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Title
It is OUR money!: Effective community advocacy to insure domestic resources for sustainable HIV services
Code
TUWS09
Session Type
Leadership Workshop
Venue
Emerald Room
Date Time
Tuesday 24 July, 14:30 - 17:00
Co-Facilitators:
Ganna Dovbakh, Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA), Lithuania
Lela Serebryakova, Caucasus University, Georgia
Level:
Intermediate
Target Audience:
Advocate, Policy specialist, Policy / Programme analyst
Seating limit:
266

The workshop is designed based on budget advocacy experience in EECA countries and utilizes knowledge from health financing and public financing fields to help community and civil society leaders to learn how to do budget advocacy work and formulate successful budget advocacy strategies. Participants will get practical skills to (i) formulate realistic budget advocacy aim and target and to formulate and build data collection approaches to convince government to fund services for key populations, and (ii) to monitor and ensure proper implementation of public commitments.

14:30
TUWS0901 		Opening of the session
Ganna Dovbakh, Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA), Lithuania
14:35
TUWS0902 		Introductory presentation of key approaches and components of budget advocacy processes based on budget cycle
Ganna Dovbakh, Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA), Lithuania
Lela Serebryakova, Caucasus University, Georgia
15:00
TUWS0903 		Lessons learned by civil society activists in budget advocacy in different countries and regions
Felicita Hikuam, ARASA, Namibia
Elizabeta Bozinovska, HERA, Macedonia, FYR
Maxim Demchenko, Budget Advocacy School, Ukraine
Olena Kucheruk, Budget Advocacy School, Ukraine
15:45
TUWS0904 		Questions and answers to panellists
16:00
TUWS0905 		Practical group work on defining realistic budget advocacy targets
16:30
TUWS0906 		Closing discussion