The Third Meeting of the Project Management Group for the European Union-funded project on "Strengthening the Institutional Response to HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean" was convened at the Hilton Hotel in Trinidad and Tobago from 17-18 January, 2002.
HIV/AIDS
The Third Quarterly Meeting of the Project Management Group (PMG) of the European Union-funded project for "Strengthening the Institutional Response to HIV/AIDS/STI in the Caribbean" will be held in Trinidad and Tobago from 17-18 January, 2002.
Today, Saturday, 1 December 2001, the entire world finds itself in the vice-like grip of the most devastating disease ever recorded in the long and enduring history of mankind. Since the first clinical evidence of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was reported twenty years ago, an unprecedented 60 million people worldwide have become infected with the deadly virus. At this very juncture, an estimated 40 million people from every place on planet earth, every ethnic origin, every religious culture, and every stratum of society are living with HIV/AIDS.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat convened a meeting of the Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS in Trinidad and Tobago on 28 October 2001, to assess the group's accomplishments since its establishment in March this year. Membership of the group includes multi-bilateral donors, government representatives, non-governmental Organisations (NGO's) and United Nations agencies.
The Third Meeting of the Project Advisory Group (PAG) for "Strengthening the Institutional Response to HIV/AIDS/STI in the Caribbean" will take place at the Hilton Hotel in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Friday October 26, 2001. This regional project is being funded through the resources of the 8th European Development Fund in the amount of EUR 6,919,220 and executed by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat.
The Second Work Programme of the European Commission/Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat-sponsored HIV/AIDS/STI initiative in the Caribbean was signed on 21 August 2001 at the CARICOM Secretariat.
Members of the Project Advisory Group for the EC-CARICOM Project on HIV/AIDS/STI met at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters in Georgetown on Thursday 24 May 2001. The main focus of the meeting was to agree on a programme of activities and strategies for synergy among the five implementing agencies of the Project_ CAREC, CHRC, CRN+, UNAIDS and UWI. This Project is sponsored by the EU in the sum of approximately US$6m, with a view to strengthening the capacity of the regional institutions to combat HIV/AIDS/STI.