Global Inter Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People

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Title: Global Inter Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People

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Background information on coordination of YP

In 2001-UNFPA Executive Board requests the Fund
to take a more visible leadership role in HIV
prevention especially among young people.
Later that year, UNFPA designated as the UNAIDS
convening agency for young people by the UNAIDS
Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations (CCOs).
In 2005 -the Global Task Team recommendations-
UNFPA designated as the Lead Agency for Young
People out of school
UNFPA chairs the Global Interagency Task Team on
HIV and Young People (IATT/YP), a mechanism to
ensure common policy advise and strategic guidance

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Original IATT on Young People and HIV Members

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Deputy Executive Directors Meeting-25 May 2007
NY

Collaboration and coordination on HIV/AIDS and
young people had produced important results
However, the current programme of work among
UNAIDS Cosponsors on HIV and young people
required review and further strengthening

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Actions for IATT/YP

Develop a more explicit division of labour on
young people within the existing UN technical
support Division of Labour
2. Reconstruct and expand the composition of the
current interagency task team on young people
3. Identify and document good practices ( in
coordination) already underway in countries

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Terms of Reference- IATT/YP

Goal To foster a joint accelerated, harmonized
and expanded global, regional and country-level
response

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Objectives.

To advocate with key global, regional and country
level partners a harmonized approach to knowing
the epidemic and scaling up HIV interventions
for young people particularly - adolescents and
young people most at risk and vulnerable to HIV
infection
To build the capacity of Joint UN Teams on AIDS
and/or Technical Working Groups on AIDS and
partners at country level to scale up HIV
prevention
To promote collaboration and harmonisation within
and across organisations, for more effective
response to the AIDS epidemic

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Objectives cont.

To support and broaden networking and
collaboration amongst stakeholders, in order to
galvanize the international community and
mobilize resources
To identify, disseminate, and advocate for
gender and rights based good practices in, and
evidence-informed approaches to, HIV programming
for and with young people and
To support global/regional initiatives on HIV and
young people organized by UN system organizations
and other key partners

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New Members as of May 2008

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Actions to improve coordination and accelerating
response on HIV Prevention among Young People
IATT Deliverables

First ever systematic review in developing
countries of what works to prevent HIV infection
among young people-SRG led by WHO- (2006)
Creation of Technical Support Group led by UNICEF
for coordinated UN and partner response on
MARA-(2006)-now under MARYP WG
Developed Global Guidance briefs on HIV
Interventions for Young peopleled by UNFPA
(2008)
Developed a more explicit division of labour on
young people -sent to RCs and UCCs in May 2008
IATT expanded to include non-UN members-
currently 20 members

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IATT Common Programming Tools

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2008 Joint Activities

Review and synthesis of secondary data (UNGASS
reports, DHS, etc) to determine progress on core
indicators-HLSP
Documenting best practices on coordination of HIV
and young people at country level
Implementing the recommendations from the
consultations on the Technical Support Group
(TSG) on Most-at-Risk- young people-currently
under the MARYP Working Group
Launched The Global Guidance Briefs at ICASA
Sessions at the IAC, Mexico City

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Progress and challenges

TOR and Work plan developed and agreed upon
UNFPA and UNICEF had a brainstorming meeting on
how to proceed- and will work with UNFPAs
resource mobilization unit to assist
Challenges
Initial facilitator withdrew and UNFPA currently
facilitates the working group in addition to the
Programmatic and Technical Guidance WG and
coordination of the IATT
Only three members- UNICEF and GYCA (GYCA
facilitates the Advocacy WG)
Need more members to join

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Unified Budget and Work plan (UBW) 2010 - 2011

UBW is a unique instrument in the United Nations
system which has united the UN family in the
fight against AIDS.
Serves as a joint budget and work plan of the 10
UNAIDS Cosponsors and the UNAIDS Secretariat,
Biennial design allows for continual evolution
and flexibility to meet the constantly changing
demands of the response to HIV at global,
regional and country levels.
Development of the 2010-2011 UBW has occurred in
the context of the global economic downturn, and
provides for stable funding for the Joint
Programme in the next biennium.

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Objectives for 2010 2011 UBW

Universal Access as the unifying theme and common
platform
Seeks to intensify assistance to countries and
other partners where progress towards universal
access is lagging.
Accelerating progress by enhancing effectiveness
and impact
Highlights the need to use funding as effectively
as possible to optimize impact
Emphasizing results at country level
Will intensify its programmatic and advocacy
emphasis on strengthening national ownership,
responsibility and accountability.
Performance monitoring and accountability
Specifies what each Cosponsor or the Secretariat
will be responsible for and how this will be
monitored.

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UBW Action Agenda for Universal Access

Preventing mothers from dying and babies becoming
infected with HIV.
Ensuring people living with HIV receive treatment
Ending TB deaths among people living with HIV.
Protecting drug users from becoming infected with
HIV
Removing punitive laws, policies and practices,
stigma and discrimination that block effective
responses to AIDS
Eliminating violence against women and girls
Making young people count
Enhancing social protection for all.