The
Global Forum on MSM and HIV (MSMGF) is pleased to share a case study from
Cameroon of the successful engagement of key populations advocates in the
Global Fund country dialogue process. Under the Global Fund’s New Funding Model
(NFM), community participation is required. In Cameroon, the successful
engagement of key populations (sex workers, people who use drugs, MSM and
transgender people) is a direct result of highly mobilized civil society
leadership at the national level, and technical support delivered by the Community
Action and Leadership Collaborative
(CLAC).
In
2014, the CLAC’s global networks and respective country-level partners
facilitated greater participation of key populations advocates and the
development of high quality rights-based and evidence-informed activities
focused on meeting the needs of key populations and other vulnerable groups in
Cameroon. Their experiences can serve as a model for civil society
organizations and advocates engaging now in the country dialogue process.
Good practices from the Cameroon experience
include:
This
process, beginning with community consultations, proved an effective way to
ensure active engagement of key populations from the start, and to watchdog and
hold stakeholders accountable.
To
ensure that all those involved in the response have capacity to ensure that
their voices are heard and to enable them to contribute in a meaningful way,
the Global Fund is making available technical assistance focused on issues of
community, rights and gender. The aim of the Community, Rights and Gender Technical
Assistance Program is to
ensure that key populations, communities and local civil society organizations
are meaningfully engaged in the country dialogue and concept note development
processes at the country level.
to access a downloadable PDF case study of the
Cameroon experience.
The CLAC is a unique collaboration between AIDS and Rights Alliance for
Southern Africa (ARASA), the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+),
Global Action for Trans* Equality (GATE), the Global Network of Sex Work
Projects (NSWP), the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD), the
International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), and hosted by the Global
Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF).