organization

Participants were encouraged and motivated to hear Dr Jack Chow, in conclusion, express in the strongest possible terms his belief in the vital role of the workplace and the social partners in controlling HIV/AIDS. He placed particular emphasis on the ways that workplaces, both with and without occupational health services, can help massively extend access to ARVs within the framework of the ‘3 by 5’ initiative. He also urged participants to see the ways that AIDS could provide an opportunity to strengthen existing structures and systems, especially the provision of public services. He explained that ‘3 by 5’ had been conceived as a way of responding to the fact that over 8,000 people are dying every day as a result of AIDS. WHO is working to simplify drug regimes (the treatment will consist of two pills a day), to strengthen delivery systems, and to help countries access the Global Fund to ensure more resources. WHO has a vision of a “chain of concerted action” that links financial organizations, technical assistance, and implementers. This is set within the framework of WHO’s existing strategy, which rests on three pillars: supporting public health (from health systems to prevention messages); mobilizing partners and communities; and strengthening leadership at all levels.

Resource mobilization

The issue of resources emerged as a high priority. Participants acknowledged that a number of actions are possible with little or no financial investment, especially in terms of policy and strategy development, but argued that core activities such as training and the production or distribution of materials could not be managed without more resources. They were particularly concerned at the fact that even where funds are available, the world of work is often excluded, and NGOs appear to find it much easier to find funding than trade unions, for example. A number of comments were made about the particular difficulty of taking part in the country coordinating mechanisms of the Global Fund. The donors present, however, were very positive and constructive about ways they could support workplace projects, and the ILO undertook to produce a fact file of resource mobilization opportunities, with guidance for applying.

A panel of donors made presentations, moderated by Mr. Christoph Benn, Director of External Relations, the Global Fund to Fight, AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

GTZ: the BACKUP Initiative and ACCA

Ms. Johanna Knoess presented the BACKUP Initiative, explaining that GTZ is a technical rather than donor agency of the German government but that it can help support resource mobilization. It has 10,000 employees in 130 countries, with the BACKUP Initiative concentrating on helping a range of civil society institutions, including the world of work partners, access the Global Fund and its CCMs, and other sources of funding. It also works to support CCMs, to develop partnerships (including with the ILO), to build capacity, and to strengthen monitoring and evaluation. The BACKUP Initiative has helped national business committees in Central Africa, for example, to get 25 million USD from the World Bank. It has also supported symposia on workplace policies and programmes and on public-private partnerships.

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Ms. Ute Papkalla presented a further GTZ initiative, the project for AIDS Control in Companies in Africa (ACCA), whereby GTZ has given technical assistance and policy guidance for workplace programmes in about 30 companies to date. ACCA operates at multiple levels, including the workplace, sectoral and national levels (especially with business coalitions), mobilizing the business community and providing IEC, policy guidance, training, and help with drafting proposals for funding. Ms. Papkalla included a case study on Zambia, where ACCA has a project with the Agriflora company, a grower and exporter of vegetables and flowers, and the Zambia Export Growers’ Association. By demonstrating how an HIV/AIDS workplace programme worked on a particular commercial farm, ACCA gained access to the wider agricultural business community. Building on this experience, ACCA intends to build up sectoral competence centres; it also publishes training and advisory materials.

Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations, Geneva

Ms. Pia Stavas said that HIV/AIDS is the main priority for the Swedish technical cooperation agenda and budget. SIDA has channelled most of its funding to date through the UN system and the Global Fund, but plans to increase bilateral relations with some countries, and in particular to take a sectoral approach (e.g. health, education). There are many opportunities for employers and workers to work with SIDA in this respect – for example, support was given to Swedish metalworker unions to implement projects with their counterparts in Africa. The Swedish AIDS Secretariat in Lusaka has about 13 million USD for regional initiatives, and the Swedish embassies in different countries will also have an increasingly important role to play. Ms. Stavas recommended that the ILO’s social partners visit the embassy in their own countries to discuss support either for their own projects or how they can become part of a bigger programme. Swedish embassies already use the ILO Code of Practice to guide their own employment policy.

Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Ms. Ingeborg Denissen explained that the priorities for Dutch technical cooperation are the environment, basic education, health and HIV/AIDS. Partnerships with the private sector are starting to be created, while the development of workplace policies is being carried out through Pharmaccess: a pilot project is in place in Ghana. The HIV/AIDS workplace policy and action plan has three objectives: to strengthen political commitment and leadership, improve coordination, and strengthen capacity. The Ministry strategy includes exploring ways of partnering with civil society, including co-financing and joint activities. Partnership arrangements are also in place with the ILO, UNAIDS, the Global Fund, and some research institutions. The Ministry uses the ILO Code of Practice as the framework for its own employment policies.

Overview of US funding opportunities

Ms. Katherine Hagen presented information on the various HIV/AIDS funding initiatives of the US Government, and also provided a list and short description of major private foundations. She pointed out that the US is also increasing its support for bilateral programmes, and that the Global Fund will have its funding reduced in 2005 compared with 2004. The focus is now on the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has been promised 15 billion USD over five years, to be allocated to 15 countries. The estimated impact is two million people treated, seven million lives saved, and ten million given help and support (for example orphans). A five-year strategic plan will be developed for each country concerned. In order for employers and workers to have access to PEPFAR, it will be important to help the US government understand the advantages of workplace action and a tripartite approach; Ms Hagen

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pointed to the potential advocacy role of bodies such as the Corporate Council on Africa, which promotes US-African business exchange and investment.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

Mr. Christoph Benn stressed the fact that the involvement of civil society is important to the inclusive, multisectoral and country-owned vision of the Global Fund, as well as crucial to its functioning. This is true at national level, through the CCM, and globally where its Board includes representatives of business and NGOs as well as governments and donors. It has no field staff but relies on multilateral and bilateral partners, and indeed should be seen as a successful example of public-private partnership. The first round of funding disbursed 2.2 billion USD, 60% of it in Africa; the deadline for the 4th round was April 2004. Concerns include the level of funding, which falls short of needs, and the fact that most of it comes from public sources. The lack of private sector funding is a disappointment, though Mr Benn acknowledged that business contributes substantially in many practical ways. Other issues include the fact that the CCM is not always as broad-based as was hoped and intended, and that governments tend to control them.

Mr Benn urged trade union and employer representatives to be part of the CCMs, and explained that they can be recipients of funds and help implement activities even if they were not part of the original proposal, and are not members of the CCM. The more that civil society demands a place on CCMs and a role in the projects, the more inclusive the mechanisms will become, and the more effective the national response. A particular effort would be made in the fourth round to include the world of work, in cooperation with the ILO.

Working groups: developing the action plans

The second day provided the opportunity for participants to work in small groups – each one covering two countries – to work out the details of the joint action plans and how to implement them. The groups constructed time-bound plans in tabular form, covering the following main elements: objectives (including both the broad goals and the particular needs the plan should address), activities, output(s), timetable, responsible persons, and resources needed. Discussion included the roles of key partners, both local and international, the identification of target groups, and the process of consultation necessary in drawing up the plan. Consideration was also given to the different levels at which it would be necessary to act, and the particular need for more sector-specific activities.

A consolidated version of the four plans is contained at Annex I.

The joint plan of action

Three stages were identified by participants as being necessary, whatever the national specificities or differences in strategic details:

• the process of drafting and agreeing the plan;

• the contents of the plan;

• the process of implementing the plan.

1 - Developing the plan

i. Identify the main parties responsible for drafting the plan – not just the organizations (national employers’ federation, national

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trade union centre) but the individuals who will form the drafting committee.

ii. Set up other partnerships for policy, technical and funding support – the Ministry of Labour and other relevant ministries, national AIDS council, ILO, UNAIDS, WHO/ ‘3 by 5’, the Global Fund CCM, associations of people living with HIV/AIDS and other NGOs.

iii. Establish what information and technical advice will be needed – for example, information about risk factors for particular groups, relevant national laws and policies, examples of existing workplace interventions, information about existing services in the community.

iv. Agree what consultations will be carried out by the drafting committee before the plan is finalized.

2 - The plan – objectives and activities

The details will reflect the specific national situation and identified needs, but all plans should be comprehensive and integrated, based on the three ‘pillars’ of workplace action: prevention, care, and non-discrimination. All of these are covered in the ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work, which can be used as a guide for both policy principles and practical programme activities. The accompanying education and training manual explains and expands the provisions of the Code.

Prevention

Awareness-raising messages, notices and posters are not enough to make people understand their own risk and change their behaviour: gender-aware behaviour change communication is an essential part of prevention, and so are practical supporting measures such as the provision of condoms, access/referral to treatment for STDs and other diseases that can make the body more susceptible to infection.

VCT links prevention and care: if people know their status they can be guided and supported to take decisions that reduce their risk of getting infection (if the results are negative) or transmitting it to others (if the results are positive). It is also of course the first step to getting treatment.

Care

Care and support should be seen as a broad range of provisions including access to state and company benefits, reasonable accommodation, nutrition and healthy living advice, counselling, as well as treatment for opportunistic infections (especially TB) and ARV provision where possible – workplaces are encouraged to partner with the state and with donors to get access to ARVs for employees, their families, and the local community.

Non-discrimination

A policy of ‘zero tolerance’ for discrimination and stigmatization, and measures to protect the rights of those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, are essential to ensure the take-up of both prevention and care.

3 - Implementing the plan

The plan must set out the steps that need to be taken to reach its objectives:

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• identify the structures or individuals who will be responsible (or create a new structure/ mechanism) – an existing HIV/AIDS focal point for example, the occupational safety and health committee/officer, or a new committee with specific responsibility for HIV/AIDS;

• include provisions to train and support them, and recruit/ train additional staff as necessary;

• agree the activities that will be undertaken in working towards each objective, and put them in a time-frame;

• identify the resources that will be needed - human (partner organizations, staff, volunteers…), cash, and kind (materials, rooms, equipment, technology …) – invest some time in fund-raising, with advice from global bodies (IOE, ICFTU, ILO, the Global Fund) but focusing on country missions;

• decide on a report-back mechanism that makes sure that the executive bodies of each organization follow the plan’s implementation;

• build in a monitoring and evaluation procedure, including a baseline survey/study before activities start, to track the effectiveness of the plan and help modify it as necessary.

Closing session

Mr. Assane Diop, Executive Director of the Social Protection Sector, ILO, made some closing comments on the work of the meeting and the issues involved. He reminded participants that the main emphasis of the resolution on HIV/AIDS passed at the 10th ILO African Regional meeting had been, first, on the importance of the increased involvement of employers and workers, and their organizations, both separately and together through the process of social dialogue; and secondly on the need for the ILO, its tripartite partners and the international community to support efforts to extend access to ARV treatment, especially in the framework of the ‘3 by 5’ initiative.

In reflecting on the proceedings and findings of the two days of meeting, Mr. Diop pointed out the rich combination of experiences that had been shared by a range of stakeholders - the workplace partners, selected multinational companies, specialized institutions, and bilateral donor and technical assistance agencies. He had been especially struck by the strong emphasis on the benefits of joint programmes, and the strategic strength of the joint action plans that had been drafted during the meeting. What was most encouraging was the fact that the organizations of employers and workers in eight key countries now had practical steps that they could take immediately on their return. The social partners have enormous responsibilities ahead in tackling the epidemic, in protecting the members of their organizations and workplaces, in defending the rights of those at particular risk, especially women and children. Mr. Diop ended by reminding participants that the ILO stood at their sides to support their ongoing efforts in every way possible.

«As soon as we’re back in our countries, we’ll call together employer and worker representatives to report on this meeting, discuss the issues and share our vision of how to strengthen our response to the epidemic. We’ll link our action plan to the national AIDS strategy, and reinforce national efforts through workplace action.” (Cote d’Ivoire/Mali working group)

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Appendix I: IOE-ICFTU joint action plans in eight African countries

Consolidated workplan for employers’ and workers’ organizations, developed by participants at IOE-ICFTU meeting, Geneva, 30-31 March 2004

Main goal: To reduce mortality and morbidity due to HIV/AIDS through workplace programmes for prevention, care and support

Objectives Activities Partners & resources Outputs Time frame

Employers and workers mobilized to take collaborative action against HIV/AIDS

-Set up joint steering group -Organize a survey (rapid assessment) to determine current impact and needs regarding HIV/AIDS intervention in the workplace -Find examples of workplace action -Collect information & advocacy materials -Organize briefing meetings for employers & workers -Make contact with MoL

National AIDS Council, MoL, MoH, MoE, ILO, IOE, ICFTU, UNAIDS, business coalitions on HIV/AIDS, small enterprise associations, informal sector organizations, NGOs, academic institutes

Steering group in place Report summarizing impact & needs, & making recommendations for priority action Collection of case studies/ lessons learned Briefing meetings held

Complete first steps by September 2004

Strengthened capacity of employers and workers to plan, implement & sustain comprehensive workplace programmes

i) structures & organization -Appoint focal points in the EO & WO -Develop workplans in framework of ILO Code of Practice (adapt & translate code as necessary) – include monitoring & evaluation -Seek funds for programme activities, arrange meeting with CCM -Make contacts with workplaces & set up network of stakeholders ii) guidance & training -Train trainers, peer educators and HIV/AIDS focal points -Organize information exchange and learning from existing programmes -Gather/adapt/produce materials to guide programme development & training

As above Bilateral donors (national embassy, mission) esp. GTZ Global Fund & CCM Other multilateral donors through UN Theme Group ILO, UNAIDS, National AIDS Council, NGOs

i) Focal points in place Agreed workplan Sufficient funds for 1st year of activities Contact list of workplace representatives (management & labour) implementing workplace programmes or willing to ii) Trainers identified Training planned or started Collection of materials

i) Starting June 2004, ongoing ii) Starting September 2004

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Expanded workplace programmes providing prevention, care, treatment and the protection of rights to workers and their families

-Create workplace environment free of discrimination & fear through policy & education -Adopt workplace policies & amend employment contracts to protect rights & provide prevention & care -Conduct gender-sensitive education for prevention, incl. behaviour change communication -Encourage VCT through ‘know your status’ campaigns -Find donor partners to co-fund treatment -Adapt/train occupational health services for the delivery of treatment

National AIDS Council, MoL, MoH, MoE, ILO, IOE, ICFTU, business coalitions on HIV/AIDS, small enterprise associations, informal sector organizations, NGOs, UNAIDS Labour education/ health & safety institutes (where exist)

Workplace policies agreed Workplace programmes being implemented

ongoing

A legal, policy & organizational framework that supports workplace action

-Sensitize/lobby appropriate bodies (where necessary) to ensure that national AIDS plan includes workplace policy & involves social partners -Develop sectoral strategies on HIV/AIDS where relevant -Establish a regional coordinating committee to monitor progress and share good practice

MoL, IOE/PEC, ICFTU-AFRO, ILO, UNAIDS, National AIDS Council, CCM, Sectoral/trade associations IOE/PEC, ICFTU-AFRO, ILO Regional Office, UNAIDS

National HIV/AIDS policy for the world of work EO & WO represented on national AIDS body(ies), including CCM Regional committee in place

Starting June 2004

EO = employers’ organization

WO = workers’ organization

IOE/PEC = International Organisation of Employers/PanAfrican Employers’ Confederation

ICFTU-AFRO = African Regional Organization of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

MoL, MoH, MoE = ministries of labour, health, education

CCM = country coordinating mechanism for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria

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Appendix II: Programme of the meeting

Launch of the IOE/ICFTU Joint Action Plans on HIV/AIDS in Africa:

follow-up to the declaration of collaboration on HIV/AIDS

30-31 March 2004 ILO, Geneva

PROGRAMME

Tuesday 30 March 08.30 - 09.00 Registration 09.00 – 10.00 Orientation meetings (employers, workers) 10.00 – 10.15 Opening session

Welcome and opening remarks by Mr. Franklyn Lisk, Director, ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work (ILO/AIDS) Mr. Antonio Peñalosa, Secretary General, International Organisation of Employers (IOE) Mr. Andrew Kailembo, Secretary General, African Regional Organization of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU-AFRO) Mrs. Regina Amadi-Njoku, Director, ILO Regional Office for Africa

Moderator: Mr. Franklyn Lisk 10.15 – 13.00 Presentation of delegates’ reports (10 to 12 minutes for each

country, including a short coffee break at 11.00) Followed by general discussion

13.00 - 14.30 Lunch break 14.30 – 15.15 Action at the workplace

Moderated by Dr. Jack Chow, Assistant Director-General, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, World Health Organization (WHO) Presentations from multinational companies and trade unions: focus on lessons learned from their active involvement in responding to HIV/AIDS

15.15 – 16.00 Resource mobilization and involvement of specialized institutions and

bilateral agencies

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Moderated by Mr. Christoph Benn, Director of External Relations, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria Presentations from donors: focus on how they see their role in relation to existing and planned action by employers and workers

16.00—16.15 Coffee break

16.15 – 18.00 General discussion Wednesday 31 March 09.00 – 09.30 Follow-up meetings (employers, workers) 09.30 – 12.30 Presentation of working groups - objectives and practical

arrangements

Work in groups: four working groups each covering two countries to discuss the joint action plans at country level

Groups proposed: - Côte d’Ivoire and Mali - Malawi and Zambia - Ghana and Uganda - Kenya and Tanzania 12.30 - 14.30 Lunch break 14.30 – 17.00 Working groups report to plenary

General discussion

17.20 Closing comments

Mr. Assane Diop, Executive Director, Social Protection Sector 17.30 Close

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Appendix III: List of participants

The lists are in alphabetical order

Participants

NAME COUNTRY

Employers Workers

Côte d’Ivoire

Mr. Diack Diawar

Président

Conseil national du Patronat Ivoirien (CNPI)

Mr. Loba N’Guessan

Président, cellule focale de lutte contre le SIDA

Conseil national du Patronat Ivoirien (CNP)

Unable to attend

Ghana

Mr. K. Ampadu Yeboah

Focal Person on HIV/AIDS

Ghana Employers Association

Mr. John Brimpong

Ghana Trade Union Congress (GTUC

Kenya

Mr. Joel O. Momanyi

HIV/AIDS Programme Coordinator

Federation of Kenya Employers

Mr. Noah Chune

Central Organisation of Trade Unions Kenya (COTU (K))

Malawi Mr. Patrick Chikowi

Shire Buslines Ltd

Mr. Lurther Mambala

Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU)

Mali Mr. Lassina Traoré

Conseil National du Patronat du Mali

Ms. Sidibe Kadiatou Toure

Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs du Mali (CSTM)

Tanzania

Mr. Mark K. Mfunguo

Training Coordinator and HIV/AIDS Focal Point

Association of Tanzania Employers

Mr. Meja Kapalata

Trade Union Congress of Tanzania (TUCTA)

Uganda Mr. George Tamale

Federation of Uganda Employers

Ms. Rose Nassanga

National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU Uganda)

Zambia Mr. Mostard Allan Simumba

Workers Compensation Fund Board

Mr. Peter Mulenga

Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZACTU)

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Observers and panellists

NAME ORGANIZATION

Alain Jabot Directeur du Développement Durable et de la Responsabilité Sociale

Compagnie Française de l'Afrique Occidentale CFAO / SIDA-ENTREPRISES

Alan Leather Public Services International (PSI)

Alke Bössiger Union Network International (UNI)

Amrita Sietaram ILO/ACTRAV

Clementine Dehwe Global Unions HIV/AIDS Campaign Coordinator

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)

Duncan Pruett

Campaigns Coordinator

Campaigns & Communications Department

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)

Edward Vela Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Partnerships Development Division

Ingeborg Denissen Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Netherlands

Jeffrey Kemprecos Merck & Co., Inc.

United States

Johanna Knoess Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) BACKUP Initiative

Kizito Nsarhaza Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Luc Barriere-Constantin Programme Development Adviser, Division for Africa

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Marc Flegenheimer International Committee of the Red Cross

Masahiko Hayashi Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations Organization and other International Organizations in Geneva

Olivier Vilaça Lafarge

Pia Stavas Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations Organization and other International Organizations in Geneva

Roger Sala Ntounga Sub-Regional Coordinator, Deputy Associate Director for Africa

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Silvana Cappuccio International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation (ITGLWF)

Sue Longley International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association (IUF)

Tina Draser Fund Portfolio Manager, Africa

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Ute Papkalia Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) ACCA project

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Speakers and moderators

NAME ORGANIZATION

Andrew Kailembo

Secretary General

Africa Regional Office of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU-AFRO)

Antonio Peñalosa Secretary General

International Organisation of Employers (IOE)

Assane Diop Executive Director

Social Protection Sector

Christoph Benn Director of External Relations

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB & Malaria

Franklyn Lisk Director

ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work (ILO/AIDS)

Frederick Muia Regional Adviser for Africa

International Organisation of Employers (IOE)

Jack Chow Assistant Director-General

HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, World Health Organization (WHO)

Regina Amadi Njoku Director

ILO Regional Office for Africa

Susan Leather ILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work (ILO/AIDS)

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Ap

pen

dix

IV:

Tab

le s

um

mar

izin

g a

ctiv

itie

s o

f em

plo

yers

’ an

d w

ork

ers’

org

aniz

atio

ns

in t

he

eig

ht

cou

ntr

ies

Info

rmat

ion

E

mp

loye

rs

Wo

rker

s

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rip

arti

te/b

ipar

tite

res

po

nse

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cial

dia

log

ue

st

ruct

ure

s an

d in

itia

tive

s (&

fu

rth

er e

xam

ple

s b

elo

w)

CN

PI:

has

set u

p bi

part

ite H

IV/A

IDS

uni

t: em

ploy

ers’

rep

rese

ntat

ives

and

th

ree

wor

kers

’ org

aniz

atio

ns.

GE

A: w

orki

ng in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith G

hana

Tra

de U

nion

Con

gres

s on

sev

eral

ac

tiviti

es.

FK

E: i

nvol

ves

trip

artit

e pa

rtne

rs. C

orpo

rate

cer

tific

atio

n fo

r m

embe

rs w

ho

sens

itize

ent

ire w

orkf

orce

s an

d ad

opt a

Tim

e-B

ound

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ion

Pro

gram

me.

AT

E: T

ripar

tite

foru

m o

n H

IV/A

IDS

. Pre

vent

ion

prog

ram

me

deve

lope

d in

volv

ing

wor

kers

and

thei

r un

ions

. Wor

ksho

p in

Jul

y 20

00 w

ith th

e G

over

nmen

t of T

anza

nia

and

TU

CT

A (

spon

sore

d by

the

ILO

). L

obby

ing

with

th

e go

vern

men

t for

tax

ince

ntiv

es to

bus

ines

s or

gani

zatio

ns in

vest

ing

in

HIV

/AID

S w

orkp

lace

inte

rven

tions

.

FU

E: E

mpl

oyer

of t

he Y

ear

Aw

ard.

TU

CG

: Col

labo

rate

s w

ith G

over

nmen

t, em

ploy

ers,

& o

ther

sta

keho

lder

s in

H

IV/A

IDS

aw

aren

ess

crea

tion

cam

paig

n fo

r w

orke

rs a

nd th

eir

fam

ilies

. Joi

nt

activ

ities

with

the

Gha

na E

mpl

oyer

s A

ssoc

iatio

n.

CO

TU

(K

): c

olla

bora

tive

sem

inar

s fo

r un

ion

lead

ers,

man

agem

ent,

empl

oyee

s an

d em

ploy

ers.

MC

TU

: Mal

awi H

otel

Foo

d an

d C

ater

ing

Uni

on o

rgan

ized

a w

orks

hop

in J

uly

2003

to b

ring

unio

n le

ader

ship

toge

ther

to c

hart

the

way

forw

ard

in th

e fig

ht

agai

nst H

IV/A

IDS

at e

nter

pris

e le

vel.

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ectiv

es in

clud

ed fo

rmul

atin

g a

fram

ewor

k of

und

erst

andi

ng w

ith e

mpl

oyer

s to

gui

de jo

int a

ctio

n on

H

IV/A

IDS

.

TU

CT

A: i

nvol

ved

the

Gov

ernm

ent a

nd A

ssoc

iatio

n of

Tan

zani

a E

mpl

oyer

s (A

TE

) in

form

ulat

ing

its T

rade

Uni

on H

IV/A

IDS

Pol

icy.

NO

TU

Uga

nda:

col

labo

ratin

g w

ith e

mpl

oyer

s in

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f w

orkp

lace

pol

icie

s on

HIV

/AID

S.

Nat

ion

al le

gal

an

d p

olic

y fr

amew

ork

FK

E: p

artic

ipat

ion

in th

e pr

ogra

mm

e of

the

Nat

iona

l AID

S C

ontr

ol C

ounc

il (N

AC

C)

to im

plem

ent t

he N

atio

nal S

trat

egic

Pla

n.

AT

E: c

oope

ratio

n w

ith T

anza

nia

Nat

iona

l Com

mis

sion

for

AID

S in

dev

elop

ing

the

Tan

zani

a N

atio

nal M

ultis

ecto

ral S

trat

egic

Fra

mew

ork

2003

-200

7 (N

MS

F).

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TU

(K

): p

artic

ipat

ion

in th

e pr

ogra

mm

e of

the

Nat

iona

l AID

S C

ontr

ol

Cou

ncil

(NA

CC

) to

impl

emen

t the

Nat

iona

l Str

ateg

ic P

lan.

MC

TU

: the

gov

ernm

ent r

ecog

nize

s H

IV/A

IDS

as

a la

bour

and

pro

duct

ivity

is

sues

& p

rom

otes

mul

tisec

tora

l res

pons

e. N

atio

nal A

IDS

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mis

sion

in

clud

es th

e tr

ade

unio

n m

ovem

ent.

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TM

: a n

atio

nal H

IV/A

IDS

pol

icy

is in

clud

ed in

the

heal

th p

olic

y dr

afte

d w

ith

the

WH

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he W

orld

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k an

d th

e In

tern

atio

nal M

onet

ary

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d. W

ithin

this

fr

amew

ork,

a N

atio

nal P

rogr

amm

e to

figh

t aga

inst

HIV

/AID

S (

PN

LS)

has

been

cre

ated

, with

a s

truc

ture

of c

are

and

supp

ort f

or p

eopl

e in

fect

ed b

y H

IV.

TU

CT

A: c

oope

ratio

n w

ith T

anza

nia

Nat

iona

l Com

mis

sion

for

AID

S in

de

velo

ping

the

Tan

zani

a N

atio

nal M

ultis

ecto

ral S

trat

egic

Fra

mew

ork

2003

-20

07.

21

2. O

rgan

izat

ion

al

stre

ng

then

ing

& p

olic

y d

evel

op

men

t

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des

of

pra

ctic

e, p

olic

y g

uid

elin

es, m

anu

als,

etc

. (a

nd

see

Par

t 3.

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inin

g)

GE

A: d

evel

opm

ent o

f HIV

/AID

S g

uide

lines

for

ente

rpris

es, n

atio

nal w

orkp

lace

H

IV/A

IDS

pol

icy,

and

wor

kpla

ce p

olic

y fo

r G

EA

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reta

riat,

and

supp

ort f

or

colla

bora

ting

com

pani

es to

dev

elop

thei

r ow

n tr

aini

ng m

anua

l and

pol

icy

(cap

acity

bui

ldin

g). D

evel

opm

ent o

f a tr

aini

ng m

anua

l for

edu

catio

n at

the

wor

kpla

ce.

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E: C

ode

of c

ondu

ct o

n H

IV/A

IDS

in th

e w

orkp

lace

tran

slat

ed in

to K

isw

ahili

an

d di

strib

uted

to a

ll em

ploy

ers

of th

e F

KE

. Fac

ilita

tors

’ tra

inin

g m

anua

l de

velo

ped.

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tor

base

d po

licie

s an

d gu

idel

ines

.

AT

E: d

raft

code

of p

ract

ice

in d

ealin

g w

ith H

IV/A

IDS

in T

anza

nia,

HIV

/AID

S

polic

y be

ing

adap

ted

to b

usin

ess

setti

ng.

FU

E: E

mpl

oyer

s’ S

tate

men

t of R

ecom

men

ded

Pra

ctic

es o

n H

IV/A

IDS

at t

he

Wor

kpla

ce la

unch

ed in

Nov

embe

r 20

02 a

nd b

ased

on

the

ILO

Cod

e of

P

ract

ice

WC

FC

B: t

he B

oard

has

an

HIV

/AID

S p

olic

y to

pro

vide

info

rmat

ion,

edu

catio

n an

d co

unse

lling

for

its s

taff

in a

ll th

e pr

ovin

ces

of Z

ambi

a.

CO

TU

(K

): tr

aini

ng o

n H

IV/A

IDS

pol

icy

draw

ing

on IL

O C

ode

of P

ract

ice

on

HIV

/AID

S a

nd th

e F

KE

Cod

e of

Con

duct

. In

part

ners

hip

with

ICF

TU

-AF

RO

, de

velo

ped

a tr

aini

ng m

anua

l for

Sho

p S

tew

ards

on

HIV

/AID

S in

the

wor

kpla

ce.

MC

TU

: Sho

p st

ewar

ds u

se tr

aini

ng m

anua

ls p

rodu

ced

by IC

FT

U-A

FR

O.

Rec

ent w

orks

hop

agre

ed to

use

ILO

Cod

e as

bas

is fo

r w

orkp

lace

act

ion,

and

th

e G

over

nmen

t will

inte

nsify

effo

rts

to im

plem

ent t

hese

doc

umen

ts in

the

wor

kpla

ce, t

o re

duce

dis

crim

inat

ion

and

prom

ote

prev

entio

n.

TU

CT

A: T

rade

Uni

on H

IV/A

IDS

Pol

icy

has

been

form

ulat

ed, a

nd H

IV/A

IDS

C

ode

of P

ract

ice

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Pla

ntat

ion

Wor

kers

’ Uni

on. T

he C

ode

shou

ld fo

rm p

art a

nd p

arce

l of e

xist

ing

colle

ctiv

e ba

rgai

ning

agr

eem

ent.

NO

TU

Uga

nda:

incl

usio

n of

HIV

/AID

S in

Col

lect

ive

Bar

gain

ing

Agr

eem

ents

of

som

e co

mpa

nies

and

dev

elop

men

t of w

orkp

lace

pol

icie

s on

HIV

/AID

S fo

r so

me

com

pani

es. D

evel

opm

ent o

f 2 m

anua

ls o

n H

IV/A

IDS

: Bas

ic F

acts

ab

out H

IV/A

IDS

, and

Tra

inin

g M

anua

l for

Sho

p S

tew

ards

on

HIV

/AID

S a

t the

W

orkp

lace

.

ZC

TU

: mat

eria

ls h

ave

been

pro

duce

d fo

r tr

aini

ng &

pol

icy

guid

ance

. D

evel

opm

ent o

f wor

kpla

ce p

olic

ies

for

med

ical

sec

tor,

edu

catio

n se

ctor

, un

iver

sitie

s an

d ho

tel i

ndus

try.

Act

ion

pla

n

CN

PI:

bipa

rtite

uni

t has

bee

n se

t up

to d

evel

op a

ctio

n pl

an to

be

laun

ched

in

Apr

il 20

04. O

bjec

tives

incl

ude

to p

ersu

ade

targ

et g

roup

of 2

500

ente

rpris

es o

f 50

wor

kers

and

mor

e to

cre

ate

inte

rnal

com

mitt

ees,

and

500

sm

alle

r en

terp

rises

to c

reat

e jo

int c

omm

ittee

s ov

er 2

to 3

yea

rs. F

irst a

ctiv

ity o

f uni

t: co

nfer

ence

on

peer

edu

catio

n an

d aw

aren

ess-

rais

ing.

GE

A: p

roje

ct d

rafte

d -

to in

clud

e w

orks

hops

, tra

inin

g ac

tiviti

es a

nd V

CT

UG

TC

I: na

tiona

l and

sec

tora

l act

ion

plan

s fo

r la

bour

, and

cre

atio

n of

a jo

int

HIV

/AID

S u

nit a

nd fo

cal p

oint

s w

ith th

e C

NP

I.

CO

TU

(K

): n

atio

nal s

trat

egic

pla

n w

ith m

ulti-

sect

oral

app

roac

h, p

rom

otin

g co

mpr

ehen

sive

wor

kpla

ce p

rogr

amm

es.

CS

TM

: a b

ienn

ial p

rogr

amm

e an

d an

act

ion

plan

incl

udin

g st

rate

gies

for

awar

enes

s-ra

isin

gan

dIE

C

22

cam

paig

n.

FK

E: C

SR

Str

ateg

y. C

orpo

rate

cer

tific

atio

n fo

r m

embe

rs w

ho s

ensi

tize

entir

e w

orkf

orce

s an

d ad

opt a

Tim

e-B

ound

Act

ion

Pro

gram

me;

pro

ject

incl

udes

a

sust

aina

bilit

y co

mpo

nent

.

CN

PM

: pro

gram

me

esta

blis

hed,

incl

udin

g dr

aft p

roje

ct to

ass

ist w

ith th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of a

wor

kpla

ce s

trat

egy

on H

IV/A

IDS

, with

the

part

icip

atio

n of

se

vera

l par

tner

s.

AT

E: d

evel

opm

ent o

f HIV

/AID

S p

lan

with

bud

get,

incl

udin

g pr

ovis

ion

of h

uman

re

sour

ces

and

supp

ortiv

e en

viro

nmen

t.

awar

enes

s-ra

isin

g an

d IE

C.

Mec

han

ism

s es

tab

lish

ed f

or

imp

lem

enta

tio

n

CN

PI:

crea

tion

of a

bip

artit

e un

it to

dea

l with

HIV

/AID

S, s

uppo

rted

by

coor

dina

ting

com

mitt

ee (

& s

ee a

bove

) -

unit

will

sup

ervi

se th

e ac

tiviti

es o

f the

en

terp

rise

com

mitt

ees,

trai

n pe

er e

duca

tors

, cam

paig

n to

mak

e A

RT

ac

cess

ible

and

affo

rdab

le.

FK

E: H

IV/A

IDS

Adv

isor

y C

omm

ittee

with

mem

bers

hip

from

indu

stry

. C

onsu

ltativ

e ro

le.

AT

E: c

reat

ion

of a

Trip

artit

e T

ask

For

ce c

oord

inat

ing

wor

kpla

ce p

reve

ntio

n in

itiat

ives

.

UG

TC

I: cr

eatio

n of

inte

rnal

com

mitt

ees

(tra

inin

g ar

rang

ed),

and

inte

rnal

co

ordi

natio

n st

ruct

ure.

Com

mitt

ees

for

teac

hers

in th

e C

entr

al r

egio

n.

TU

CG

: HIV

/AID

S h

as b

een

iden

tifie

d as

one

of t

he c

ore

subj

ects

to b

e in

clud

ed in

the

stan

dard

cur

ricul

um fo

r tr

ade

unio

n ed

ucat

ion.

Uni

on

educ

ator

s ha

ve r

egul

ar m

eetin

gs th

at fo

cus

on p

olic

y de

velo

pmen

t, aw

aren

ess-

rais

ing,

trai

ning

of t

rain

ers,

and

inte

grat

ing

HIV

/AID

S is

sues

in

colle

ctiv

e ba

rgai

ning

agr

eem

ents

.

CO

TU

(K

): H

IV/A

IDS

Co-

ordi

natin

g U

nit e

stab

lishe

d un

der

a P

roje

ct

Man

ager

, whi

ch o

vers

ees

prog

ram

me

plan

ning

, im

plem

enta

tion

and

reso

urce

mob

iliza

tion.

MC

TU

: joi

nt in

volv

emen

t with

em

ploy

ers

thro

ugh

HIV

/AID

S C

omm

ittee

s at

w

orkp

lace

. T

he e

mpl

oyer

s in

clud

e ca

paci

ty b

uild

ing

for

com

pani

es,

prom

otio

n of

bes

t hum

an r

esou

rce

man

agem

ent p

ract

ices

, aw

aren

ess

crea

tion

and

polic

y fo

rmul

atio

n -

Sun

bird

s H

otel

s, b

ig c

hain

of h

otel

s w

ith a

w

orkf

orce

of o

ver

1300

em

ploy

ees,

is c

ited

as e

xam

ple.

CS

TM

: act

iviti

es in

the

actio

n pl

an to

be

impl

emen

ted

by th

e In

ter-

fede

ratio

n C

omm

ittee

of W

omen

Wor

kers

(C

omité

Con

fédé

ral d

es fe

mm

es

trav

aille

uses

) w

ith th

e su

ppor

t of t

he T

rain

ing

Dep

artm

ent.

TU

CT

A: C

omm

ittee

est

ablis

hed

to o

vers

ee a

ll m

atte

rs r

egar

ding

OS

H a

nd

HIV

/AID

S -

com

pris

es r

epre

sent

ativ

es fr

om a

ll 12

affi

liate

s.

ZC

TU

: joi

nt e

mpl

oyer

/trad

e un

ion

HIV

/AID

S C

onsu

ltativ

e T

eam

. E

stab

lishm

ent o

f mob

ile c

ouns

ellin

g an

d tr

aini

ng c

entr

es to

enc

oura

ge V

CT

, an

d a

phon

e-in

“S

olid

arity

Life

Mai

l” C

ouns

ellin

g C

entr

e in

Lus

aka/

Kitw

e.

Mo

nit

ori

ng

an

d e

valu

atio

n

CN

PI:

mon

itorin

g of

the

activ

ities

of t

he e

nter

pris

e co

mm

ittee

s un

dert

aken

by

the

bipa

rtite

uni

t, in

clud

ing

draf

t and

follo

w u

p of

indi

cato

rs. T

he r

espo

nse

indi

cate

s th

e re

sult

of th

e aw

aren

ess-

rais

ing

cam

paig

n by

52

ente

rpris

es w

ith

a de

crea

se in

the

infe

ctio

n ra

te o

f 70%

. It a

lso

incl

udes

eva

luat

ion

of th

e lt

fth

it

dti

fAR

Tith

thf

lli

idi

tt

f

UG

TC

I: ev

alua

tion

to b

e un

dert

aken

at n

atio

nal a

nd r

egio

nal l

evel

of

tech

nica

l and

inst

itutio

nal c

apac

ity in

vie

w o

f the

cre

atio

n of

600

ent

erpr

ise

com

mitt

ees.

CO

TU

(K

): C

o-or

dina

ting

Uni

t und

erta

kes

join

t pro

gram

me

revi

ews

with

oth

er

23

resu

lts o

f the

intr

oduc

tion

of A

RT

with

the

follo

win

g in

dica

tors

: per

cent

age

of

deat

hs c

ause

d by

HIV

/AID

S,

abse

ntee

ism

rat

e du

e to

HIV

/AID

S,

hosp

italiz

atio

n co

st d

ue to

AID

S in

clud

ing

the

decr

ease

eva

luat

ion,

an

fune

ral

cost

s ev

alua

tion,

eva

luat

ion

of v

olun

tary

test

ing.

AT

E: i

n th

e fr

amew

ork

of th

e N

atio

nal M

ultis

ecto

ral S

trat

egic

Fra

mew

ork.

FU

E: s

urve

y of

kno

wle

dge,

atti

tude

s an

d pr

actic

es to

indi

cate

the

succ

esse

s of

the

inte

rven

tion.

stak

ehol

ders

.

Fin

anci

ng

– a

mo

un

t an

d

sou

rce

CN

PI:

crea

tion

of e

nter

pris

e so

lidar

ity fu

nds

for

AR

T (

with

mon

thly

con

trib

utio

n fr

om e

mpl

oyer

s an

d w

orke

rs).

Sup

port

for

proj

ect p

ropo

sals

by

the

ente

rpris

e co

mm

ittee

s to

the

Wor

ld B

ank

MA

P, G

loba

l Fun

d, P

EP

FA

R, e

tc.

FK

E: f

rom

UN

DP

, Wor

ld B

ank,

ILO

(an

d te

chni

cal s

uppo

rt);

res

ourc

es fr

om

Gov

ernm

ent a

genc

ies,

NG

Os

and

othe

r co

mm

unity

-bas

ed o

rgan

izat

ions

to

exte

nd H

IV/A

IDS

ser

vice

s fr

om th

e w

orkp

lace

to th

e co

mm

unity

.

CN

PM

: spe

cial

fund

for

the

care

of t

he w

orke

rs in

fect

ed b

y H

IV/A

IDS

, and

su

ppor

t for

affe

cted

fam

ilies

.

FU

E: f

inan

cial

ass

ista

nce

from

US

AID

, UN

DP

, NO

RA

D (

thro

ugh

the

Con

fede

ratio

n of

Nor

weg

ian

Bus

ines

s an

d In

dust

ry)

UG

TC

I: fin

anci

al s

uppo

rt fr

om th

e W

orld

Ban

k fo

r th

e ed

ucat

ion

sect

or

prog

ram

me.

CO

TU

(K

): p

lans

to e

stab

lish

a fu

nd to

miti

gate

soc

io e

cono

mic

impa

ct.

Don

or s

uppo

rt fr

om IC

FT

U-A

FR

O a

nd th

e N

atio

nal A

IDS

Con

trol

Cou

ncil.

MC

TU

: fin

anci

al a

nd te

chni

cal s

uppo

rt fr

om U

SA

ID, U

ND

P a

nd U

NA

IDS

.

TU

CT

A: D

AN

IDA

, Can

adia

n La

bour

Con

gres

s (C

LC),

ICF

TU

AF

RO

.

ZC

TU

: cam

paig

n m

ater

ials

pro

duce

d w

ith fu

nds

from

ICF

TU

/AF

RO

. Tra

de

unio

ns n

egot

iato

rs tr

aini

ng in

col

lect

ive

barg

aini

ng te

chni

ques

with

fina

ncia

l su

ppor

t of F

ES

and

AF

RO

.

Par

tner

ship

s w

ith

oth

er

inst

itu

tio

ns

(ou

tsid

e tr

ipar

tite

co

nst

itu

ency

)

GE

A: U

NF

PA

and

the

Cen

tre

for

AID

S In

form

atio

n N

etw

ork

(NG

O).

FK

E: F

amily

Hea

lth In

tern

atio

nal,

US

AID

, DfiD

, AM

RE

F, P

SI,

DeD

(G

erm

an

deve

lopm

ent a

genc

y), t

he N

atio

nal A

IDS

Con

trol

Cou

ncil

(NA

CC

).

CN

PM

: col

labo

rate

d w

ith th

e go

vern

men

t in

the

fram

ewor

k of

the

sect

oral

pl

ans.

AT

E: c

ivil

soci

ety

orga

niza

tions

, NG

Os

and

faith

org

aniz

atio

ns. A

MR

EF

: T

anza

nia

Nat

iona

l Com

mis

sion

for

AID

S.

WC

FC

B: h

elp

from

the

Wor

ld B

ank,

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Lab

our

Org

aniz

atio

n,

and

the

loca

l com

mun

ity.

UG

TC

I: re

crui

tmen

t of a

join

t foc

al p

oint

with

the

CN

PI.

Col

labo

ratio

n of

the

SY

NE

PP

CI (

teac

hers

trad

e un

ion)

with

the

Min

istr

y re

spon

sibl

e fo

r th

e fig

ht

agai

nst H

IV/A

IDS

.

CO

TU

(K

): s

hare

s re

sults

and

col

labo

rate

s w

ith o

ther

sta

keho

lder

s.

NO

TU

Uga

nda:

net

wor

king

and

co-

ordi

natio

n w

ith o

rgan

izat

ions

han

dlin

g H

IV/A

IDS

. Net

wor

king

with

AID

S In

form

atio

n C

entr

e.

TU

CG

: the

TU

C h

as s

et u

p a

Cer

tific

ate

in L

abou

r S

tudi

es in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith th

e C

ente

r fo

r D

evel

opm

ent S

tudi

es, U

nive

rsity

of C

ape-

Coa

st, i

nclu

ding

H

IV/A

IDS

. The

TU

C E

duca

tion

Dep

artm

ent c

olla

bora

tes

with

Gha

na S

ocia

l M

arke

ting

Fou

ndat

ion,

an

NG

O e

ngag

ed in

HIV

/AID

S e

duca

tion

for

wor

kers

.

ZC

TU

: coo

pera

tion

with

the

Zam

bia

Bus

ines

s C

oalit

ion

on H

IV/A

IDS

, the

C

hurc

h O

rgan

isat

ion

– K

ara

Cou

nsel

ling,

the

Nat

iona

l AID

S C

ounc

il of

Z

ambi

a, A

IDS

Law

, the

Zam

bia

Nat

iona

l Res

pons

e to

HIV

/AID

S, a

nd o

ther

N

GO

s.

24

3. A

ctiv

itie

s

Ad

voca

cy a

nd

aw

aren

ess-

rais

ing

CN

PI:

info

rmat

ion

to w

orke

rs a

nd th

eir

fam

ilies

for

beha

viou

r ch

ange

, ad

voca

cy o

n V

CT

, dis

trib

utio

n of

con

dom

s w

ith th

e sa

lary

pay

men

t bul

letin

, cr

eatio

n of

net

wor

k of

com

mitt

ees.

FK

E: w

ebsi

te fo

r pu

rpos

es o

f mak

ing

avai

labl

e va

rious

sec

tor

repo

rts

and

docu

men

ts to

mem

bers

and

oth

er in

tere

sted

sta

keho

lder

s, a

ded

icat

ed e

mai

l ad

dres

s to

faci

litat

e co

mm

unic

atio

n w

ith m

embe

rs, a

nd s

ensi

tisat

ion

of o

ver

10,0

00 w

orke

rs a

mon

g va

rious

ent

erpr

ises

. Con

fere

nces

to id

entif

y ex

ampl

es

of b

est p

ract

ice.

CN

PM

: Cam

paig

n of

info

rmat

ion

base

d on

the

“App

el d

e D

oual

a” to

rai

se

awar

enes

s of

chi

ef e

xecu

tives

.

AT

E: f

orum

s to

info

rm e

mpl

oyer

s on

the

mic

ro a

nd m

acro

econ

omic

co

nseq

uenc

es o

f HIV

/AID

S, a

nd to

em

phas

ize

hum

an r

esou

rces

dim

ensi

on.

Pap

er o

n “T

he R

espo

nse

of B

usin

ess

Em

ploy

ers

to th

e ch

alle

nge

of H

IV/A

IDS

an

d its

Impa

ct o

n B

usin

ess”

pre

sent

ed to

the

Ann

ual G

ener

al M

eetin

g in

Apr

il 20

01-

info

rmed

mor

e th

an 1

00 C

hief

Exe

cutiv

e O

ffice

rs.

WC

FC

B: a

rran

ges

info

rmat

ion

activ

ities

(po

ster

s an

d pa

mph

lets

etc

.) a

nd

trai

ns p

eer

educ

ator

s.

UG

TC

I: ad

voca

cy o

f the

wor

kers

to e

ncou

rage

them

to s

ubsc

ribe

the

trad

e un

ions

’ pro

gram

mes

to fi

ght a

gain

st H

IV/A

IDS

. Lob

byin

g fo

r aw

aren

ess-

rais

ing.

TU

CG

: mai

nstr

eam

ing

of H

IV/A

IDS

act

iviti

es, i

nclu

ding

edu

catio

nal

prog

ram

mes

, to

enab

le m

embe

rs to

mak

e in

form

ed d

ecis

ion

abou

t the

ir be

havi

our.

CO

TU

(K

): e

duca

tion

of m

embe

rs a

nd th

eir

fam

ilies

thro

ugh

wor

kers

’ aw

aren

ess

wor

ksho

ps o

n th

e ba

sics

of H

IV/A

IDS

. Pro

duct

ion,

di

strib

utio

n/ci

rcul

atio

n of

new

slet

ter.

Aw

aren

ess-

rais

ing

of le

ader

s in

the

Nat

iona

l Exe

cutiv

e an

d so

me

affil

iate

d un

ions

.

MC

TU

: pro

gram

me

focu

ses

on th

e ro

le o

f sho

p st

ewar

ds. C

arrie

d ou

t aw

aren

ess-

rais

ing

cam

paig

n in

200

1, in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith M

inis

try

of H

ealth

, M

inis

try

of L

abou

r, e

mpl

oyer

s’ a

ssoc

iatio

n -

AID

S p

oste

rs o

n bu

ses,

co

ndom

s w

ere

dist

ribut

ed.

CS

TM

: the

trad

e un

ions

and

the

priv

ate

sect

or w

ere

mob

ilize

d fo

r th

e N

atio

nal D

ay w

ith a

war

enes

s-ra

isin

g an

d se

nsiti

zatio

n ac

tiviti

es. C

ST

M

orga

nize

d tr

aini

ng a

nd in

form

atio

n se

ssio

ns, a

s w

ell a

s di

scus

sion

in th

e tr

ade

unio

ns a

nd th

e en

terp

rises

to s

yste

mat

ize

info

rmat

ion

and

educ

atio

n.

TU

CT

A: a

war

enes

s-ra

isin

g to

the

wor

kers

thro

ugh

cam

paig

n m

eetin

gs a

t w

orkp

lace

s an

d se

min

ars.

NO

TU

Uga

nda:

nat

iona

l and

reg

iona

l wor

ksho

ps to

sen

sitiz

e tr

ade

unio

n m

embe

rs. I

nfor

mat

ion

and

awar

enes

s ca

mpa

igns

.

ZC

TU

: “C

rusa

de A

gain

st H

IV/A

IDS

” pr

ojec

t to

crea

te c

ritic

al a

war

enes

s.

Leg

al a

nd

po

licy

gu

idan

ce

(& s

ee a

bo

ve in

Co

des

an

d

po

licie

s)

FK

E: d

evel

opm

ent o

f sec

tor-

base

d po

lices

for

fight

ing

agai

nst H

IV/A

IDS

in th

e w

orkp

lace

with

a C

SR

com

pone

nt.

FU

E: i

nitia

tion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

pol

icie

s at

the

wor

kpla

ce.

UG

TC

I: su

ppor

ts th

e ad

optio

n an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of r

egul

atio

ns p

rote

ctin

g th

e w

orke

rs li

ving

with

HIV

/AID

S.

TU

CG

: uni

on p

olic

y en

cour

ages

affi

liate

s to

ens

ure

ther

e is

wor

kpla

ce p

olic

y on

HIV

/AID

S.

CO

TU

(K

): u

se o

f col

lect

ive

barg

aini

ng a

gree

men

t pro

cess

.

MC

TU

: var

ious

pol

icy

agre

emen

ts a

t int

erna

tiona

l lev

el th

roug

h th

e IC

FT

U &

G

loba

l Uni

ons.

NO

TU

Uga

nda:

Pro

tect

ion

of in

fect

ed w

orke

rs th

roug

h ne

gatio

ns e

spec

ially

in

col

lect

ive

barg

aini

ng a

gree

men

ts. P

rovi

de in

form

atio

n on

rel

evan

t in

tern

atio

nal l

abou

r st

anda

rds,

esp

ecia

lly th

e D

iscr

imin

atio

n C

onve

ntio

n N

o.

111

and

natio

nal l

aws

and

regu

latio

ns.

25

ZC

TU

: enc

oura

ges

and

guid

es c

olle

ctiv

e ba

rgai

ning

to e

nsur

e H

IV/A

IDS

pr

ovis

ions

incl

uded

in e

mpl

oym

ent c

ontr

acts

and

wor

kpla

ce p

olic

es.

Dev

elop

men

t of s

peci

fic p

olic

y fo

r m

edic

al s

ecto

r, e

duca

tion

sect

or,

univ

ersi

ties

and

hote

l ind

ustr

y.

Tra

inin

g

(& s

ee P

art

2. T

rain

ing

m

anu

als,

als

o P

reve

nti

on

b

elo

w)

CN

PI:

trai

ning

for

mem

bers

of t

he e

nter

pris

e co

mm

ittee

s to

bec

ome

peer

ed

ucat

ors

(car

ried

out b

y bi

part

ite u

nit)

.

GE

A: t

rain

ing

of w

orkp

lace

HIV

/AID

S fo

cal p

erso

ns a

nd c

ouns

ello

rs.

FK

E: t

rain

ing

for

hum

an r

esou

rces

man

ager

s an

d he

ads

of d

epar

tmen

t. T

rain

ing,

equ

ippi

ng a

nd fa

cilit

atin

g an

est

imat

ed 1

,000

HR

man

ager

s as

an

imat

ors

in 2

004

and

2005

.

AT

E: t

rain

ing

for

key

reso

urce

per

sons

i.e.

man

ager

s, s

uper

viso

rs, p

erso

nnel

of

ficer

s, p

eer

educ

ator

s, w

orke

rs’ r

epre

sent

ativ

es, h

ealth

and

saf

ety

offic

ers,

an

d fa

ctor

y la

bour

insp

ecto

rs

FU

E: t

rain

ing

for

man

agem

ent a

nd u

nion

offi

cial

s, p

eer

educ

atio

n m

odel

ta

ilore

d to

beh

avio

ur c

hang

e, s

elec

tion

of tr

aine

rs a

s co

unse

llors

, vid

eota

pes

used

for

trai

ning

pur

pose

s be

nefit

ing

mem

bers

of t

he la

bour

forc

e, fa

mili

es,

and

depe

ndan

ts a

nd im

med

iate

nei

ghbo

urho

od.

UG

TC

I: tr

aini

ng o

f tra

iner

s an

d fo

cal p

oint

s in

the

nine

reg

iona

l uni

ons,

als

o th

e in

tern

al c

omm

ittee

s. C

apac

ity b

uild

ing

wor

ksho

ps a

nd a

dapt

atio

n of

the

natio

nal m

ulti-

sect

oral

pla

ns o

rgan

ized

by

the

Min

istr

y re

spon

sibl

e fo

r th

e fig

ht a

gain

st H

IV/A

IDS

.

TU

CG

: edu

cato

rs in

the

affil

iate

d un

ions

trai

ned

as fo

cal p

erso

ns –

follo

w-u

p su

ppor

t thr

ough

qua

rter

ly m

eetin

gs. T

here

is q

uart

erly

mee

ting

for

thes

e ed

ucat

ors

to e

quip

men

t the

m. A

lso

educ

atio

n pr

ogra

mm

e fo

r fie

ld o

ffice

rs,

indu

stria

l rel

atio

ns o

ffice

rs a

nd s

ome

wor

kpla

ce le

ader

s. F

ive

sem

inar

s he

ld

to tr

ain

peer

edu

cato

rs a

nd c

reat

e fr

amew

ork

for

sust

aina

ble

trad

e un

ion

actio

n on

HIV

/AID

S. T

opic

s in

clud

ed: w

hy H

IV/A

IDS

is a

trad

e un

ion

issu

e;

wor

kpla

ce p

olic

y on

HIV

/AID

S; f

orm

atio

n of

HIV

/AID

S c

omm

ittee

and

its

role

at

the

wor

kpla

ce; p

reve

ntio

n of

occ

upat

iona

l exp

osur

e; a

nd e

ffect

s of

H

IV/A

IDS

on

prod

uctiv

ity.

CO

TU

(K

): tr

aini

ng o

f Occ

upat

iona

l Hea

lth In

spec

tors

, of p

eer

educ

ator

s,

faci

litat

ion

of tr

aini

ng o

f cou

nsel

lors

, tra

inin

g of

uni

on o

ffici

als

on H

IV/A

IDS

po

licy

at th

e w

orkp

lace

. Lea

ders

hip

capa

city

bui

ldin

g an

d pr

ojec

t ow

ners

hip.

T

rain

ing

of 6

00 r

esou

rcef

ul in

divi

dual

s (in

clud

ing

VC

T)

and

200

shop

st

ewar

ds (

on H

IV/A

IDS

pol

icy)

. Sho

p st

ewar

ds in

trod

uced

to c

ouns

ellin

g an

d ho

me-

base

d ca

re.

MC

TU

: sho

p st

ewar

ds tr

aini

ng.

TU

CT

A: t

rain

ing

of tr

aine

rs a

nd w

orkp

lace

pee

r ed

ucat

ors

for

affil

iate

d un

ions

. 5 d

ay b

asic

cou

rse

on O

SH

for

Tra

de U

nion

Tra

iner

s (2

from

eac

h af

filia

te)

in A

ugus

t 200

2 –

thos

e tr

aine

d th

en tr

ain

wor

kpla

ce O

SH

re

pres

enta

tives

. Sub

ject

s in

clud

ed: o

ccup

atio

nal h

azar

ds, H

IV c

ouns

ellin

g,

colle

ctiv

e ba

rgai

ning

ski

lls, f

orm

ulat

ing

wor

kpla

ce p

olic

y an

d ho

me-

base

d ca

re.

NO

TU

Uga

nda:

trai

ning

of l

eade

rs, s

hop

stew

ards

and

mem

bers

on

issu

es

rela

ted

to H

IV/A

IDS

., al

so fa

ctor

y/la

bour

insp

ecto

rs n

otab

ly o

n in

clud

ing

HIV

/AID

S in

to o

ccup

atio

nal h

ealth

and

saf

ety

brie

fings

and

wor

kpla

ce

trai

ning

. Tra

inin

g of

cou

nsel

lors

, and

ass

ista

nce

for

wor

kers

with

HIV

/AID

S to

ob

tain

cou

nsel

ling.

ZC

TU

: tra

inin

g of

pee

r ed

ucat

ors

who

car

ry o

ut c

ontin

uous

edu

catio

n,

prev

entio

n an

d su

ppor

t pro

gram

me

at w

orkp

lace

and

dis

tric

t lev

els.

Tra

inin

g

26

of n

egot

iato

rs fr

om n

atio

nal u

nion

s in

col

lect

ive

barg

aini

ng te

chni

ques

to

incl

ude

HIV

/AID

S. A

dvan

ced

trai

ning

for

each

of t

he 2

6 na

tiona

l uni

on fo

cal

pers

ons.

4. K

ey is

sues

Sti

gm

a an

d d

iscr

imin

atio

n/

hu

man

rig

hts

pro

tect

ion

CN

PI:

awar

enes

s-ra

isin

g an

d ad

voca

cy c

ampa

igns

, str

essi

ng th

e ne

ed to

ke

ep th

e in

fect

ed p

erso

n in

the

fam

ily, t

he e

nter

pris

e an

d so

ciet

y.

AT

E: p

rivac

y an

d co

nfid

entia

lity,

and

pro

mot

ion

of a

wor

king

env

ironm

ent f

ree

of s

tigm

a an

d di

scrim

inat

ion

for

empl

oyee

s w

ith H

IV/A

IDS

or

perc

eive

d to

be

infe

cted

by

HIV

/AID

S

FU

E: t

he E

mpl

oyer

s’ S

tate

men

t of R

ecom

men

ded

Pra

ctic

es d

eals

with

di

scrim

inat

ion

and

stig

ma,

con

fiden

tialit

y, r

ecru

itmen

t and

con

tinue

d em

ploy

men

t.

WC

FC

B: n

on-d

iscr

imin

atio

n is

a k

ey p

rinci

ple:

em

ploy

ees

are

not r

equi

red

to

unde

rgo

HIV

scr

eeni

ng, d

irect

ly o

r in

dire

ctly

, all

empl

oyee

s ar

e gi

ven

equa

l op

port

uniti

es fo

r pr

omot

ion,

trai

ning

, tra

nsfe

rs a

nd a

ny o

ther

ince

ntiv

es; H

IV-

posi

tive

empl

oyee

s ar

e tr

eate

d lik

e w

orke

rs w

ith o

ther

chr

onic

sic

knes

s/

disa

bilit

y. C

onfid

entia

lity

also

ens

ured

.

TU

CG

: cam

paig

n fo

r re

spec

t of t

he r

ight

s of

peo

ple

livin

g w

ith H

IV w

ith

rega

rd to

em

ploy

men

t and

soc

ial s

ervi

ces.

NO

TU

Uga

nda:

pro

tect

ion

of v

ulne

rabl

e w

orke

rs a

nd e

limin

atio

n of

HIV

/AID

S

disc

rimin

atio

n at

wor

k. Id

entif

y in

divi

dual

wor

kpla

ce b

ehav

iour

, con

duct

or

prac

tices

whi

ch d

iscr

imin

ate

or a

liena

te w

orke

rs w

ith H

IV/A

IDS

, in

orde

r to

ef

fect

ivel

y co

mba

t suc

h co

nduc

t.

Pre

ven

tio

n (

incl

ud

ing

VC

T

and

beh

avio

ur

chan

ge)

CN

PI:

VC

T, c

ondo

m d

istr

ibut

ion,

cre

atio

n of

coo

rdin

atin

g co

mm

ittee

s in

the

ente

rpris

es, p

eer

educ

atio

n, a

dvoc

acy

cam

paig

ns. A

dvoc

acy

and

IEC

for

beha

viou

r ch

ange

und

erta

ken

by th

e bi

part

ite u

nit.

GE

A: a

dvoc

acy

and

educ

atio

n (p

eer

educ

ator

s, IE

C a

ctiv

ities

, sen

sitiz

atio

n of

ch

ief e

xecu

tives

and

man

agin

g di

rect

ors)

, cap

acity

bui

ldin

g (w

ith tr

aini

ng),

and

cr

eatin

g en

ablin

g en

viro

nmen

t, bo

ostin

g a

VC

T c

ampa

ign.

FK

E: p

roje

ct in

clud

es a

pee

r ed

ucat

ion

com

pone

nt (

trai

ning

, equ

ippi

ng a

nd

faci

litat

ing

HR

man

ager

s as

ani

mat

ors

in 2

004

and

2005

).

CN

PM

: col

labo

rate

d w

ith th

e M

inis

try

of H

ealth

to la

unch

info

rmat

ion

and

sens

itiza

tion

cam

paig

ns fo

r th

e tr

ansp

ort s

ecto

r. D

istr

ibut

ion

of p

oste

rs. F

ree

cond

oms

dist

ribut

ion,

IEC

, VC

T, a

nd s

ensi

tizat

ion

cam

paig

ns b

y th

e en

terp

rises

.

AT

E: V

CT

(fo

r w

orke

rs a

nd th

eir

spou

ses)

, inf

orm

atio

n an

d ed

ucat

ion,

pr

actic

al m

easu

res

to s

uppo

rt b

ehav

iour

cha

nge.

FU

E: e

duca

tion

and

prev

entio

n pr

ogra

mm

e –

incl

udes

beh

avio

ur c

hang

e.

Ach

ieve

men

ts: o

ver

10,0

00 p

eer

educ

ator

s tr

aine

d, 7

50 tr

aine

rs tr

aine

d, 2

00

top

exec

utiv

es s

ensi

tized

, 170

,000

wor

kers

rea

ched

, a d

ram

atic

vid

eota

pe

prod

uced

and

dis

trib

uted

, ove

r 10

,000

,000

con

dom

s di

strib

uted

. The

E

mpl

oyer

s’ S

tate

men

t of R

ecom

men

ded

Pra

ctic

es d

eals

with

com

mun

icat

ions

UG

TC

I: tr

aini

ng w

orks

hop

for

trai

ners

, rec

ruitm

ent a

nd tr

aini

ng o

f foc

al p

oint

s in

the

nine

reg

iona

l uni

ons.

IEC

act

iviti

es, i

nclu

ding

act

iviti

es fo

r te

ache

rs in

th

e so

uth

and

east

reg

ions

. Car

e an

d su

ppor

t for

200

teac

hers

and

orp

hans

. P

reve

ntio

n pr

ogra

mm

e to

rea

ch 8

0% o

f the

wor

kers

and

thei

r fa

mily

in a

ll th

e re

gion

s an

d to

red

uce

the

new

infe

ctio

ns b

y 90

%, t

hrou

gh p

eer

educ

ator

s an

d tr

aini

ng o

f tra

iner

s.

TU

CG

: edu

cate

s an

d en

cour

ages

mem

bers

to p

reve

nt th

emse

lves

and

thei

r fa

mili

es fr

om b

eing

infe

cted

, enc

oura

ges

posi

tive

attit

udes

am

ong

wor

kers

to

war

ds p

eopl

e liv

ing

with

AID

S, p

rom

otes

and

sup

port

s co

unse

lling

ser

vice

s fo

r m

embe

rs. S

pons

ors

med

ia p

rogr

amm

es o

n H

IV/A

IDS

.

CO

TU

(K

): m

obili

zatio

n an

d ed

ucat

iona

l act

iviti

es w

ith s

emin

ars

in le

ader

ship

m

eetin

gs, e

duca

tion

of m

embe

rs a

nd th

eir

fam

ilies

on

prev

entio

n an

d ca

re

(incl

udin

g in

the

hom

e), e

duca

tion

of p

eer

educ

ator

s. N

atio

nal l

eade

rshi

p se

min

ars,

pre

vent

ion

and

advo

cacy

wor

ksho

ps, s

hop

stew

ards

trai

ning

w

orks

hop,

Lab

our

Day

sen

sitiz

atio

n, T

oT w

orks

hop,

new

slet

ter,

Res

ourc

e C

entr

e de

velo

ped

equi

pped

with

vid

eo p

laye

r an

d T

V m

onito

r, d

istr

ibut

ion

of

cond

oms

and

disp

ense

rs, t

rain

ing

of c

ouns

ello

rs fo

r V

CT

site

at H

Q,

hand

outs

, IE

C m

ater

ials

- p

amph

lets

, fac

t she

ets,

T-s

hirt

s ca

ps, b

anne

rs e

tc.

MC

TU

: wor

ksho

p to

sho

w s

hop

stew

ards

how

to e

duca

te w

orke

rs in

pr

even

tive

mea

sure

s

27

polic

y, H

IV s

cree

ning

, pre

vent

ion.

Dev

elop

men

t and

upd

atin

g of

HIV

/AID

S

mat

eria

ls fo

r IE

C (

incl

. aud

iovi

sual

AID

S p

oste

rs, t

apes

, tra

inin

g m

anua

l, br

ochu

res

and

com

ic b

ooks

). A

dvic

e on

mas

s m

edia

.

WC

FC

B: i

nfor

mat

ion,

edu

catio

n an

d pr

even

tion

activ

ities

, inc

ludi

ng tr

aini

ng o

f pe

er e

duca

tors

and

wor

ksho

p to

em

pow

er e

mpl

oyee

s w

ith th

e kn

owle

dge

and

skill

s to

pre

vent

HIV

/AID

S. T

he B

oard

’s H

IV/A

IDS

pol

icy

is s

ubje

ct to

rev

iew

ta

king

into

acc

ount

beh

avio

ur c

hang

e by

em

ploy

ees.

prev

entiv

e m

easu

res.

CS

TM

: IE

C a

nd s

ensi

tizat

ion

activ

ities

are

to b

e in

tens

ified

in th

e ne

xt tw

o ye

ars

to c

hang

e be

havi

our

at th

e w

orkp

lace

.

NO

TU

Uga

nda:

impr

ovem

ent o

f atti

tude

s th

roug

h co

ntin

ued

educ

atio

n an

d se

nsiti

zatio

n. In

form

atio

n an

d aw

aren

ess

cam

paig

ns. I

nstr

uct w

orke

rs

(esp

ecia

lly h

ealth

-car

e w

orke

rs)

on th

e us

e of

Uni

vers

al P

reca

utio

ns a

nd

info

rm th

em o

f pro

cedu

res

to b

e fo

llow

ed in

cas

e of

exp

osur

e.

ZC

TU

: cam

paig

n m

ater

ials

pro

duce

d. M

ater

ials

dis

trib

uted

to n

atio

nal u

nion

s w

ith r

elat

ion

to w

orkp

lace

pro

gram

mes

. Est

ablis

hmen

t of m

obile

cou

nsel

ling

and

trai

ning

cen

tres

to e

ncou

rage

VC

T, a

nd a

pho

ne-in

“S

olid

arity

Life

Mai

l” C

ouns

ellin

g C

entr

e in

Lus

aka/

Kitw

e.

Car

e an

d s

up

po

rt (

incl

ud

ing

se

rvic

e p

rovi

sio

n)

CN

PI:

trea

tmen

t of o

ppor

tuni

stic

infe

ctio

ns a

nd A

RT

by

the

ente

rpris

es

(fin

ance

d at

100

% b

y th

e en

terp

rise)

– c

hild

ren

and

spou

ses

excl

uded

. The

ex

tens

ion

of A

RV

s to

rel

ativ

es to

the

wor

kers

is p

art o

f the

bip

artit

e un

it fu

ture

go

als.

AT

E: c

are

and

supp

ort,

heal

th p

rom

otio

n, o

ccup

atio

nal a

nd o

ther

ser

vice

s,

wor

ker

and

fam

ily a

ssis

tanc

e pr

ogra

mm

e, s

ocia

l sec

urity

cov

erag

e, a

nd

prov

isio

n of

ben

efits

and

oth

er s

ervi

ces

shou

ld b

e in

clud

ed in

any

inte

rven

tion

prog

ram

me

at th

e w

orkp

lace

. AT

E w

ill lo

bby

the

Gov

ernm

ent t

o m

ake

HA

AR

T

acce

ssib

le a

nd a

fford

able

to w

orke

rs a

nd th

eir

imm

edia

te fa

mily

mem

bers

. E

ncou

rage

s th

e co

mpa

nies

/org

aniz

atio

ns to

mai

nstr

eam

HIV

/AID

S in

hea

lth

care

pro

gram

mes

.

FU

E: t

he E

mpl

oyer

s’ S

tate

men

t of R

ecom

men

ded

Pra

ctic

es d

eals

with

soc

ial

prot

ectio

n an

d ca

re a

nd s

uppo

rt.

WC

FC

B: a

pol

icy

obje

ctiv

e is

to fa

cilit

ate

care

and

sup

port

to w

orke

rs in

fect

ed

and

affe

cted

by

HIV

/AID

S. S

ubsi

dies

70%

of m

edic

al c

are

cost

to m

embe

rs o

f st

aff a

nd th

eir

imm

edia

te fa

mily

. The

Boa

rd p

rovi

des

reas

onab

le a

ltern

ativ

e w

orki

ng a

rran

gem

ents

, enc

oura

ges

VC

T, t

rain

s co

unse

llors

.

CO

TU

(K

): s

hop

stew

ards

intr

oduc

ed to

cou

nsel

ling

and

hom

e-ba

sed

care

. P

rogr

amm

e ta

rget

ing

thos

e in

fect

ed a

nd a

ffect

ed (

espe

cial

ly w

idow

s an

d or

phan

s).

MC

TU

: org

aniz

ed w

orks

hop

to g

ive

care

and

ass

ista

nce

to th

ose

affe

cted

.

TU

CT

A: b

ipar

tite

wor

kpla

ce H

IV/A

IDS

pro

gram

mes

whe

re e

mpl

oyer

s pr

ovid

e A

RV

s -

with

the

follo

win

g co

mpa

nies

: Tan

zani

a C

igar

ette

s C

ompa

ny,

Tan

zani

a B

rew

erie

s Li

mite

d, K

aham

a M

inin

g B

ank

of T

anza

nia,

Tan

zani

a P

lant

atio

n an

d A

gric

ultu

ral s

ecto

r th

roug

h C

BA

.

NO

TU

Uga

nda:

hel

ps w

orke

rs w

ith A

IDS

-rel

ated

illn

esse

s to

acc

ess

reas

onab

le a

ccom

mod

atio

n. G

ives

wor

kers

the

oppo

rtun

ity to

exp

ress

and

di

scus

s th

eir

reac

tions

and

em

otio

ns c

ause

d by

HIV

/AID

S. I

nstr

ucts

wor

kers

(e

spec

ially

hea

lth-c

are

wor

kers

) on

the

use

of U

nive

rsal

Pre

caut

ions

and

in

form

s th

em o

f pro

cedu

res

to b

e fo

llow

ed in

cas

e of

exp

osur

e.

Gen

der

AT

E: g

ende

r-sp

ecifi

c pr

ogra

mm

es p

art o

f int

erve

ntio

ns a

t wor

kpla

ce

FU

E: t

he E

mpl

oyer

s’ S

tate

men

t of R

ecom

men

ded

Pra

ctic

es d

eals

with

ge

nder

.

WC

FC

B: t

he B

oard

exe

rcis

es g

ende

r eq

ualit

y w

hen

faci

litat

ing

the

prov

isio

n of

ca

re a

nd s

uppo

rt to

all

HIV

/AID

S e

mpl

oyee

s i.e

. no

segr

egat

ion

base

d on

sex

.

UG

TC

I: ad

voca

cy a

nd a

war

enes

s-ra

isin

g in

are

as w

here

ent

erpr

ises

em

ploy

m

any

wom

en.

CO

TU

(K

): w

orks

hop

for

wom

en (

ICF

TU

/AF

RO

spo

nsor

ship

) -

twen

ty w

omen

le

ader

s tr

aine

d in

var

ious

asp

ects

of H

IV/A

IDS

incl

udin

g pr

even

tion

of

mot

her

to c

hild

tran

smis

sion

. Gen

der

sens

itive

pro

gram

mes

(m

ore

than

200

m

othe

rs w

ere

sens

itize

d ex

clus

ivel

y on

PM

CT

)

MC

TU

: vul

nera

ble

pers

ons

such

as

youn

g gi

rls a

nd w

omen

can

be

take

n ad

vant

age

of, a

nd m

ore

wom

en a

re c

omin

g in

to th

e la

bour

forc

e. C

lear

28

polic

ies

need

to ta

ke in

to a

ccou

nt th

e m

ale

dom

inan

ce in

soc

iety

, the

ad

vers

e co

nseq

uenc

es o

f HIV

/AID

S o

n w

omen

, and

issu

es o

f dis

crim

inat

ion

and

term

inat

ion

in e

mpl

oym

ent.

NO

TU

Uga

nda:

wom

en s

tate

d as

a ta

rget

gro

up w

ith th

e tr

ade

unio

n le

ader

s,

shop

ste

war

ds, y

outh

and

ran

k an

d fil

e m

embe

rs.

Co

mm

un

ity

ou

trea

ch

CN

PI:

goal

is to

ext

end

care

and

sup

port

to th

e sp

ouse

s an

d ch

ildre

n of

the

wor

kers

.

FK

E: c

omm

unity

out

reac

h pr

omot

ed in

the

Cor

pora

te S

ocia

l Res

pons

ibili

ty

(CS

R)

stra

tegy

AT

E: w

orke

r an

d fa

mily

ass

ista

nce

prog

ram

me,

ext

ensi

on o

f int

erve

ntio

n se

rvic

es to

fam

ilies

and

com

mun

ity, a

nd lo

bbyi

ng to

the

gove

rnm

ents

to m

ake

HA

AR

T a

cces

sibl

e to

the

wor

kers

and

thei

r im

med

iate

fam

ily m

embe

rs.

FU

E: v

ideo

tape

s us

ed fo

r tr

aini

ng p

urpo

ses

bene

fitin

g m

embe

rs o

f the

labo

ur

forc

e, fa

mili

es, d

epen

dant

s an

d im

med

iate

nei

ghbo

urho

od p

opul

atio

n. C

ode

of

prac

tice

for

the

miti

gatio

n of

HIV

/AID

S im

pact

on

wor

kers

and

thei

r fa

mili

es.

UG

TC

I: pe

er e

duca

tors

and

trai

ners

trai

ning

to r

each

80%

of t

he w

orke

rs a

nd

thei

r fa

mili

es in

all

the

regi

ons.

TU

CG

: HIV

/AID

S a

war

enes

s –r

aisi

ng c

ampa

ign

espe

cial

ly fo

r w

orke

rs a

nd

thei

r fa

mili

es.

CO

TU

(K

): e

duca

tion

and

coun

selli

ng fo

r m

embe

rs o

n ho

w to

offe

r ca

re a

nd

supp

ort i

n th

e w

orkp

lace

and

at h

ome.

Wor

ksho

p fo

r el

ders

, you

th a

nd

wom

en. P

rovi

des

supp

ort t

o or

phan

s an

d w

idow

s in

clud

ing

the

prov

isio

n of

ba

sic

nece

ssiti

es, f

ood

supp

lem

ents

, tra

nspo

rt, s

choo

l uni

form

s, b

ooks

etc

.

NO

TU

Uga

nda:

you

th a

nd r

ank

and

file

mem

bers

incl

uded

in th

e ta

rget

gr

oups

.

Sec

tora

l act

ivit

ies

FK

E: t

ea, s

ugar

and

cof

fee

indu

strie

s, fl

ower

-pro

duct

ion

and

tour

ism

. F

acili

tato

rs’ t

rain

ing

man

ual a

nd s

ecto

r-sp

ecifi

c po

licie

s an

d gu

idel

ines

.

CN

PM

: IE

C c

ampa

ign

for

the

tran

spor

t sec

tor

(with

the

Min

istr

y of

Hea

lth).

AT

E: r

oad

tran

spor

t, m

inin

g, c

omm

erci

al a

gric

ultu

re p

lant

atio

ns

FU

E: r

ural

sec

tor

e.g.

tea

esta

tes

and

suga

r pl

anta

tions

.

UG

TC

I: co

oper

ates

with

the

sect

oral

pla

n of

labo

ur. A

war

enes

s-ra

isin

g ac

tiviti

es in

fish

ing

and

cons

erva

tion,

zen

ith-p

last

ic, t

rade

, and

food

pr

oces

sing

. Tra

de u

nion

s of

the

publ

ic s

ecto

r ha

ve d

raft

prog

ram

mes

, pa

rtic

ular

ly in

the

educ

atio

n se

ctor

(pr

imar

y sc

hool

) w

here

a b

road

pr

ogra

mm

e of

adv

ocac

y an

d pr

even

tion

is b

eing

und

erta

ken

at n

atio

nal a

nd

regi

onal

leve

l. A

dapt

atio

n of

the

natio

nal m

ulti-

sect

oral

pla

ns o

rgan

ized

by

the

HIV

/AID

S M

inis

try.

CO

TU

(K

): s

ensi

tizat

ion

of 6

,000

pla

ntat

ion

and

fact

ory

wor

kers

.

CS

TM

: act

iviti

es to

be

deve

lope

d in

the

tran

spor

t, bu

ildin

g an

d m

etal

lurg

y se

ctor

s.

TU

CT

A: m

ultis

ecto

ral a

ppro

ach

unde

r w

hich

eve

ry s

ecto

r cu

rren

tly in

volv

ed.

HIV

/AID

S C

ode

of P

ract

ice

for

Agr

icul

ture

and

Pla

ntat

ion

Wor

kers

’ Uni

on.

NO

TU

Uga

nda:

hea

lth-c

are

wor

kers

.

ZC

TU

: med

ical

sec

tor,

edu

catio

n se

ctor

, uni

vers

ities

and

hot

el in

dust

ry.

Nat

iona

l airp

orts

coo

pera

tion,

ban

ks, N

atio

nal P

ensi

on S

ocia

l Sec

urity

A

utho

rity,

Nat

iona

l Rev

enue

Aut

horit

y, Z

ambi

a T

elec

omm

unic

atio

n C

ompa

ny, Z

ambi

a E

lect

ricity

Sup

ply

Coo

pera

tion,

min

ing

indu

stry

, sel

ecte

d co

mpa

nies

in th

e co

mm

erci

al a

nd th

e in

dust

rial s

ecto

rs.

Info

rmal

sec

tor

GE

A: c

olla

bora

tes

with

CA

IN (

NG

O)

to c

over

the

info

rmal

sec

tor

UG

TC

I: th

e U

GT

IC d

evel

ops

prog

ram

mes

in a

ll en

terp

rises

of t

he fo

rmal

and

th

if

lt

29

CN

PM

: the

pla

n of

act

ion

targ

ets

the

info

rmal

as

wel

l as

the

form

al s

ecto

r.

FU

E: e

ncou

rage

s al

l mem

ber

and

non-

mem

ber

orga

niza

tions

bot

h in

the

form

al a

nd th

e in

form

al s

ecto

rs to

follo

w th

e S

tate

men

t whi

le fo

rmul

atin

g in

divi

dual

org

aniz

atio

nal p

olic

ies

on H

IV/A

IDS

at t

he w

orkp

lace

.

the

info

rmal

sec

tor.

5. C

hal

len

ges

/co

nst

rain

ts

GE

A: i

nitia

l lac

k of

cap

acity

and

exp

ertis

e re

latin

g to

HIV

/AID

S. N

eed

for

a fu

ll tim

e co

ordi

nato

r. L

ack

of k

now

ledg

e ab

out t

he p

ande

mic

at t

he w

orkp

lace

w

hich

mad

e it

diffi

cult

to o

pera

te w

ithin

the

targ

eted

pop

ulat

ion.

Ser

o-po

sitiv

e w

orke

rs w

ere

not w

illin

g to

ope

n up

to h

elp

in th

e cr

usad

e. N

eed

to in

volv

e al

l th

e op

erat

ors

in th

e w

orkp

lace

act

iviti

es. N

eed

for

seni

or m

anag

emen

t co

mm

itmen

t, in

clud

ing

thei

r su

ppor

t for

pee

r ed

ucat

ors.

Nee

d fo

r en

ough

W

orkp

lace

HIV

/AID

S C

ouns

ello

rs to

ens

ure

the

succ

ess

of V

CT

pro

gram

mes

. Jo

int p

rogr

amm

es b

y al

l sta

keho

lder

s to

opt

imis

e sc

arce

res

ourc

es a

t the

w

orkp

lace

.

CN

PM

: the

dra

ft pr

ojec

t men

tione

d in

its

“pla

n of

act

ion”

nee

ds fu

ndin

g pa

rtne

rs fo

r its

impl

emen

tatio

n.

FU

E: t

ime

to b

e al

loca

ted

by th

e en

terp

rises

for

HIV

/AID

S p

rogr

amm

es,

stru

ctur

al a

djus

tmen

t pol

icie

s (w

hich

cau

sed

trai

ners

to b

e lo

st th

roug

h st

aff

cutb

acks

), c

onfli

ctin

g m

essa

ges

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30-31 March 2004

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