ICASO Annual Report 2001

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ICASOINTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF

AIDS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

2001 Annual Report


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ICASO CONTACT INFORMATION

Central Secretariat65 Wellesley St. E., Suite 403

Toronto, ON

CANADA M4Y 1G7

Contact: Richard Burzynski

Tel: (1-416) 921-0018

Fax: (1-416) 921-9979

E-Mail: [email protected]

www.icaso.org

EuroCASO - Europe

Groupe sida Geneve,

17 rue Pierre-Fatio

CH-1204 Geneva, SWITZERLAND

Contact: Florian Hbner

Tel: (41-22) 700-1500

Fax: (41-22) 700-1547

E-mail: [email protected]

www.hivnet.ch/eurocaso

AfriCASO - Africa

ENDA Tiers Monde

54, rue carnot, B.P. 3770

Dakar SENEGAL

Contact: Mamadou Seck

Tel: (221) 823 1935

Fax: (221) 823 6615


www.africaso.org

NACASO - North AmericaCanadian AIDS Society

309 Cooper Street, 4th Floor

Ottawa, Ontario,

CANADA K2P 0G5

Contact: Paul Lapierre

Tel: (1-613) 230-3580

Fax: (1-613) 563-4998

E-Mail: [email protected]

APCASO Asia/Pacific

Malaysian AIDS Council

12 Jalan 13/48A

51000 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

Contact: M. Puravalen/Susan Chong

Tel: (603) 4045-1033

Fax: (603) 4043-9178


www.apcaso.org

LACCASO Latin America

and the Caribbean

Accin Ciudadana contra

el SIDA - ACCSI

Av. Rmulo Gallegos, Edif. Maracay,

Apto. 21, El Marqus

CARACAS 1071 - VENEZUELA.

Contact: Edgar Carrasco

Tel: (58-212) 232 7938

Tel/Fax: (58-212) 235 9215

Email: [email protected]

www.laccaso.org

ICASO Board of DirectorsRichard Burzynski

Edgar Carrasco

Irene Fernandez

Florian Hbner

Paul Lapierre

Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch

Richard Parker

M. Puravalen

Mamadou Seck

Elhadj As Sy


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Our mission is to:

mobilize communities and their organizations to participate in the

response to HIV/AIDS;

articulate and advocate the needs and concerns of communities

and their organizations;

ensure that community-based organizations, particularly

those with fewer resources and within affected communities,

are strengthened in their work to prevent HIV infection, and to

provide treatment, care and support for people living with and

affected by HIV/AIDS;

promote the greater involvement of people living with, and

affected by HIV/AIDS in all aspects of prevention, treatment,

care and support, and research;

promote human rights in the development and implementation

of policies and programs responding to all aspects of HIV/AIDS.

OUR MISSION

ICASO WORKS TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY-BASED RESPONSE TO

HIV/AIDS, BY CONNECTING AND REPRESENTING NON-GOVERNMENTAL

ORGANIZATIONS IN ALL THE REGIONS OF THE WORLD.


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As the new century got underway, so, too,did the second decade of ICASO. What was

envisioned in Paris in 1991 as a means to

organize and facilitate the networking of AIDS

services organizations (ASOs), and community

based organizations (CBOs) around the world

has developed into one of the most influential

voices of the community-based response to

the epidemic.

I dont think anyone involved in ICASOs

founding imagined that such a dire need for

networking would exist ten years on. Surely,

we thought, the epidemic would be under

control and the infrastructures would be well

in place to connect like-minded community

workers and activists. Surely, we thought,

governments around the world would place

HIV/AIDS at the top of their domestic and

foreign agendas if the pace of infection and

mortality stayed constant, or worse, increased.

Surely, we thought, our voices would have

some positive effect.

We were right, sadly, only on the last prediction.

Our voices have been heard, as this report of

ICASOS 2001 activities illustrates. Our place

at the table has been affirmed, and the

community-led response is picking up more

and more momentum.

We were at the forefront of the negotiations

and proceedings of the first United Nations

General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS,

held from June 25th to 27th. We were invited

to be one of the architects of the new Global

Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

We retained our role as a co-organizer of the

regional and international conferences, andwe began to implement our Five-Year Programme,

a key component of which is engaging new and

larger funding commitments to the community-

based response. Our work is far from over. As

new epidemics rage in previously untouched

parts of the world, the lessons we learned in

our first decade will prove invaluable in our

second. We know what works and what

doesnt. If governments and businesses will

not systematically support our hardest-hit

communities, then we will support each other.

ICASO embarks on its second decade with a very

clear mandate: to strengthen the community

voice in policy and programming discussions

at all levels. In other words, to ensure that those

in charge of political agendas and big budget

donor purses know that the expertise to stop

AIDS lies in the communities where it is causing

the most devastation.

With your support and action, with the requisite

political good will, and with huge increases in

funding, we hope that ICASOs second decade

will be its last.

Richard Burzynski

Executive Director, ICASO

MESSAGE FROM RICHARD BURZYNSKI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR


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The Five-Year ProgrammeICASOs strategic planning culminated in a Five-Year

Programme launched primarily to donors in 2001.

Discussions, in December 1999, determined that an

assessment of the organization was needed prior to

taking on any major new programming. The Global

Assessment, conducted in 2000, analyzed the

achievements, strengths and challenges of the

ICASO networking process and the capacity of

the Central and Regional Secretariats. The

assessment was done through a consultation

process involving the secretariats, some affiliated

country organizations and external international

agencies. One of the key findings of the assessment

was that ICASO needed to do strategic planning

and review its mission and directions. (The full

text of the Global Assessment report is available

at www.icaso.org). The assessment led to a process

of refining ICASOs role in the global response to

the epidemic, and charting a course for ICASOs

future directions.

The Board of Directors affirmed strategic planning

and organizational development as priorities, and

convened a retreat in December 2000 in Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia. The retreat enabled the

participants to focus on critical issues that have

an impact on ICASOs direction and organizational

structure. A major accomplishment of the retreat

was the review, modification, and affirmation

of ICASOs strategic directions. ICASOs vision

and mission statements were refined and

ratified as well.

Transition steps and timelines were established to

ensure action on decisions taken, follow-up work

on unresolved issues, and continued organizational

momentum. A special Board meeting was held in

March in Geneva, Switzerland, to ratify decisions,do additional work and adopt necessary by-law

changes. Follow-up work occurred at the November

Board meeting and AGM in Toronto, Canada.

The Global Initiative is the lead project in

the Five-Year Programme.

The project was borne out of a consensus reached

within ICASOs networks that a lack of respect for

the human rights of people living with HIV/AIDS

and groups vulnerable to HIV/AIDS remains

a fundamental problem. People infected and

affected by HIV/AIDS are still not sufficiently

involved in the response to the epidemic on many

levels. ICASOs goal is to dramatically change

that ethos by strengthening the advocacy and

networking skills of local and national NGOs

by building the capacity of the existing Regional

Secretariats. The project involves training programs

at country and regional levels, dissemination of

lessons learned, technical assistance, and advocacy

at all levels.

Fundraising for the Five-Year Programme got

underway in 2001, with an encouraging response

from new and existing donors. Many of the goals

articulated in the Five-Year Programme are

reiterations of ongoing ICASO activities. We

are not branching out into areas where we

have no expertise, nor are we taking on an

unmanageable workload. Rather, the Five-Year

Programme is an effort to systematize our

operations centrally, and align our programs

internationally. Donors have affirmed the

Programme, and significant increases in funding

now look promising.

ICASO has establishedcapacity building as its

prime strategic direction

for the period 2001 to

2005. Under a new,

ambitious, and well-

defined program called

the Global Initiative,

community-based

organizations will

be strengthened,

particularly those

with fewer resources

and within highly

affected communities.

ICASO ACTIVITIES IN 2001


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This project was designeto explore in detail the

barriers confronting

people living with

HIV/AIDS in resource-poo

communities and, more

significantly, how people

are overcoming these

barriers. Thats how we

build our understanding,

and then use it more

strategically to advocate

for change.

The goals of this research

project were:identify

successful practices amon

the community sector

in creating opportunities

to improve access to

HIV/AIDS treatment

within the frameworkof the IGHR, especially

Guideline 6; and, assess

the level of disseminatio

and popularisation of the

IGHR at country level.

Care and Treatment Infrastructure -"Community Mobilization Project"

This research project was designed to advance

the discussion on health care infrastructure

issues related to HIV/AIDS care and treatment.

Funded by GlaxoSmithKlines Positive Action

Program, the Community Mobilization Project

began in 2000 and continued in 2001. Findings

will be presented in a satellite session at the XIV

International AIDS Conference, in Barcelona,

Spain, in July 2002. The program builds on

existing knowledge and practice and was

implemented in the three southern regions: Africa,

Asia/Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean

A central research team was led by Mary Ann

Torres, Research and Program Manager at the

Central Secretariat. The team consists of Stephanie

Nixon, from the University of Toronto, David

Stephens of LaTrobe University, Melbourne,

Australia, and Maria Ins Re of Fundacin parael Estudio e Investigacin de la Mujer (FEIM),

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The research protocol included dialogue sessions

on care and treatment infrastructure issues,

which were held at two regional conferences

in 2001: the 6th International Conference on

AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), held

in Melbourne, Australia; and the 12th

International Conference on AIDS and STDs in

Africa (ICASA), held in Ouagadougou, Burkina

Faso. Input received from the community at

the dialogue sessions changed the key research

method. The method shifted to a qualitative

grounded theory approach, and the survey

instrument was dropped in favor of gathering

case studies which provided richer, more

in-depth information for analysis.

The International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS

and Human Rights (IGHR): How are they

being used and applied?

Research continued on human rights and

HIV/AIDS, funded by the Japanese Foundation

for AIDS Prevention, and in collaboration with

Keio University (Tokyo) and Place Tokyo, a

Japanese NGO. The project was led by MaryAnn Torres with assistance from a team of

international advisors.

The research compiled information on how a

selected number of governments have responded

to the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and

Human Rights, and how the community sector

has participated in the implementation of one

aspect of Guideline 6: "safe and effective

medication at an affordable price".

Participants were culled from invitations sent to 40

organizations from 21 countries. A questionnaire

was completed by 22 organizations from 15

countries and submitted for compilation andcomparative analysis. Following the analysis stage,

a report was drafted and presented to advisors for

additional review and comments.


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International HIV Vaccine Initiative

Continuing with ICASOs commitment to

improving access to information about HIV

vaccine research, and expanding the expertise

of community groups to participate in trials,

the International HIV Vaccine Initiative grew

throughout 2001. In partnership with the

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI),

ICASO began building NGO capacity and

involvement in this new priority area. The work

in 2001 built upon the activities carried out in

2000: a Vaccine Primer was produced, individuals

and agencies already involved or interested in

the issue were linked together through the

program, and a needs assessment was conducted.

At the end of 2000, the Vaccine Policy

Coordinator left ICASO. At this point in the

programs development, it was deemed crucial

to recruit someone from a developing country

with experience working with an AIDS vaccine

trial and related community issues. Sophia

Mukasa Monico, a lawyer and former head

of The AIDS Service Organization (TASO) of

Uganda, began in April.

Other notable accomplishments in this programover the year included the brokering role ICASO

played in negotiating funding from AidsFonds

in the Netherlands for the Kenyan AIDS NGOs

Consortium (KANCO) and the Ugandan Network

of AIDS Service Organisations (UNASO.) Also,

AfriCASO and ICASO were involved in the

planning and implementation of the African

AIDS Vaccine Project (AAVP).

In addition to attending and presenting at a

range of international meetings and conferences,

the Vaccine Policy Coordinator managed to

guide the development of teaching tools to

supplement the Vaccine Primer. They were

field-tested by TASO in Uganda and introduced

at the Regional Conferences for further

feedback. APCASO and AfriCASO were

involved in organizing these events.

United Nations General Assembly Special

Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS

The UNGASS on HIV/AIDS, held in New York in

June was a pivotal time in ICASOs evolution as

a leading facilitator of community voices.

Throughout both the preparations and the

proceedings of UNGASS, ICASO played a key

role in raising the profile of civil society and

in ensuring that their contribution to the

process was effective and credible.

ICASO gathered, distilled and disseminated

information in multiple languages to ensure that

the civil society perspective was positioned in

various ways: on national delegations, in the

text of the Declaration of Commitment and in

the overall diplomatic process. Through a series

of strategic guidance notes and updates, ICASO

helped international, regional, national and local


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NGOs understand the process and identifyhow they could participate. ICASO also

provided analysis on the content development

of the Declaration.

The guidance notes, available at www.icaso.org,

are: A Guide for Meaningful Involvement of

NGOs and Civil Society (February), Next Steps

for Involvement of NGOs and Civil Society

(March), and UNGASS: Update and Next

Steps II (May), III (June 7) and IV (June 18).

Informal consultation briefings including

United Nations representatives and NGOs

were convened throughout the time leading

up to the June meetings. ICASO staff and

Board members chaired and presented at the

briefings, the reports of which were posted on

the Break The Silence e-forum, and remain as

resources on ICASOs website. The briefings

were opportunities to review the organizational

and substantive proceedings underway at

the UN, and to offer community groups

perspectives and recommendations for

lobbying and advocacy.

The UNGASS culminated in the unanimous

endorsement of the Declaration of Commitment,

a set of recommendations for all member

states to incorporate into their governments

structures and policies. The General Assembly

agreed to hear from a small cadre of civil

society representatives in their closing session --

ICASOs Executive Director, Richard Burzynski,

was among them. (The full text of his address

can be found at http://www/icaso.org/

ungass/ungassplenarpresnthjun2501.pdf )

Follow-up work underway includes thepublication and distribution of an Advocacy

Guide to the Declaration of Commitment on

HIV/AIDS (October 2001), in English, French

and Spanish. The Advocacy Guide assists local,

national and regional NGOs to follow up on

the commitments contained in the Declaration

of Commitment. Also, in December, ICASO

began compiling a list of NGOs that endorse

the Declaration of Commitment to assist in

efforts to promote, evaluate and monitor

its implementation.

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis

and Malaria

In conjunction with UNGASS, UN Secretary

General Kofi Annan called for the establishment

of a new funding body to be devoted to

galvanizing and increasing public and private

funding for HIV/AIDS challenges in the developing

world. Reacting to the urgency of amassing

new money for the epidemic, the Secretary

General stipulated that the fund should be up

and running by the end of the year. Two

groups were immediately formed to explore

the feasibility and functionality of such a

funding mechanism, and ICASO was invited

to participate in both.

Sophia Mukasa Monico was seconded to the

Technical Support Secretariat (TSS) for several

weeks in October/November, and Richard

Burzynski was invited to participate in the

Transitional Working Group (TWG), which

provided direction to the establishment of

the Funds processes and structure. This

level of participation represented a significant

commitment of human resources by ICASO.


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As a result of such in-depth involvement in

the architecture of the new organization

(ultimately titled the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,

Tuberculosis and Malaria), ICASO launched a

broad-sweeping consultation and reporting

exercise. Local, national and regional NGOs

were consulted to help develop ICASOs policies

on how the Fund should be structured and

governed. ICASO advocated for adequate

and appropriate representation of the NGO

community, including people living with

HIV/AIDS, on the governing board and on

the Funds Technical Review Panel (TRP)

which oversees the proposal review process.

Reports were drafted and disseminated to

keep community groups around the world

abreast of the speedy establishment of the

Fund, all of which can be found, in the

Global Fund section, at www.icaso.org.

Other United Nations Activities

ICASO is an HIV/AIDS-specific NGO accredited

to the UN Economic and Social Council

(ECOSOC). ICASO is also a member of the

UN Conference of NGOs (CONGO), and

maintains a communication link with the Office

of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.ICASO submitted a written statement to the

Commission on Human Rights in its 57th

session (March-April 2001) asking the

Commission, among other things, to urge

Governments to take particular action in

three strategic areas: community involvement,

access to treatment and care, and prevention

including research on microbicides and vaccines

suitable for developing countries. (The full text

can be found at: http://www.icaso.org/docs/

icasowrittenstatemnt57session.pdf)

During the session of the Commission,

ICASO co-organized a Panel Discussion

entitled: Gender, HIV/AIDS and the United

Nations General Assembly Special Session on

HIV/AIDS. ICASO prepared a report with the

recommendations, which is available by

emailing [email protected] .

Over the years, ICASO has forged a strong

working relationship with the Joint United

Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS),

that is based on mutual respect. UNAIDS

increasingly looks to ICASO as an advisor, and

as a facilitator of NGO participation. Similarly,

ICASO looks to UNAIDS to foster and promote

the NGO sector. Over the year, ICASO seized

several opportunities to meet and discuss issues

with Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS,

as well as with other UNAIDS officials, most

notably at the ICASO Board meeting in Geneva,

March 2001.


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International and Regional ConferencesInternational and regional HIV/AIDS conferences

are important components of the response to

the epidemic and a strong community presence

is essential. ICASO and its Regional Secretariats

are co-sponsors of the international and regional

AIDS conferences. A long-time advocate of

locating more international conferences in the

developing world, ICASO played an important

role in the International AIDS Societys decision

this year to move the 2004 conference from

Toronto, Canada to Bangkok, Thailand.

Planning for AIDS 2002, the next international

conference to be held in Barcelona, from

July 7-12, 2002, proceeded with ICASOs

in-depth participation. Some of the

developments in the planning were:

Richard Burzynski represents ICASO on the

Conference Organizing Committee (COC).

Ken Morrison represents ICASO on the

community program committee.

A nominations process will be coordinated

to ensure community representation on

other conference committees such as the

scholarship and media working groups.

Collaboration with the Global Network of

People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+) and the

International Community of Women Living

with HIV/AIDS (ICW) on issues arising in the

planning, especially for the community forum

at the conference.

Mary Ann Torres and Don De Gagne visitedBarcelona in September to begin logistics

planning. They also held meetings with

AIDS2002 Secretariat staff and representatives

of the local organizing community (Red 2002).

As in past years, ICASO had a guiding hand in

the planning and proceedings of other world-

wide conferences and forums throughout 2001.

Some highlights include:

Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) Annual General

Meeting/Symposium: July 2001 Richard

Burzynski gave a presentation on UNGASS

and civil society and follow-up issues.

6th International Conference on AIDS in Asia

and the Pacific (ICAAP), October, Melbourne,

Australia. APCASO was a co-sponsor. ICASO

facilitated a workshop on the draft Teaching

Guidelines for the Vaccine Primer, a Dialogue

Session on Care and Treatment Infrastructure

issues, and a satellite session on the Global Fund.

Although scheduled to participate in a session

on the Global Fund at the United States

Conference on AIDS (USCA) in September,

the conference was cancelled as a result of

the events of September 11th.

10th International Conference for People

Living with HIV/AIDS, October, Port of Spain,

Trinidad. Richard Burzynski gave a plenary

address. ICASO participated in a session on

the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment.


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11th International Conference on AIDS and

STDs in Africa (ICASA), Ouagadougou, Burkina

Faso, December. AfriCASO was a co-sponsor.

ICASO held a Dialogue Session on Care and

Treatment infrastructure issues, a workshop

on Teaching Guidelines for the Vaccine Primer,

and Richard Burzynski spoke on a panel

devoted to UNGASS and the Global Fund.

5th International Conference on Home and

Community Care for Persons Living with

HIV/AIDS, Chiang Mai, Thailand, December

2001. ICASO/APCASO were co-sponsors.

ICASO was represented on the Organizing

Committee and APCASO was involved in the

planning process through the facilitation of

gathering input from NGOs/CBOs in the

Asia/Pacific region. ICASO organized and

facilitated a satellite session on the Global

Fund and participated in a panel session

on UNGASS.

Other Highlights of the YearCentre for African Family Studies (CAFS): ICASO

is working with CAFS to support and develop

networks of people living with HIV/AIDS in

Kenya, Ethiopia and Togo. CAFS has set up

an Advisory Group comprised of PWAs

and community groups connected to the

International Community of Women living

with HIV/AIDS (ICW), the Network of African

People Living with HIV/AIDS, AfriCASO, and

UNAIDS. The initiative is funded by Glaxo Smith

Klines Positive Action Program, which selected

ICASO to advise GSK and assist CAFS with the

project that ran from September 2000, to

December 2001. The project will be renewed.

Richard Burzynski participated in several Advisory

Committee Meetings this year.

CIDA Internship: The Canadian International

Development Agency provided a grant to ICASO

to place an intern with the Southern African

Network of AIDS Service Organizations

(SANASO) in 2000-01. This initiative enabled

ICASO to provide direct assistance to an agency

in a developing region, and field education

experience for young talent aspiring to careers

in international public health. ICASO was delighted

to welcome Tanya Jewell back to Toronto after

her internship, and she was hired by the Central

Secretariat on a part-time basis to provide

administrative and program assistance.


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GovernanceThe ICASO Board held a special meeting

in March in Geneva, Switzerland to amend

ICASOs by-laws, aligning them with the new

strategic directions developed at the Kuala

Lumpur retreat in December 2000. At that

retreat, the need was identified to expand

the Board to include members who can bring

objective, international perspectives to ICASO's

work. A set of criteria for the at-large members

was agreed to, and recruitment for four new

Board members began. The expanded Board

met for the first time at the Annual General

Meeting held in Toronto in November.

ICASO Annual General Meeting in Toronto

Much was accomplished at that AGM. Thanks

to the Global Assessment, and the subsequent

Five-Year Programme, discussions at the AGM

focused on implementation. The Five-Year

Programme was presented in the context of a

significantly expanded funding proposal to the

Canadian government, and a complementary

Resource Development plan was presented by

a consultant. Infrastructure issues challenging

the work of all Secretariats were discussed at

length, with a particular focus on the transitions

underway at AfriCASO and EuroCASO.

With the very welcome participation of thefour new at-large Board members, an Executive

Committee was formed to replace the Core

Management Committee. The new board

members are: Irene Fernandez, from Malaysia,

Richard Parker, from Brazil; Kasia Malinowska-

Sempruch, from Poland/USA; and Elhadj As Sy,

from Senegal.

Guests from the Canadian International

Development Agency and Health Canada

were welcomed during the meetings and

at a social function.

All AGM participants agreed that a newly

re-vitalized ICASO was well prepared to increase

capacity at all levels of the community-based

response and expand the organizations impact

around the world.


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Transitions: AfriCASO and EuroCASO enteredinto transition periods in 2001. Support was

provided by the Central Secretariat and the

Board at the Annual Meeting in November to

assist both these Secretariats in planning for

moving to new host organizations.

The AfriCASO transition was prompted by

the departure of its Executive Director, Dr.

Moustapha Gueye in the Fall. Hosted by Enda

Tiers Monde in Dakar for some ten years,

the search for a new AfriCASO home is now

underway guided by a senior West African

consultant who has been retained to manage

the transition.

The EuroCASO Secretariat has been supported

by Groupe SIDA Genve in Geneva and its

Executive Director, Florian Hbner, is the

EuroCASO representative and was the ICASO

Chair. He stepped down as the Chair at the

annual meeting in November. Fellow Board

members with European interests are helping to

shape the EuroCASO transition process.

Network Building: The "7-Sisters Coalition"was formed during the ICAAP conference and

facilitated by APCASO. A coalition of seven

leading NGOs working on the community-based

response throughout south Asia, the concept

immediately garnered support from one of the

regions leading funders, the Australian Agency

for International Development (AusAID.)

Conference Planning: The Latin American

and Caribbean regional conference planning

is well underway, thanks to the foresight and

initiative of LACCASO. Foro 2003 will be held

in Havana, Cuba, and LACCASO has launched

coalition building exercises among the regions

NGOs and CBOs, which promises to yield

important influence in the conference planning

and proceedings.

REGIONAL SECRETARIAT ACTIVITIES IN 2001


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ICASO

FINANCIAL

STATEMENTS

2001


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INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF AIDS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

Statement of Financial Position

December 31, 2001

2001 2000

$ $

ASSETS

Current assets:

Cash 151,900 329,700

Accounts receivable 226,700 44,300

Prepaid expense 16,900 200

395,500 374,200

Capital assets:

Cost 16,900 12,700

Accumulated amortization (11,700) (7,900)

5,200 4,800

400,700 379,000

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable 71,800 27,900

Deferred contributions 172,200 201,400

244,000 229,300

Net assets:

Internally restricted conference funds 79,200 85,100

Invested in capital assets 5,200 4,800

Unrestricted 72,300 59,800

156,700 149,700

400,700 379,000

Approved on behalf of the Board:

Director Director


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Statement of Operations and Changes in Net Assets

Year ended December 31, 2001

Externally Internally Invested in Unrestricted Total 2000

Restricted Restricted Capital Total

Project Funds Conference Assets

Fund

$ $ $ $ $ $

Revenue:

Grants and contributions 567,500 - - 190,100 757,600 521,800

International Conference donations - 31,200 - - 31,200 27,000

Interest - - - 7,400 7,400 12,400Foreign exchange gain - - - 13,300 13,300 15,200

567,500 31,200 - 210,800 809,500 576,400

Expenses:

Personnel 244,800 - - 139,000 383,800 263,200

Program supplies and services 138,600 - - 32,900 171,500 168,100

Travel 200,000 - - 38,400 238,400 103,200

Payments to regional secretariats - - - - - 15,600

Donation - 5,000 - - 5,000 -

Amortization of capital assets - - - 3,800 3,800 2,600

583,400 5,000 - 214,100 802,500 552,700

Operating income (loss) (15,900) 26,200 - (3,300) 7,000 23,700

Net assets, beginning of year - 85,100 4,800 59,800 149,700 126,000

Purchase of capital assets - - 4,200 (4,200) - -

Amortization of capital assets - - (3,800) 3,800 - -

Inter-fund transfers (note 3) 15,900 (32,100) - 16,200 - -

Net assets, end of year - 79,200 5,200 72,300 156,700 149,700


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Supplementary Statement of Project Revenues and Expenses

Year ended December 31, 2001

Expense

Supplies & Total Net

Revenue Personnel Travel services expense Revenue

Japanese Foundation for AIDS Prevention 29,400 22,500 3,200 3,700 29,400 -

UNGASS 108,800 60,100 43,000 21,600 124,700 (15,900)

Strategic Planning Retreat 33,600 21,600 12,000 - 33,600 -

Global Initiative 12,900 12,600 300 - 12,900 -

Vaccine Initiative 126,000 54,600 41,500 29,900 126,000 -

Community Mobilization 2001+ 152,300 33,500 42,000 76,800 152,300 -

Annual General Meeting 2001 45,000 9,700 34,300 1,000 45,000 -

SANASO 50,000 27,700 22,300 - 50,000 -

Barcelona 2002 300 - - 300 300 -

Durban 2000 3,700 - 1,400 2,300 3,700 -

Youth Internship 5,500 2,500 - 3,000 5,500 -

Total 567,500 244,800 200,000 138,600 583,400 (15,900)


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Text: Timothy Thomas

Editing: Len Milley and Mary Ann Torres

Photos: Mary Ann Torres and Richard Burzynski

Design: Melinda Wong


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ICASO, the International Council of AIDS Service

Organizations, works to strengthen the community-basedresponse to HIV/AIDS, by connecting and representing

NGOs throughout the world. Founded in 1991, ICASO

operates from regional secretariats based on all five

continents, guided by a central secretariat in Canada.

W W W . I C A S O . O R G

Documents

ICASO Annual Report 2001