National Partnership Platform Initiative
National Partnership Platforms are country-based information, dialogue and advoacay platforms, which support Civil Society partners for exchange of information and experience on AIDS, TB and related issues among all key stakeholders.
Currently partnership platforms are operating in Ireland, Thailand, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Malaysia and under development in Vietnam.
For a downloadable fact sheet on the National Partnership Platform Initiative, please click here.
Components of National Partnership Platforms (NPP)
With a group of partners working together towards a shared vision, components of a national partnership platform can be diverse and vary from one country to another. However there are some common features:
- National AIDS/TB eForum and corresponding website
- Key Correspondent Team
- Local Initiatives
- Country-level campaigning and targeted advocacy
In individual countries where specific activities are underway in more than one of these four areas, overlapping and varied synergy of impact is achieved. The initiative stresses the key principles partnership and local ownership as central to all interventions. NPPs can be facilitated in any language as the methods and tools have already been developed and tested in Thai and Vietnamese.
National AIDS/TB eForum and website
A strong and sustainable NPP includes an open communication process that is efficient, inclusive and transparent. HDN facilitates the establishment of high quality national electronic discussion forums (eForums) on AIDS and TB as an effective tool to foster open communication among all stakeholders.
Key Correspondent Team
The Key Correspondent (KC) Team is a group of country-based writers, capturing and documenting the local realities facing those dealing and living with AIDS and TB on a daily basis.
Country-level campaigning and targeted advocacy
In individual countries, strategic advocacy offers key opportunities to improve coordination among stakeholders.
