The Programme Coordinating Board:
welcomes the presentation of the representative of the nongovernmental organizations and ensuing discussion, and encourages the Secretariat to strengthen and evaluate continued participation of NGOs in the PCB;
This section lists decisions made at UNAIDS PCB Meetings with an associated agenda item number, in order of most recent.
- 9th PCB: Geneva - May 2000
- 8th PCB: Geneva - June 1999
- 7th PCB: New Dehli - December 1998
- 6th PCB: Geneva - May 1998
- 4th PCB: Geneva - April 1997
- 3rd PCB: Geneva - June 1996
- 32nd PCB: Geneva - June 2013
- 31st PCB: Geneva - December 2012
- 30th PCB: Geneva - June 2012
- 2nd PCB: Geneva - November 1995
- 29th PCB: Geneva - December 2011
- 28th PCB: Geneva - June 2011
- 27th PCB: Geneva - December 2010
- 26th PCB: Geneva - June 2010
- 25th PCB: Geneva - December 2009
- 24th PCB: Geneva - June 2009
- 23rd PCB: Geneva - December 2008
- 22nd PCB: Chiang Mai - April 2008
- 21st PCB: Geneva - December 2007
- 20th PCB: Geneva - June 2007
- 1st PCB: Geneva - July 1995
- 19th PCB: Zambia - December 2006
- 18th PCB: Geneva - June 2006
- 17th PCB: Geneva - June 2005
- 16th PCB: Montego Bay - December 2004
- 15th PCB: Geneva - June 2004
- 14th PCB: Geneva - June 2003
- 13th PCB: Lisbon - December 2002
- 12th PCB: Geneva - May 2002
- 11th PCB: Geneva - May 2001
- 10th PCB: Rio de Janeiro - December 2000
These decisions are excerpted from the "Final Decisions, Recommendations & Conclusions" documents (produced at each PCB).
Get a list of decisions per-meeting (grouped into PDF files)
Decisions
9.1: Reports by the Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations Chair and Nongovernmental Representative
18 January 2012 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
9.6: Unified Budget, Results and Accountability Framework 2012-2015
23 June 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
Requests UNAIDS to provide more explicit reporting on resourcing and engagement of civil society supported with indicators and clear reporting from the Secretariat and Cosponsors within the Unified Budget, Results and Accountability Framework
4.4: Progress in implementation and coordination of the national response
21 March 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
Calls upon UNAIDS to use its facilitating role to bring National Authorities to fulfil their commitments to work with Civil Society;
4.2: Progress in implementation and coordination of the national response
21 March 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
Welcomes the development of the Civil Society Guidelines to strengthen the meaningful involvement of civil society, in particular people living with HIV, in national AIDS responses with a view to developing an implementation strategy;
10.5: Report of the PCB Task Force on SIE follow-up related to all aspects of Governance
4 January 2011 by admin[PDF][print]
Take effective responsibility for oversight of UNAIDS, by revising the working practices of the Programme Coordinating Board to improve the effectiveness of its meetings, issues and changes to include the following:
a. Role of the PCB Chair: that the role of Chair as a neutral moderator be formalized in a revision to the PCB Modus Operandi as well as greater clarity on roles of Vice Chair and Rapporteur. The role of the Chair to include, inter alia, to encourage participation by Executive Heads in the Programme Coordinating Board, to continue and explore further the current practice of pre-Programme Coordinating Board meetings with PCB NGOs, and to initiate similar meetings with Cosponsors;
7.8: Ensuring non-discrimination in responses to HIV
4 January 2011 by admin[PDF][print]
Requests Member States, with support from UNAIDS, to increase the direct participation of people living with HIV and consider ways to involve key populations, as articulated in the Joint Action for Results: UNAIDS Outcome Framework 2009-2011, in HIV programmes and data collection
7.6: Ensuring non-discrimination in responses to HIV
4 January 2011 by admin[PDF][print]
Requests UNAIDS, together with Member States and other partners, to intensify its assistance to networks of people living with HIV and key populations at risk to measure HIV-related stigma and discrimination and to mobilize comprehensive responses to reduce it, including increased support to the implementation of the PLHIV Stigma Index. UNAIDS should work with partners to ensure that stigma measurement tools are consolidated, strengthened, and resourced and build the capacity of governments and civil society to use these tools
4.24: Second Independent Evaluation of UNAIDS
20 December 2009 by admin[PDF][print]
Requests the UNAIDS Secretariat to work with Cosponsors to develop an overarching partnership strategy with clear and measurable objectives with distinct strategies for working with both civil society and people living with HIV, and for working with global health initiatives such as the Global Fund, PEPFAR and other bilateral and development partners. Subsidiary recommendations are to:
− develop a shared vision of the potential and expected benefits from civil society and People Living with HIV involvement, a clear set of objectives and a more systematic approach to documenting outcomes;
8.3: HIV prevention among injecting drug users
30 June 2009 by admin[PDF][print]
Requests UNAIDS to intensify its assistance to, and work with, all groups of civil society, including those affected by drug use and those that provide services to people who use drugs, aimed at advocating for anti-stigmatizing, antidiscriminating, and evidence-based approaches to HIV and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) epidemics at national, regional and global levels.
9.5: Cooperation with the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the PCB: Support mechanisms for African States
30 June 2009 by admin[PDF][print]
Reaffirms that national and regional level processes in relation to this proposal – and broadly to the development of national policy positions in relation to HIV/AIDS – continue to uphold the core principle of the effective and meaningful participation of civil society
12.6: Gender-sensitivity of AIDS responses
30 June 2009 by admin[PDF][print]
Recalling decision 12.1 from the 20th Programme Coordinating Board urges Governments, donors and UNAIDS to significantly expand efforts to address inequality and inequity between men and women, gender based violence including sexual and physical abuse of women, men, girls and boys, and harmful gender-based practices and social and cultural norms as major drivers of the HIV epidemic, including through increased and better coordinated funding to national programs and civil society partners.
3.2: Outcome(s) of the Thematic Segment
20 December 2008 by admin[PDF][print]
Requests that UNAIDS update its technical support and capacity development strategy through an inclusive process involving implementing countries and civil society, taking into account:
• points made and conclusions of the thematic segment with particular reference to gender equality;
• the analytical work of the Global Implementation Support Team, progress made by the task force on operationalization of the UNAIDS-Global Fund Memorandum of Understanding and Coordinated AIDS Technical Support database;
3.3: Outcome(s) of the Thematic Segment
20 December 2008 by admin[PDF][print]
Requests that the strategy include an estimate of those costs covered by the existing mandates and budgets of the UNAIDS Secretariat and Cosponsors, along with those aspects, including technical support provided by civil society, which require further resources
3.7: Outcome(s) of the Thematic Segment
20 December 2008 by admin[PDF][print]
Calls upon National AIDS Coordinating Authorities and UNAIDS to invest in the capacity development of civil society to enable their meaningful participation in the work of such Authorities and to pursue the principles of accountability, transparency and participation
7.1: Increased involvement of civil society in the PCB
20 December 2008 by admin[PDF][print]
Welcomes the report of the PCB NGOs on the “Increased involvement of civil society in the PCB”
