UNAIDS
A more effective positioning of UNAIDS field offices within the Resident Coordinator system will enhance the coordination and accountability of the United Nations response to HIV in countries. The directors of the UNAIDS Regional Support Teams will continue to be members of the Regional United Nations Development Group Teams, which provide oversight, leadership, strategic guidance, coherent technical support and performance management to Resident Coordinators and United Nations Country Teams for achieving country-level results–with government leadership.
Building country ownership and sustainable capacity A proliferation of providers of support present new opportunities and pose the need for re-examining both the technical support market and the goals it is meant to serve. Emphasis will be increasingly placed on strengthening UNAIDS’ role in developing capacity and on building lasting national and regional capacity, systems and institutions. UNAIDS stresses the importance of using experts from within the regions and countries and from within the key affected populations to provide technical support. More pronounced support for South–South cooperation on technical support and the increased involvement of emerging economies will be sought. UNAIDS will increase the impact and sustainability of HIV country responses by influencing the provision of high-quality technical support. This goal will be achieved by: improving country partner capacity and systems to identify, plan, coordinate and lead technical support and to monitor the quality and outcomes of technical support; increasing the information available and the transparency of both the demand for and supply of technical support—in so doing, improving effectiveness, efficiency, impact and accountability in the technical support system; and developing and strengthening synergy and accountability between technical support mechanisms and providers—including providers from emerging economic countries and countries in the global South.
Enhancing knowledge translation and the generation and use of strategic information The Joint Programme can meet the need for scientific and strategic input to policy formulation and programming at all levels with a priority focus on countries in its following roles: generating and facilitating state-of-the-art, timely, high-quality scientific information and strategic knowledge on the HIV epidemic; building capacity at the country level for defining, compiling, analysing and disseminating consistent, credible, high-quality scientific information and strategic knowledge, particularly in generating disaggregated data and returns on investment across different interventions;
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