Anton Basenko received an invitation to take part in preparation of High Level Meeting on ADIS/HIV 2016

Anton Basenko as a representative of the international and regional (EECA) PUD networks, OST clients and people living with HIV will bring his strong voice and support to the solving of problems connected to providing effective and meaningful participation of civil society and all relevant stakeholders in the High Level Meeting on AIDS to be held in New York in 2016.

Dear partners!

We are happy to inform you that ENPUD member, INPUD Board member, Global Fund Advocates Network Speakers Bureau member and Alliance for Public Health employee, Anton Basenko, has, with technical  support of Regional Platform, successfully nominated by Alliance and ENPUD for participation in Stakeholder Task Force for the 2016 High Level Meeting and received an invitation from the head of UNAIDS Michel Sidibe to take part in preparation of High Level Meeting on ADIS/HIV 2016 as a representative of Stakeholder Task Force of UN General Assembly President.

Stakeholder Task Force mission is to provide guidance to UNAIDS and the OPGA in key decisions relating to the effective and meaningful participation of civil society and all relevant stakeholders in the High Level Meeting on AIDS to be held in New York in 2016.

The Goal of Task Force members is to provide guidance to the OPGA for, among other things:

  • Designing the Civil Society Hearing (CSH), including format, topics, messages, speaker selection & preparation, and provide input to President’s CSH Summary Report
  • Devising selection criteria and the call for nominations for civil society and all relevant stakeholder speakers
  • Identifying, recommending, preparing and briefing civil society and relevant stakeholder speakers for all CSH and HLM interventions
  • Briefing civil society and relevant stakeholder participants during the High Level Meeting.