by Quentin Batréau, APCASO Secretariat APCASO joined the Rights, Resources & Resilience Asia Pacific (RRRAP) conference organized by APCOM in Bangkok this November 13th-15th. The meeting was a blast, and an amazing opportunity for HIV activists from across the...
This new Guidance Tool developed by APCASO is meant for civil society and community members of Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) to build their capacities on community engagement, human rights, and gender equality in relation to meaningful country dialogues,...
By Roshan DeSilva, Executive Director, Diversity and Solidarity Trust The civil society engagement in the National Global Fund processes have been minimized to tokenistic level over the years. To date, out of the 25 seats at the CCM, only 2 seats are allocated for...
By Ha Cassell, Program Officer, APCASO Kuala Lumpur – Understanding how community-inclusive financing mechanisms works in Asia Pacific has not been fully explored especially in countries that will soon be transitioning out of The Global Fund and other external donors....
Siem Reap – The first of a series of workshops on the evolution of CCM was organized by The Global Fund Secretariat from August 29-30. The workshop invited CCM members from nine countries: Bhutan, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, Sri Lanka,...