The next meeting of the Partnership Forum is scheduled for, February 1, 2008 from 10 AM to noon at the World Bank.

At our last meeting, many of you were kind enough to complete a survey asking for your views on how the Forum should organize its work in the future. (A summary of the results of the survey is attached for your reference.) Many of you were in favor of devoting our meetings to more specific, problem-oriented themes and of forming smaller working groups to follow-up on specific issues. Therefore, for this first meeting of 2008 we propose that we focus on the general topic of “HIV and Youth”. Please send your proposed agenda items in this area to Victoria Pshenichnaya at PshenichnayaV@Unaids.org by Monday, January 28th. Presentations on recent research in the area of children, youth and HIV, reports on existing prevention or treatment service programs, or other related topics of interest are welcome.

Also at our meeting on February 1 we will provide an update on preparations for the May 3-5 Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference (EECAAC). We will also invite representatives from the organizing committee of the National NGO Consultation to be held in Moscow on January 22 and 23 to report on that meeting.

Finally, we have also included below information on the deadlines for the submission of abstracts for the EECAAC, Mexico City and HIV Implementors conferences. Additional information is available at the websites listed below.

1. Second Eastern Europe and Central Asia AIDS Conference (EECAAC) (www.eecaac.org)
   ‘Accelerating Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care for All’
   3-5 May 2008, Moscow, Russia
   The reception of the abstracts for will be closed 1 February, 2008. Abstracts are accepted ONLY in the Russian language.
2. 2008 HIV\AIDS Implementers’ meeting (www.hivimplementers.com)
   “Scaling Up Through Partnerships: Overcoming Obstacles to Implementation.”
   June 3-7, 2008, Kampala, Uganda
   The final deadline for submissions of abstracts is 12 February, 2008.
3. XVII International AIDS Conference (www.aids2008.org)
   3-8 August 2008, Mexico City
   Abstracts will be accepted through 19 February 2008.

We look forward to seeing you on February 1.

UNAIDS

AGENDA

Announcements / Updates:

1. Update on the preparations for the May 3-5 Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference (EECAAC).
   Presenter: Maria Ivannikova, AIDS-Infoshare - 10 min
2. Report on the meeting of the National NGO Consultation, Moscow, January 22-24, 2008
   Presenter: representative of the organizing committee - 10 min

Thematic discussion on ‘HIV, children and youth’

3. Overview on children, youth and HIV: major challenges.
   Information about the establishment of the Youth Advisory Panel
   Presenter: Lidia Bardakova, Olesya Kochkina, UNFPA - 15 min
4. Presentations on: ‘UNTG 2007 (Report on Internationally Supported PMTCT Projects in Russia)’; and ‘Medical assistance to HIV+ women during pregnancy and delivery in 8 Russian regions’.
   Presenter: T.Yepoyan, UNICEF; A.Karpushkina / N.Vartapetova, Family Health Institute – 10 min
5. Presentation ‘Program: Peer to peer education among children in boarding schools’
   Presenter: Tatyana Evlampieva, IFRC - 10 min
6. Discussion, next steps - 45 min

^***Simultaneous translation will be available during the meeting.