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ICASOINTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF
AIDS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
2001 Annual Report
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ICASO CONTACT INFORMATION
Central Secretariat65 Wellesley St. E., Suite 403
Toronto, ON
CANADA M4Y 1G7
Contact: Richard Burzynski
Tel: (1-416) 921-0018
Fax: (1-416) 921-9979
E-Mail: icaso@icaso.org
www.icaso.org
EuroCASO - Europe
Groupe sida Geneve,
17 rue Pierre-Fatio
CH-1204 Geneva, SWITZERLAND
Contact: Florian Hbner
Tel: (41-22) 700-1500
Fax: (41-22) 700-1547
E-mail: eurocaso@hivnet.ch
www.hivnet.ch/eurocaso
AfriCASO - Africa
ENDA Tiers Monde
54, rue carnot, B.P. 3770
Dakar SENEGAL
Contact: Mamadou Seck
Tel: (221) 823 1935
Fax: (221) 823 6615
E-mail: africaso@enda.sn
www.africaso.org
NACASO - North AmericaCanadian AIDS Society
309 Cooper Street, 4th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario,
CANADA K2P 0G5
Contact: Paul Lapierre
Tel: (1-613) 230-3580
Fax: (1-613) 563-4998
E-Mail: Paull@cdnaids.ca
APCASO Asia/Pacific
Malaysian AIDS Council
12 Jalan 13/48A
51000 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Contact: M. Puravalen/Susan Chong
Tel: (603) 4045-1033
Fax: (603) 4043-9178
E-mail: apcaso@pd.jaring.my
www.apcaso.org
LACCASO Latin America
and the Caribbean
Accin Ciudadana contra
el SIDA - ACCSI
Av. Rmulo Gallegos, Edif. Maracay,
Apto. 21, El Marqus
CARACAS 1071 - VENEZUELA.
Contact: Edgar Carrasco
Tel: (58-212) 232 7938
Tel/Fax: (58-212) 235 9215
Email: laccaso@internet.ve
www.laccaso.org
ICASO Board of DirectorsRichard Burzynski
Edgar Carrasco
Irene Fernandez
Florian Hbner
Paul Lapierre
Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch
Richard Parker
M. Puravalen
Mamadou Seck
Elhadj As Sy
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Our mission is to:
mobilize communities and their organizations to participate in the
response to HIV/AIDS;
articulate and advocate the needs and concerns of communities
and their organizations;
ensure that community-based organizations, particularly
those with fewer resources and within affected communities,
are strengthened in their work to prevent HIV infection, and to
provide treatment, care and support for people living with and
affected by HIV/AIDS;
promote the greater involvement of people living with, and
affected by HIV/AIDS in all aspects of prevention, treatment,
care and support, and research;
promote human rights in the development and implementation
of policies and programs responding to all aspects of HIV/AIDS.
OUR MISSION
ICASO WORKS TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY-BASED RESPONSE TO
HIV/AIDS, BY CONNECTING AND REPRESENTING NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS IN ALL THE REGIONS OF THE WORLD.
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As the new century got underway, so, too,did the second decade of ICASO. What was
envisioned in Paris in 1991 as a means to
organize and facilitate the networking of AIDS
services organizations (ASOs), and community
based organizations (CBOs) around the world
has developed into one of the most influential
voices of the community-based response to
the epidemic.
I dont think anyone involved in ICASOs
founding imagined that such a dire need for
networking would exist ten years on. Surely,
we thought, the epidemic would be under
control and the infrastructures would be well
in place to connect like-minded community
workers and activists. Surely, we thought,
governments around the world would place
HIV/AIDS at the top of their domestic and
foreign agendas if the pace of infection and
mortality stayed constant, or worse, increased.
Surely, we thought, our voices would have
some positive effect.
We were right, sadly, only on the last prediction.
Our voices have been heard, as this report of
ICASOS 2001 activities illustrates. Our place
at the table has been affirmed, and the
community-led response is picking up more
and more momentum.
We were at the forefront of the negotiations
and proceedings of the first United Nations
General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS,
held from June 25th to 27th. We were invited
to be one of the architects of the new Global
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
We retained our role as a co-organizer of the
regional and international conferences, andwe began to implement our Five-Year Programme,
a key component of which is engaging new and
larger funding commitments to the community-
based response. Our work is far from over. As
new epidemics rage in previously untouched
parts of the world, the lessons we learned in
our first decade will prove invaluable in our
second. We know what works and what
doesnt. If governments and businesses will
not systematically support our hardest-hit
communities, then we will support each other.
ICASO embarks on its second decade with a very
clear mandate: to strengthen the community
voice in policy and programming discussions
at all levels. In other words, to ensure that those
in charge of political agendas and big budget
donor purses know that the expertise to stop
AIDS lies in the communities where it is causing
the most devastation.
With your support and action, with the requisite
political good will, and with huge increases in
funding, we hope that ICASOs second decade
will be its last.
Richard Burzynski
Executive Director, ICASO
MESSAGE FROM RICHARD BURZYNSKI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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The Five-Year ProgrammeICASOs strategic planning culminated in a Five-Year
Programme launched primarily to donors in 2001.
Discussions, in December 1999, determined that an
assessment of the organization was needed prior to
taking on any major new programming. The Global
Assessment, conducted in 2000, analyzed the
achievements, strengths and challenges of the
ICASO networking process and the capacity of
the Central and Regional Secretariats. The
assessment was done through a consultation
process involving the secretariats, some affiliated
country organizations and external international
agencies. One of the key findings of the assessment
was that ICASO needed to do strategic planning
and review its mission and directions. (The full
text of the Global Assessment report is available
at www.icaso.org). The assessment led to a process
of refining ICASOs role in the global response to
the epidemic, and charting a course for ICASOs
future directions.
The Board of Directors affirmed strategic planning
and organizational development as priorities, and
convened a retreat in December 2000 in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. The retreat enabled the
participants to focus on critical issues that have
an impact on ICASOs direction and organizational
structure. A major accomplishment of the retreat
was the review, modification, and affirmation
of ICASOs strategic directions. ICASOs vision
and mission statements were refined and
ratified as well.
Transition steps and timelines were established to
ensure action on decisions taken, follow-up work
on unresolved issues, and continued organizational
momentum. A special Board meeting was held in
March in Geneva, Switzerland, to ratify decisions,do additional work and adopt necessary by-law
changes. Follow-up work occurred at the November
Board meeting and AGM in Toronto, Canada.
The Global Initiative is the lead project in
the Five-Year Programme.
The project was borne out of a consensus reached
within ICASOs networks that a lack of respect for
the human rights of people living with HIV/AIDS
and groups vulnerable to HIV/AIDS remains
a fundamental problem. People infected and
affected by HIV/AIDS are still not sufficiently
involved in the response to the epidemic on many
levels. ICASOs goal is to dramatically change
that ethos by strengthening the advocacy and
networking skills of local and national NGOs
by building the capacity of the existing Regional
Secretariats. The project involves training programs
at country and regional levels, dissemination of
lessons learned, technical assistance, and advocacy
at all levels.
Fundraising for the Five-Year Programme got
underway in 2001, with an encouraging response
from new and existing donors. Many of the goals
articulated in the Five-Year Programme are
reiterations of ongoing ICASO activities. We
are not branching out into areas where we
have no expertise, nor are we taking on an
unmanageable workload. Rather, the Five-Year
Programme is an effort to systematize our
operations centrally, and align our programs
internationally. Donors have affirmed the
Programme, and significant increases in funding
now look promising.
ICASO has establishedcapacity building as its
prime strategic direction
for the period 2001 to
2005. Under a new,
ambitious, and well-
defined program called
the Global Initiative,
community-based
organizations will
be strengthened,
particularly those
with fewer resources
and within highly
affected communities.
ICASO ACTIVITIES IN 2001
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This project was designeto explore in detail the
barriers confronting
people living with
HIV/AIDS in resource-poo
communities and, more
significantly, how people
are overcoming these
barriers. Thats how we
build our understanding,
and then use it more
strategically to advocate
for change.
The goals of this research
project were:identify
successful practices amon
the community sector
in creating opportunities
to improve access to
HIV/AIDS treatment
within the frameworkof the IGHR, especially
Guideline 6; and, assess
the level of disseminatio
and popularisation of the
IGHR at country level.
Care and Treatment Infrastructure -"Community Mobilization Project"
This research project was designed to advance
the discussion on health care infrastructure
issues related to HIV/AIDS care and treatment.
Funded by GlaxoSmithKlines Positive Action
Program, the Community Mobilization Project
began in 2000 and continued in 2001. Findings
will be presented in a satellite session at the XIV
International AIDS Conference, in Barcelona,
Spain, in July 2002. The program builds on
existing knowledge and practice and was
implemented in the three southern regions: Africa,
Asia/Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean
A central research team was led by Mary Ann
Torres, Research and Program Manager at the
Central Secretariat. The team consists of Stephanie
Nixon, from the University of Toronto, David
Stephens of LaTrobe University, Melbourne,
Australia, and Maria Ins Re of Fundacin parael Estudio e Investigacin de la Mujer (FEIM),
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The research protocol included dialogue sessions
on care and treatment infrastructure issues,
which were held at two regional conferences
in 2001: the 6th International Conference on
AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), held
in Melbourne, Australia; and the 12th
International Conference on AIDS and STDs in
Africa (ICASA), held in Ouagadougou, Burkina
Faso. Input received from the community at
the dialogue sessions changed the key research
method. The method shifted to a qualitative
grounded theory approach, and the survey
instrument was dropped in favor of gathering
case studies which provided richer, more
in-depth information for analysis.
The International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS
and Human Rights (IGHR): How are they
being used and applied?
Research continued on human rights and
HIV/AIDS, funded by the Japanese Foundation
for AIDS Prevention, and in collaboration with
Keio University (Tokyo) and Place Tokyo, a
Japanese NGO. The project was led by MaryAnn Torres with assistance from a team of
international advisors.
The research compiled information on how a
selected number of governments have responded
to the International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and
Human Rights, and how the community sector
has participated in the implementation of one
aspect of Guideline 6: "safe and effective
medication at an affordable price".
Participants were culled from invitations sent to 40
organizations from 21 countries. A questionnaire
was completed by 22 organizations from 15
countries and submitted for compilation andcomparative analysis. Following the analysis stage,
a report was drafted and presented to advisors for
additional review and comments.
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International HIV Vaccine Initiative
Continuing with ICASOs commitment to
improving access to information about HIV
vaccine research, and expanding the expertise
of community groups to participate in trials,
the International HIV Vaccine Initiative grew
throughout 2001. In partnership with the
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI),
ICASO began building NGO capacity and
involvement in this new priority area. The work
in 2001 built upon the activities carried out in
2000: a Vaccine Primer was produced, individuals
and agencies already involved or interested in
the issue were linked together through the
program, and a needs assessment was conducted.
At the end of 2000, the Vaccine Policy
Coordinator left ICASO. At this point in the
programs development, it was deemed crucial
to recruit someone from a developing country
with experience working with an AIDS vaccine
trial and related community issues. Sophia
Mukasa Monico, a lawyer and former head
of The AIDS Service Organization (TASO) of
Uganda, began in April.
Other notable accomplishments in this programover the year included the brokering role ICASO
played in negotiating funding from AidsFonds
in the Netherlands for the Kenyan AIDS NGOs
Consortium (KANCO) and the Ugandan Network
of AIDS Service Organisations (UNASO.) Also,
AfriCASO and ICASO were involved in the
planning and implementation of the African
AIDS Vaccine Project (AAVP).
In addition to attending and presenting at a
range of international meetings and conferences,
the Vaccine Policy Coordinator managed to
guide the development of teaching tools to
supplement the Vaccine Primer. They were
field-tested by TASO in Uganda and introduced
at the Regional Conferences for further
feedback. APCASO and AfriCASO were
involved in organizing these events.
United Nations General Assembly Special
Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS
The UNGASS on HIV/AIDS, held in New York in
June was a pivotal time in ICASOs evolution as
a leading facilitator of community voices.
Throughout both the preparations and the
proceedings of UNGASS, ICASO played a key
role in raising the profile of civil society and
in ensuring that their contribution to the
process was effective and credible.
ICASO gathered, distilled and disseminated
information in multiple languages to ensure that
the civil society perspective was positioned in
various ways: on national delegations, in the
text of the Declaration of Commitment and in
the overall diplomatic process. Through a series
of strategic guidance notes and updates, ICASO
helped international, regional, national and local
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NGOs understand the process and identifyhow they could participate. ICASO also
provided analysis on the content development
of the Declaration.
The guidance notes, available at www.icaso.org,
are: A Guide for Meaningful Involvement of
NGOs and Civil Society (February), Next Steps
for Involvement of NGOs and Civil Society
(March), and UNGASS: Update and Next
Steps II (May), III (June 7) and IV (June 18).
Informal consultation briefings including
United Nations representatives and NGOs
were convened throughout the time leading
up to the June meetings. ICASO staff and
Board members chaired and presented at the
briefings, the reports of which were posted on
the Break The Silence e-forum, and remain as
resources on ICASOs website. The briefings
were opportunities to review the organizational
and substantive proceedings underway at
the UN, and to offer community groups
perspectives and recommendations for
lobbying and advocacy.
The UNGASS culminated in the unanimous
endorsement of the Declaration of Commitment,
a set of recommendations for all member
states to incorporate into their governments
structures and policies. The General Assembly
agreed to hear from a small cadre of civil
society representatives in their closing session --
ICASOs Executive Director, Richard Burzynski,
was among them. (The full text of his address
can be found at http://www/icaso.org/
ungass/ungassplenarpresnthjun2501.pdf )
Follow-up work underway includes thepublication and distribution of an Advocacy
Guide to the Declaration of Commitment on
HIV/AIDS (October 2001), in English, French
and Spanish. The Advocacy Guide assists local,
national and regional NGOs to follow up on
the commitments contained in the Declaration
of Commitment. Also, in December, ICASO
began compiling a list of NGOs that endorse
the Declaration of Commitment to assist in
efforts to promote, evaluate and monitor
its implementation.
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis
and Malaria
In conjunction with UNGASS, UN Secretary
General Kofi Annan called for the establishment
of a new funding body to be devoted to
galvanizing and increasing public and private
funding for HIV/AIDS challenges in the developing
world. Reacting to the urgency of amassing
new money for the epidemic, the Secretary
General stipulated that the fund should be up
and running by the end of the year. Two
groups were immediately formed to explore
the feasibility and functionality of such a
funding mechanism, and ICASO was invited
to participate in both.
Sophia Mukasa Monico was seconded to the
Technical Support Secretariat (TSS) for several
weeks in October/November, and Richard
Burzynski was invited to participate in the
Transitional Working Group (TWG), which
provided direction to the establishment of
the Funds processes and structure. This
level of participation represented a significant
commitment of human resources by ICASO.
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As a result of such in-depth involvement in
the architecture of the new organization
(ultimately titled the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria), ICASO launched a
broad-sweeping consultation and reporting
exercise. Local, national and regional NGOs
were consulted to help develop ICASOs policies
on how the Fund should be structured and
governed. ICASO advocated for adequate
and appropriate representation of the NGO
community, including people living with
HIV/AIDS, on the governing board and on
the Funds Technical Review Panel (TRP)
which oversees the proposal review process.
Reports were drafted and disseminated to
keep community groups around the world
abreast of the speedy establishment of the
Fund, all of which can be found, in the
Global Fund section, at www.icaso.org.
Other United Nations Activities
ICASO is an HIV/AIDS-specific NGO accredited
to the UN Economic and Social Council
(ECOSOC). ICASO is also a member of the
UN Conference of NGOs (CONGO), and
maintains a communication link with the Office
of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.ICASO submitted a written statement to the
Commission on Human Rights in its 57th
session (March-April 2001) asking the
Commission, among other things, to urge
Governments to take particular action in
three strategic areas: community involvement,
access to treatment and care, and prevention
including research on microbicides and vaccines
suitable for developing countries. (The full text
can be found at: http://www.icaso.org/docs/
icasowrittenstatemnt57session.pdf)
During the session of the Commission,
ICASO co-organized a Panel Discussion
entitled: Gender, HIV/AIDS and the United
Nations General Assembly Special Session on
HIV/AIDS. ICASO prepared a report with the
recommendations, which is available by
emailing maryannt@icaso.org .
Over the years, ICASO has forged a strong
working relationship with the Joint United
Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS),
that is based on mutual respect. UNAIDS
increasingly looks to ICASO as an advisor, and
as a facilitator of NGO participation. Similarly,
ICASO looks to UNAIDS to foster and promote
the NGO sector. Over the year, ICASO seized
several opportunities to meet and discuss issues
with Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS,
as well as with other UNAIDS officials, most
notably at the ICASO Board meeting in Geneva,
March 2001.
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International and Regional ConferencesInternational and regional HIV/AIDS conferences
are important components of the response to
the epidemic and a strong community presence
is essential. ICASO and its Regional Secretariats
are co-sponsors of the international and regional
AIDS conferences. A long-time advocate of
locating more international conferences in the
developing world, ICASO played an important
role in the International AIDS Societys decision
this year to move the 2004 conference from
Toronto, Canada to Bangkok, Thailand.
Planning for AIDS 2002, the next international
conference to be held in Barcelona, from
July 7-12, 2002, proceeded with ICASOs
in-depth participation. Some of the
developments in the planning were:
Richard Burzynski represents ICASO on the
Conference Organizing Committee (COC).
Ken Morrison represents ICASO on the
community program committee.
A nominations process will be coordinated
to ensure community representation on
other conference committees such as the
scholarship and media working groups.
Collaboration with the Global Network of
People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+) and the
International Community of Women Living
with HIV/AIDS (ICW) on issues arising in the
planning, especially for the community forum
at the conference.
Mary Ann Torres and Don De Gagne visitedBarcelona in September to begin logistics
planning. They also held meetings with
AIDS2002 Secretariat staff and representatives
of the local organizing community (Red 2002).
As in past years, ICASO had a guiding hand in
the planning and proceedings of other world-
wide conferences and forums throughout 2001.
Some highlights include:
Canadian AIDS Society (CAS) Annual General
Meeting/Symposium: July 2001 Richard
Burzynski gave a presentation on UNGASS
and civil society and follow-up issues.
6th International Conference on AIDS in Asia
and the Pacific (ICAAP), October, Melbourne,
Australia. APCASO was a co-sponsor. ICASO
facilitated a workshop on the draft Teaching
Guidelines for the Vaccine Primer, a Dialogue
Session on Care and Treatment Infrastructure
issues, and a satellite session on the Global Fund.
Although scheduled to participate in a session
on the Global Fund at the United States
Conference on AIDS (USCA) in September,
the conference was cancelled as a result of
the events of September 11th.
10th International Conference for People
Living with HIV/AIDS, October, Port of Spain,
Trinidad. Richard Burzynski gave a plenary
address. ICASO participated in a session on
the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment.
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11th International Conference on AIDS and
STDs in Africa (ICASA), Ouagadougou, Burkina
Faso, December. AfriCASO was a co-sponsor.
ICASO held a Dialogue Session on Care and
Treatment infrastructure issues, a workshop
on Teaching Guidelines for the Vaccine Primer,
and Richard Burzynski spoke on a panel
devoted to UNGASS and the Global Fund.
5th International Conference on Home and
Community Care for Persons Living with
HIV/AIDS, Chiang Mai, Thailand, December
2001. ICASO/APCASO were co-sponsors.
ICASO was represented on the Organizing
Committee and APCASO was involved in the
planning process through the facilitation of
gathering input from NGOs/CBOs in the
Asia/Pacific region. ICASO organized and
facilitated a satellite session on the Global
Fund and participated in a panel session
on UNGASS.
Other Highlights of the YearCentre for African Family Studies (CAFS): ICASO
is working with CAFS to support and develop
networks of people living with HIV/AIDS in
Kenya, Ethiopia and Togo. CAFS has set up
an Advisory Group comprised of PWAs
and community groups connected to the
International Community of Women living
with HIV/AIDS (ICW), the Network of African
People Living with HIV/AIDS, AfriCASO, and
UNAIDS. The initiative is funded by Glaxo Smith
Klines Positive Action Program, which selected
ICASO to advise GSK and assist CAFS with the
project that ran from September 2000, to
December 2001. The project will be renewed.
Richard Burzynski participated in several Advisory
Committee Meetings this year.
CIDA Internship: The Canadian International
Development Agency provided a grant to ICASO
to place an intern with the Southern African
Network of AIDS Service Organizations
(SANASO) in 2000-01. This initiative enabled
ICASO to provide direct assistance to an agency
in a developing region, and field education
experience for young talent aspiring to careers
in international public health. ICASO was delighted
to welcome Tanya Jewell back to Toronto after
her internship, and she was hired by the Central
Secretariat on a part-time basis to provide
administrative and program assistance.
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GovernanceThe ICASO Board held a special meeting
in March in Geneva, Switzerland to amend
ICASOs by-laws, aligning them with the new
strategic directions developed at the Kuala
Lumpur retreat in December 2000. At that
retreat, the need was identified to expand
the Board to include members who can bring
objective, international perspectives to ICASO's
work. A set of criteria for the at-large members
was agreed to, and recruitment for four new
Board members began. The expanded Board
met for the first time at the Annual General
Meeting held in Toronto in November.
ICASO Annual General Meeting in Toronto
Much was accomplished at that AGM. Thanks
to the Global Assessment, and the subsequent
Five-Year Programme, discussions at the AGM
focused on implementation. The Five-Year
Programme was presented in the context of a
significantly expanded funding proposal to the
Canadian government, and a complementary
Resource Development plan was presented by
a consultant. Infrastructure issues challenging
the work of all Secretariats were discussed at
length, with a particular focus on the transitions
underway at AfriCASO and EuroCASO.
With the very welcome participation of thefour new at-large Board members, an Executive
Committee was formed to replace the Core
Management Committee. The new board
members are: Irene Fernandez, from Malaysia,
Richard Parker, from Brazil; Kasia Malinowska-
Sempruch, from Poland/USA; and Elhadj As Sy,
from Senegal.
Guests from the Canadian International
Development Agency and Health Canada
were welcomed during the meetings and
at a social function.
All AGM participants agreed that a newly
re-vitalized ICASO was well prepared to increase
capacity at all levels of the community-based
response and expand the organizations impact
around the world.
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Transitions: AfriCASO and EuroCASO enteredinto transition periods in 2001. Support was
provided by the Central Secretariat and the
Board at the Annual Meeting in November to
assist both these Secretariats in planning for
moving to new host organizations.
The AfriCASO transition was prompted by
the departure of its Executive Director, Dr.
Moustapha Gueye in the Fall. Hosted by Enda
Tiers Monde in Dakar for some ten years,
the search for a new AfriCASO home is now
underway guided by a senior West African
consultant who has been retained to manage
the transition.
The EuroCASO Secretariat has been supported
by Groupe SIDA Genve in Geneva and its
Executive Director, Florian Hbner, is the
EuroCASO representative and was the ICASO
Chair. He stepped down as the Chair at the
annual meeting in November. Fellow Board
members with European interests are helping to
shape the EuroCASO transition process.
Network Building: The "7-Sisters Coalition"was formed during the ICAAP conference and
facilitated by APCASO. A coalition of seven
leading NGOs working on the community-based
response throughout south Asia, the concept
immediately garnered support from one of the
regions leading funders, the Australian Agency
for International Development (AusAID.)
Conference Planning: The Latin American
and Caribbean regional conference planning
is well underway, thanks to the foresight and
initiative of LACCASO. Foro 2003 will be held
in Havana, Cuba, and LACCASO has launched
coalition building exercises among the regions
NGOs and CBOs, which promises to yield
important influence in the conference planning
and proceedings.
REGIONAL SECRETARIAT ACTIVITIES IN 2001
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ICASO
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
2001
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INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF AIDS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
Statement of Financial Position
December 31, 2001
2001 2000
$ $
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash 151,900 329,700
Accounts receivable 226,700 44,300
Prepaid expense 16,900 200
395,500 374,200
Capital assets:
Cost 16,900 12,700
Accumulated amortization (11,700) (7,900)
5,200 4,800
400,700 379,000
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable 71,800 27,900
Deferred contributions 172,200 201,400
244,000 229,300
Net assets:
Internally restricted conference funds 79,200 85,100
Invested in capital assets 5,200 4,800
Unrestricted 72,300 59,800
156,700 149,700
400,700 379,000
Approved on behalf of the Board:
Director Director
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INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF AIDS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
Statement of Operations and Changes in Net Assets
Year ended December 31, 2001
Externally Internally Invested in Unrestricted Total 2000
Restricted Restricted Capital Total
Project Funds Conference Assets
Fund
$ $ $ $ $ $
Revenue:
Grants and contributions 567,500 - - 190,100 757,600 521,800
International Conference donations - 31,200 - - 31,200 27,000
Interest - - - 7,400 7,400 12,400Foreign exchange gain - - - 13,300 13,300 15,200
567,500 31,200 - 210,800 809,500 576,400
Expenses:
Personnel 244,800 - - 139,000 383,800 263,200
Program supplies and services 138,600 - - 32,900 171,500 168,100
Travel 200,000 - - 38,400 238,400 103,200
Payments to regional secretariats - - - - - 15,600
Donation - 5,000 - - 5,000 -
Amortization of capital assets - - - 3,800 3,800 2,600
583,400 5,000 - 214,100 802,500 552,700
Operating income (loss) (15,900) 26,200 - (3,300) 7,000 23,700
Net assets, beginning of year - 85,100 4,800 59,800 149,700 126,000
Purchase of capital assets - - 4,200 (4,200) - -
Amortization of capital assets - - (3,800) 3,800 - -
Inter-fund transfers (note 3) 15,900 (32,100) - 16,200 - -
Net assets, end of year - 79,200 5,200 72,300 156,700 149,700
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INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF AIDS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
Supplementary Statement of Project Revenues and Expenses
Year ended December 31, 2001
Expense
Supplies & Total Net
Revenue Personnel Travel services expense Revenue
Japanese Foundation for AIDS Prevention 29,400 22,500 3,200 3,700 29,400 -
UNGASS 108,800 60,100 43,000 21,600 124,700 (15,900)
Strategic Planning Retreat 33,600 21,600 12,000 - 33,600 -
Global Initiative 12,900 12,600 300 - 12,900 -
Vaccine Initiative 126,000 54,600 41,500 29,900 126,000 -
Community Mobilization 2001+ 152,300 33,500 42,000 76,800 152,300 -
Annual General Meeting 2001 45,000 9,700 34,300 1,000 45,000 -
SANASO 50,000 27,700 22,300 - 50,000 -
Barcelona 2002 300 - - 300 300 -
Durban 2000 3,700 - 1,400 2,300 3,700 -
Youth Internship 5,500 2,500 - 3,000 5,500 -
Total 567,500 244,800 200,000 138,600 583,400 (15,900)
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Text: Timothy Thomas
Editing: Len Milley and Mary Ann Torres
Photos: Mary Ann Torres and Richard Burzynski
Design: Melinda Wong
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ICASO, the International Council of AIDS Service
Organizations, works to strengthen the community-basedresponse to HIV/AIDS, by connecting and representing
NGOs throughout the world. Founded in 1991, ICASO
operates from regional secretariats based on all five
continents, guided by a central secretariat in Canada.
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