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Reaching marginalized groups via national programmes

Reaching marginalized groups via national programmes. Netherlands Development co-operation: strategies and lessons learnt. Four Questions:. A: What is the Dutch Development Co- operation Policy? B: Who are the marginalized groups? C: How to reach them and what are the challenges?

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Reaching marginalized groups via national programmes

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  1. Reaching marginalized groups via national programmes Netherlands Development co-operation: strategies and lessons learnt.

  2. Four Questions: A: What is the Dutch Development Co- operation Policy? B: Who are the marginalized groups? C: How to reach them and what are the challenges? D: What lessons can be drawn?

  3. A. What is the Dutch Development-Cooperation? • 0,8 % of GNP • Poverty Alleviation:HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health and rights, Basic Education and Environment • Decentralized system

  4. B. Who are the marginalized groups? • Poor people - women, youth and children • Sick people, People Living with HIV/AIDS • (undocumented) Migrants • Drug users • Sexual minorities • OVCs, homeless people etc. etc.

  5. C. How to reach them? • Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp)- health • Basic health-care services incl. reproductive health, basic nutrition and safe drinking water:** Strengthening health systems (local and district level)** Poverty related health problems (ATM)

  6. Aids a multi-sectoral issue: a challenge to reach marginalized groups • Political commitment is limited • Sexual and reproductive health and rights under pressure • Stigma and discrimination • Many stakeholders, lack of coordination • Aids is eroding capacity

  7. Commitment Coordination Capacity Asia, Lat. America Africa Africa Dutch HIV/AIDS strategy: 3Cs

  8. Africa • International level: Three Ones (UNAIDS) • Country level: • Invite and enable representatives of marginalized groups to join discussions with govt., UN-, Intern. Org. or private sector • Funding for NGO’s

  9. Asia • Policy dialogue • Support to international networks* Asian Harm Reduction Network (AHRN)* Coordination of Action Research on Aids and Mobility (CARAM)

  10. Latin America • Policy Dialogue • UNAIDS, UNFPA, GFATM

  11. D. What lessons can be drawn? • Marginalized groups are hard to reach via national programmes; • Special efforts are required:invite, listen and enable them to participate in policy and decision-making (eg. GIPA)funding, capacity building of NGOs

  12. Marginalized groups are not part of the problem but part of the solution!

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