Overall Goal
To initiate a process of analysing success stories and defining future actions for the Mitigation of HIV/AIDS Impacts through Agriculture and Rural Development
Objectives
To achieve this goal, the following objectives are to be fulfilled:
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Summarising the impact of HIV/AIDS on farm/households and communities and the theoretical recommendations/concepts for mitigation (setting the frame for mitigation) (Day 1)
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Sharing knowledge and experiences on evidence based successes and problems of HIV/AIDS mitigation work in rural areas (reasons, gaps) (Day 1)
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Analysing the lessons learnt and developing recommendations for best practises and instruments/guidelines for replication, with attention to key levels of mitigation interventions (Day 2)
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Farm/household level
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Community level (responses by communities)
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Institutional level (Service delivery arrangements, e.g approaches by extension services, markets, etc.)
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Policy level: approaches for strategy development
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Initiating of and committing to future action plans (fields for further research, programme proposals, networking, broader stakeholder involvement (e.g. conferences)) (Day 3)
Workshop Outputs
The key focus of the workshop will therefore be on the working groups and their analysis of the projects. The main outputs from the event will include:
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Report of the event
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Summary case studies in pamphlet form: as discussed in working groups
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Identification of gaps
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Next steps following on after meeting – at various levels (country, regional, international) – which will promote pragmatic steps building on plethora of research and recommendations already in public domain (e.g. national replicas of workshop; production of facilitation tools for replica workshops; regional conference; production of policy briefs; summary documents, etc).
Working groups
Themes
In order to achieve these objectives, the working groups will be divided in six key themes concerning the mitigation of HIV/AIDS through agriculture and rural development, namely:
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Household technologies (e.g. energy conservation): facilitator Marlis Kees, GTZ
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Farming technology eg. Conservation farming: facilitator Ann Wittveen, SC UK
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Nutrition: facilitator Maren Lieberum, Oxfam GB
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Micro-finance: facilitator Scott Drimie, HSRC
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Extension services: facilitator Klaus Pilgram, GTZ
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Links between development and social welfare (eg home base care, orphanages, cash grants, medical care etc): facilitator Dan Mullins, Oxfam GB
Working Groups: Process and Guiding Questions
The working groups will each focus on one theme. They will assess case studies with a set of guiding questions, as demonstrated in the example below.
Main steps for the working groups include:
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Select presenter and reporter within group:
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The Presenter will be responsible to present only the highlights of the WG results
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The Reporter should deliver a detailed written (preferably electronically) of the WG results
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Select specific example or case studies within the theme, with evidence of the success or failure in mitigating impacts of HIV/AIDS at HH level.
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Discuss what has/has not worked to help specific types of people to achieve the objective. Attention should be paid to different issues of supporting men, women; the elderly, youth and children; those living with HIV, affected by or at high risk of HIV and AIDS.
This discussion should be guided by the format in the example attached.
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Identify gaps in the evidence
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What were the major enabling and constraining factors at different levels: household, community, institution, policy
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Specify how the process is different to standard development practice.
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Propose how this approach can this be scaled up or scaled out.
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Suggest next steps after this workshop to further support mitigatation of impacts of AIDS.
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