Getting to grips with the GIPA principle

Kevin MoodyInternational Coordinator/ CEO, GNP+

21 July 2010, AIDS 2010

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The GIPA principle• Greater involvement of people living with

HIV• Universal right to self-determination• Widely recognised and accepted• How do we apply the GIPA principle to

our programmes and in our organisations?

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GIPA Good Practice Guide• GNP+ and Alliance• Part of Alliance Good Practice

Series• Focussed at programme level• Developed through

consultative process: planning meeting 2009, 11 interviews with programme officers globally, desk review, review team

• Case studies, strategies, tools• Making the GIPA principle

‘real’

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Why involve PLHIV?• Programmes and

policies are tailored and responsive

• Stronger community systems and better local responses to HIV

• Increased self-determination of PLHIV

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Ways of practising GIPA

Requires leadership, strategic planning within organisations and commitment to addressing barriers to participation

• Organisational policy-making• Programming and research• Educators• Peer support• Campaigns and public speaking• Advocacy• Working with organisations of people living

with HIV

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GIPA in your programmes• Involving PLHIV throughout the

programme cycle (assessment, planning and design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation)

• Applying good practice (for example, addressing stigma and discrimination, recognising the competencies of PLHIV, and building capacity of PLHIV)

• Achieving representation of diverse PLHIV6

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GIPA in your organisation• Active involvement of PLHIV in

governance bodies• Organisational commitment to applying

the GIPA principle in strategic plan or work plan

• Creating a supportive workplace policy for involving PLHIV

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Strategies for building capacity among PLHIV and organisatiosn of PLHIVSTEP 1: Understand what capacities support

active participation in your programmes and organisation

STEP 2: Recognise and build on existing capacities of all people, communities and organisations

STEP 3: Build capacity in practical ways, for example, develop an internship programme, invest in organisations of PLHIV, establish links with other organisations providing training and mentoring

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Using the GIPA Good Practice Guide• The GIPA principle is a commitment

to a rights-based and participatory approach

• Strategies and tools exist to support the application of the GIPA principle

• Working with PLHIV makes your programmes responsive, relevant and sustainable!

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This guide is dedicated to people living with HIV around the world who work to

make contributions towards the HIV response.

For a copy of the guide, please visit www.gnpplus.net and www.aidsalliance.org

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