Network Development step by Step: Milestones
CAN Policy Input
CAN Advocacy Letters
CAN Research
Activities: CAN supporting caregivers input
Network Development step by Step: Milestones
2012
February: Second co-facilitators meeting – Decision to set up a Strategic Group of experts and to link African initiatives
March: CAN Website update finalized (including CAN Newsletter)
2011
February: The first CAN Newsletter is released
June: First co-facilitators Meeting - Decision to expand Facilitation Group as well as thematic coverage
UN Social Protection Care and Support WG –represented on telecons /face to face meetings and input/case study into UN HIV-Sensitive social protection guidance doc
UNAIDS analysis
UNAIDS Civil society partnership consultation
2010
June: The CAN Website is launched
July: At the IAC in Vienna, CAN is officially launched in the Global Village Caregivers Action Networking Zone
2009
March: During the Commission on the Status of Women, CAN co-founders start brainstorming around the idea of developing a network bringing together caregivers advocates
July: Memorandum of Understanding is signed. Co-founders give themselves 18 month to set up CAN
CAN Policy Input
2011
- UN HLM Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS: Intensifying our Efforts to Eliminate HIV/AIDS
- HIV/AIDS and preparatory ICASO Global Civil Society position and the African Regional Civil Society Statement (Eastern and Southern Africa)
- United Budget Results and Accountability Framework (UBRAF)
- UNAIDS Strategic Plan 2011-2015
2010
- WHO Global Health Strategy for HIV
- Gender Report to the UNAIDS Program Coordinating Board
- UNAIDS Report on the Global Aids Epidemic
- UNAIDS Social Protection Business Case
- Addressing Women, Girls and Gender Equality in National Strategic Plans on HIV and AIDS in Southern and East Africa
2009
- Agreed Conclusions, 53rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), "The Equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including care-giving in the context of HIV/AIDS".
CAN Advocacy Letters
2011
- Response to UA Review (in collaboration with UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development, Care and Support Working Group and the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance)
- Proposed Input for Draft UN HLM Political Declaration sent to UN Missions (with UKC C&SWG, WPCA as above)
2010
- Join in strengthening care and support as integral pillar of universal from IAC Vienna to Washington and beyond (UNAIDS, WHO, GFATM, PEPFAR, UNICEF, WB)
2009
- Open letter to the Secretary General on Report on Progress made in the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS
CAN Research
2011-2012
2010
2009
Activities: CAN supporting caregivers input
2011
United Nations Social Protection, Care and Support Working Group
CAN is member of the working group and helped setting it up and defining priorities
CAN supported participation of caregivers and hosted a 1 day programme in the NZ
CAN facilitated caregivers involvement and text inputs for Political Declaration
CAN facilitated only caregivers involvement (incl. child caregiver)
CAN facilitated caregivers involvement and development of key messages
ICASA Preparatory Meeting, Addis
CAN facilitated caregivers involvement and representation of CAN at the meeting
Inclusion of care and support/role of caregivers as a key thematic issue at ICASA (check)
ICASA, Addis, Ethiopia
- CAN Networking Zone (in cooperation with UK Consortium and Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance)
UN High Level Meeting on HIV, New York
- Care and support side event and caucus
UNICEF Global Partners Forum, New York
- Panel session on role of caregivers in supporting children and families (with funding from UNICEF
Universal Access Civil Society Interactive Hearing on HIV, New York
2010
CAN supported participation of and hosted pre-conference strategy meeting for 20 caregivers at the conference, 8 spoke on panels with others delivering key messages in plenary. The outcome document “Roadmap to Universal Access to Universal Access to care and support by 2015” includes key messages developed by caregivers
CAN hosted the first ever Networking Zone for and by community caregivers in the Global Village: over a period of 4 days, 20 sessions took place, with 15-30 participants per sessions, i.e. regular high attendance. CAN successfully lobbied and supported CCC members to secure a spot for the first speaker ever addressing care and support issues in one of the IAC plenary speeches.
CAN strengthened recognition of CAN as expert representative of care and support civil society community and facilitator of caregiver participation
CAN facilitated caregiver involvement for follow up from 2009 CSW
Care and Support Conference, London
- Preparatory meeting for caregivers, including message development
International Aids Conference (IAC), Vienna
- CAN Networking Zone, Plenary speaker and Side Event
Expert Consultation on UNAIDS SP Business Case
- Presentations at consultation meeting
UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW), New York
2009
CAN facilitated the involvement of caregivers enabling the development of key messages to be included in the Agreed Conclusions of the meeting and developing an influencing strategy with missions
UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW), New York
- Side event
- UN Care and support and caregivers caucus
Track record 
