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assessment of the progress made to date in the implementation
of the Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework on HIV/AIDS,
specifically as it relates to such projects as the Global
Fund, World Bank and CIDA will come under the microscope
in Saint Lucia this week.
The
occasion is the Fourth Meeting of the Regional Coordinating
Mechanism (RCM) of the Pan Caribbean Partnership (PANCAP)
Against HIV/AIDS which will take place on 11-12 March
2005, under the chairmanship of Dr. Edward Greene,
Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development,
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat.
Other
agenda items include an update on PANCAP’s activities,
including the policy issues arising out of the Fourth
Annual General Meeting held in October 2004, resource
mobilisation and capacity building. The meeting will
also receive several reports including those from
the CARICOM/UK Champions for Change Conference; the
Regional Coalition for Gender and HIV/AIDS and the
Advocacy Workshop.
The
RCM has overall responsibility for the implementation
of PANCAP’s Annual Work Programme and provides
general guidance on programme delivery. It comprises
the core members of PANCAP, representatives of six
Member Countries of PANCAP, one multilateral and one
bilateral institution, civil society, the private
sector, the Chair of the Caribbean Coalition of National
AIDS Programme Coordinators, a representative of the
CARICOM Youth Ambassadors, and the CARICOM/GFATM Representative
and an Alternate.
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