The UNAIDS Bureau oversees the PCB Meeting by ensuring its smooth and efficient functioning, transparency in decision making and the preparation of the meeting agenda, including the allocation of time and the order of discussion items. The Bureau also coordinates the PCB’s programme of work for the year, provides guidance on PCB documentation (as needed), and any additional functions as directed by the PCB.
31 July 2012 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
The NGO Delegation stands up for human rights at the 30th PCB meeting
On 27 June, the PCB Bureau (consisting of Poland, India, USA, the World Bank and the NGO Delegation) met to discuss plans for future UNAIDS board meetings.
Reviewing the 30th PCB in June, the Bureau noted some positive and negative outcomes of the meeting:
25 May 2012 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
On 30 April 2012, the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) Bureau (which includes Poland, India, USA, the NGO Delegation and World Bank), met to finalize the upcoming 30th PCB and future agenda items.
The application of UN Women (EN | FR) to join the other 10 UN agencies as a Cosponsor of the PCB was strongly supported and will be finalized at the 30th PCB. It is expected that UN Women will lead on items such as the gender sensitivity of AIDS responses in the December PCB.
16 April 2012 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
UNAIDS/F.Chironi
Members of the Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) met on 22nd March to discuss upcoming and potential agenda items for the upcoming PCB meeting. Read the full record or highlights below.
H.E. Dr. Tom Mboya Okeyo, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Kenya in Geneva presented to the Bureau the Action Plan for the consultative process around strategic approaches to investment in the AIDS response, an update of which will be presented to the Board in June. Concerns were raised around the policy-making process, including the consequences of the imposition of a framework and “the lack of a fully consultative process in the development of the framework and full country ownership”.
9 March 2012 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
The UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) Bureau’s February meeting focused on discussing the possible agenda for the 30th PCB meeting in June.
Draft agenda items for the upcoming PCB are:
17 February 2012 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
Nadia Rafif, NGO Delegate for Africa, and Rathi Ramanathan, NGO Delegation for Asia-Pacific, in Kibera – the largest informal settlement in Eastern Africa – meeting representatives of networks of people living with HIV, children heading households and HIV discordant couples.
In November 2011, UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) members participated in the annual Board field trip – this time to Kenya. These field trips provide an opportunity to meet with government and community representatives and visit local HIV projects. NGO Delegates Nadia Rafif and Rathi Ramanathan attended on behalf of the Delegation.
18 January 2012 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
Welcoming the proposal by the Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) Chair and Vice-Chair to establish a PCB Bureau, as requested at its 14th meeting, the
Programme Coordinating Board:
approves the guiding principles, terms of reference and the membership of the Bureau as follows:
(i) Guiding Principles
Transparency, efficiency of operation and establishment at a minimum cost.
(ii) Terms of reference
21 December 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
Requests the PCB Bureau to take appropriate and timely steps to ensure that due process is followed in the call for themes for the 33rd and 34th Programme Coordinating Board meetings, as necessary;
19 August 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
Requests the Bureau to further enhance its visibility and transparency by preparing an annual workplan and making it available to PCB Members and Observer States; and making available to PCB Members and Observer States the outcomes of its meetings.
19 August 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
Endorses the continued functioning of the Programme Coordinating Board Bureau, with no changes to its role, functions or membership; and
19 August 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
3 August 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
The UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board’s Bureau met in Geneva on 21 July 2011. NGO Delegate Nadia Rafif attended. This meeting covered the upcoming agenda of the 29th PCB.
The Bureau agreed the draft agenda for the 29th PCB meeting with the following items:
9 May 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
The UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board’s Bureau met in Geneva on 20 April 2011. NGO Delegate Nadia Rafif attended. This meeting covered the upcoming agenda of the 28th PCB and thematic sessions at future board meetings.
Discussion around the UBRAF focused on key points raised at the last multistakeholder consultation: the role of civil society to be better reflected, including resourcing of civil society and a process for developing commons standards for working with civil society; accountability of Cosponsors to be explained more clearly, in particular in relation to non-core resources; detailed workplans for the Cosponsors and Secretariat at global, regional and country level to be developed following the PCB in June; and more.
4 April 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
The latest UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board Bureau meeting took place on 14 March 2011 via teleconference. Present from the NGO Delegation were Africa Delegates Felicita Hikuam and Nadia Rafif.
The Bureau presented its 2011 Workplan, discussed the 28th PCB agenda, provided an update on the UBRAF and reported on the evaluation process for future PCB meeting thematic segments.
Full notes from the meeting can be read here.
18 March 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]
The UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) Bureau met on 9 February 2011 in Geneva to follow-up on the 27th PCB meeting and to discuss the 28th PCB and the 2012-2015 Unified Budget and Accountability Framework (UBAF). Felicita Hikuam (Africa) attended as the NGO Delegation representative.
You can view the complete meeting notes here.
Members agreed to include the following topics in the 28th PCB to be held 21-23 June 2011 in Geneva:
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;
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