PRESENTATION 13 April 2011

1. PRESENTATION 13 April 2011

2. VISION • Vision To mobilise and empower South African Business to take effective action on HIV/AIDS in the workplace and beyond.

3. MISSION • Mission • SABCOHA seeks to coordinate efforts to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS on sustained profitability and economic growth.

4. MISSION • Background • SABCOHA founded in 2001 • Is a not-for-profit, membership based organisation • Member of BUSA • 194 members of which 60 are corporate members

5. BACKGROUND • Align with the Principles & Programs in NSP • Represent business at SANAC • Participate in NEDLAC and ILO via BUSA • Co-ordinating businesses HCT Campaign • Co-ordinating businesses provincially • Background

6. BACKGROUND • Funding from members, as well as donors. • Born out of Business Leadership S.A. • Background

7. Strategic Areas for Delivery • Strategic Areas for Delivery • Policy and lobbying • Ensuring Business is part of a nationally coordinated response to HIV and is aligned with National priorities • Mobilising Business in the fight against HIV • Managing knowledge • Pioneering projects and developing project management capacity in SABCOHA

8. DEVELOPING STRATEGIES • Develop strategies that address a differentiated Business sector • Sectoral Strategy • Corporate Strategy • Cluster Strategy • Small and Medium Business Strategy • Micro-enterprise Strategy

9. EMPOWERING BUSINESS • Empowering Business • BizAIDS- 11500 in 2010 (20 471 in total) • SME capacity development – (233 companies) • Project Promote – 33 962 000 (8 454 000 in 2010) • Peer education – 1278 trained • Trucking Wellness – 21 sites • Tavern Intervention Programme • Provincial Systems’ Strengthening in partnership with Provincial AIDS Councils

10. PROJECT OBJECTIVES • Project Objective • To establish systems & structures in every province within 3 – 5 years. Outputs: • 9 provincial business sector strategies • 9 branches established • 9 coordinators appointed • 12 – 18 months to set up

11. PROJECT PURPOSE • Purpose • to develop & implement a provincially relevant sector-specific strategic plan • defines business sectors contribution to NSP & PSP and relevant to district needs • to strengthen cooperation & partnerships with other sectors to improve service delivery

12. PROVINCIAL STRENGTHENING SYSTEM • PSS Activities • Multi-sectoral alignment: • Designate roles • Conclude MOUs • Facilitate implementation: • Host conferences • Mobilise commitment • Source funding

13. BUSINESS HCT STRATEGY • Business HCT Strategy • Extension of national campaign led by government through SANAC • Community Fund • Bizwell • Sectoral Strategies

14. ACCOUNTABILITY • Promoting Accountability • SABCOHA developed web-based reporting tool (www.bizwell.co.za) • Aligned to SANAC indicators • Companies/service providers to report • Retrospective data from 1 April 2010 • Real time data shared – by major industry division & province

15. CURRENT WEAKNESSES • Current Weaknesses • Representation of Private Sector • Different levels of program implementation within private sector • SSME HIV programs • Informal business sector programs • Prevention focus • Focus upon improving environment for on-going engagement to address problems: • Access • Human and Financial Resources • Systems

16. FUTURE AREAS OF FOCUS • Future Areas of Focus • Closer alignment with structures within government eg DOH/ Social development • Monitoring and Evaluation • Development of a Private Sector M&E unit • Communication • Strengthen communication within the Private Sector • Integration • Wellness • Strengthening of partnerships • PPP’s eg trucking wellness

17. THANK YOU Thank you