HIV/AIDS
Next to the Focal Areas “Skills Development & Labour Market” and “Good Government” HIV&AIDS has been defined as a crosscutting area relevant for all projects and programmes of the German Development Cooperation (GTZ, DED, InWEnt and KfW).
The key challenges in fighting the HIV&AIDS epidemic, which are currently addressed by the German Development Cooperation, are:
- Mainstreaming the determinants and the impact of HIV&AIDS in the public sector (public service, governmental administration, FET colleges), i.e. considering HIV&AIDS issues in planning, implementation and evaluation of all initiatives, projects and programmes (multisectoral approach);
- VCT/Social Marketing by improving VCT facilities and increasing access to VCT services;
- Capacity Building, i.e. adapting and implementing behavioural change curricula and training modules for different target groups;
- Increasing the rollout of workplace programmes;
- Strengthening the collaboration between civil society and the public and private/business sector by building public private partnerships in combating HIV&AIDS;
- Implementing interventions, which are targeted at young people at highest risk of HIV infection.
The target groups are those most affected by the HIV and AIDS epidemic, in particular, women and girls because of their higher vulnerability, youth and young adults aged 18 - 25 years as they present the age group with the highest incidence, and orphans and vulnerable children, who are not only at high risk of contracting HIV, but also suffer the consequences of the epidemic to a large extent.
Technical Cooperation:
In all projects and programmes GTZ and DED are striving to mainstream the fight against HIV& AIDS by supporting the development and implementation of workplace policies and measures aimed at mitigating the disastrous impact of AIDS.
AWiSA (AIDS Workplace Programmes in Southern Africa) is a joint programme of DED and InWEnt providing support to small and medium enterprises through training of trainers and setting up workplace programmes (WPP’s) in the business sector. At present, together with AIDC (Automotive Industry Development Centre) a comprehensive workplace programme is going to be developed and implemented for the supplier companies of the automotive industry in the Eastern Cape. In addition, InWEnt is working together with the Eastern Cape Aids Council and the Eastern Cape Development Corporation in training of trainers for the establishment and implementation of WPPs in the construction and agricultural sectors, whereas DED is currently in the process of negotiating further public private partnerships for setting up workplace programmes in Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape.
DED supports a larger scale project with the South African NGO loveLife aimed at strengthening and supporting young people aged 18-25 in becoming a responsible leadership for South Africa.
Financial Cooperation:
After an external audit of 300 public VCT facilities of the DoH (Department of Health) in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu Natal and Eastern Cape, as part of the VCT I programme conducted by KfW, it was resolved to enter a second phase of the programme, VCT II. The new Programme is due to start in 2008 and aims at improving access, quality and structures of public VCT facilities in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu Natal, Eastern Cape, Limpopo, Northern Cape and Free State. Furthermore, it is to explore ways and means to increase involvement of private service providers in prevention and treatment schemes. The support of orphans and vulnerable children has been identified as a new commitment during the 2006 Negotiations on Development Cooperation between the Republic of South Africa and the Federal Republic of Germany. It was agreed that KfW would assist the Department of Social Development (DSD) in establishing a sound information basis on child headed households (CHH), developing an adequate policy framework and conducting first pilot activities addressing CHH and OVC.
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