By Annika Schaefer
From November 18th to 22nd Asia Catalyst staff and delegates from four Chinese partner organizations will gather with other advocates from the region at the 11th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICCAP). Delegates will present their work, meet with advocacy targets, and attend community and scientific sessions. The congress, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, is the largest forum on HIV/AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region.
Among the expected 4,000 delegates from 22 countries across Asia and the Pacific engaging in ICAAP11, Asia Catalyst staff and partners will each have the opportunity to share best practices and present on their organization’s work, program results, and lessons learned for the future, in the form of abstract presentations, poster presentations, roundtables, and other side events.
Asia Catalyst is supporting members from the four selected Chinese partner organizations with English translation, scholarship assistance, and the coordination of meetings, roundtables and presentations.
Delegates receiving our support were selected by an open application process from organizations we have worked with in the past. Three members of the delegation are graduate organizations of the Asia Catalyst NGO Leadership Cohort, a year-long organizational management training program for grassroots health rights advocates in China, and several have been working with Asia Catalyst’s Advocacy program.
Asia Catalyst will have a booth in the Asia Pacific Village, an area of the conference that is open to the public for free, and which is geared toward networking, information sharing and joint actions for community based organizations. The booth will showcase advocacy projects
from partner organizations around the region, including several from the Rights Training Program’s regional network. It will also showcase Asia Catalyst materials and training programs, and serve as a platform for expanding our network in the region.
Over the coming weeks, we will feature profiles of advocates and their projects on the blog.
