HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Asian Regional Training Workshop

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HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Asian Regional Training Workshop

Register Online at www.hivhr-ws.org !!

Deadline for Registration is 5th October 2001

Dear friends and colleagues,

It's my pleasure once again to give the second announcement about

HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Asian Regional Training Workshop which will

be held from 3rd to 9th November 2001 in Bandung-Indonesia.We are

contacting the mailinglist since these issues on HIV/AIDS

and HR are also widely dealt with in your organisation and you bring

together those interested in working on HIV issues in India to form a

collective voice.

This workshop is a collaborating project between the International

Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA, www.ifmsa.org)

and UNESCO. CIMSA-Indonesia have a great honour to host this Asian

regional workshop in collaboration with Center for Inter-regional

studies (CFIS), Center for Biomedical and Medical Humanities (CBMH),

and Asian Medical Students' Association (AMSA).

This is a short information about the workshop, for more detailded

information you might visit our website: http://www.hivhr-ws.org

Please read it and forward it to friends who you think would be

suitable for it, and it can be you also

REGISTRATION

The HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Asian Regional Training Workshop is an

interdisciplinary workshop, designed and opens for students/youth

leaders interested in HIV/AIDS and Human Rights issue. You can

register online via our homepage or by sending your application form

to our email address. Students from all countries in Asia (4

participants per-country) and international students (out of Asian

Region,1 students per region) are free to apply using

the application form (below). ). Please send us your Motivation

letter and Curriculum vitae separately. The Curriculum vitae should

include experiences in youth/students organizations and in HIV/AIDS

and or Human Rights activities.

Early registration deadline is 20th September 2001

Late registration deadline is 5th October 2001

Please apply on time to avoid any eventual problems. Selected

participants will be announced on 26th September (early registration)

and on 8th October (late registration).

Registration fee costs 120 US$ (to be paid in 25% on 1st October

(early registration) or 12th October (late registration) and 75% upon

arrival) and is fully inclusive - includes city transport, social

program, workshop materials, hotel accommodation and board (7

nights with 3 meals a day).

TRAVEL ASSISTANCE FUND (TAF)

The Organizing Committee provides 12.000 USD which would enable some

participants who are highly credible but unable to fundraise the

money to support them for participating the workshop, to attend this

workshop.

We divide TAF into 3 categories:

a. TAF A (Full) for 10 people : 7.000 USD

Which cover full travel costs and free registration

fee

b. TAF B (Half) for 10 people : 4.000 USD

Which cover half travel costs and free registration

fee

c. TAF C (Additional) for 5 people : 1.000 USD

Which cover some of travel costs and free registration

fee

TAF registration deadline is 5th October 2001 and selected TAF

participants will be announced on 8th October 2001.

Selection Criteria for Travel Assistance Fund (TAF)

Applicants:

1. Filling out TAF Application form

2. Motivation letter (including the aims and the

reason why money should be allowed to them)

3. Curriculum vitae, consist:

a. Experience in youth/students' organization

b. Experience in HIV/AIDS and/or Human Rights

activities

4. Papers: participants recommended to prepare 3

(three) optional papers:

a. How does your country define and solve the problems on HIV/AIDS

b. Law problems over human rights of PLWHA in your country

c. HIV/AIDS program: problems and achievements

They may prepare one, or two, or all of the

papers. The number and quality of the paper will be

counted as credit for priorities list

5. Follow up plans after the workshop

Therefore, all the participants in need are encouraged to fundraise

locally and in this case can be provided with a letter of support.

Therefore, please request it on time.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

IFMSA in collaboration with UNESCO are taking HIV/AIDS and Human

Rights issues to the youth all over theworld. It is hoped that this

will help to combat the spread of the disease, as well as to raise

awareness against socio-cultural stigma towards people living

with HIV/AIDS and protect them from associated human rights

violations. To this end, UNESCO, with the help of IFMSA has

developed a guideline manual entitled " Youth to Youth " to aid youth

organizations involved in HIV/AIDS prevention, promotion and advocacy

campaigns. The manual is based on the international guidelines on

Human Rights and HIV/AIDS and is intended to serve as a tool in the

development and initiation of appropriate youth activities.

The purpose of this workshop is multifaceted. Primarily, it aims to

train participants on how to use the " Youth to Youth " manual

effectively, and thus to empower them to initiate youth activities

around HIV/AIDS and Human Rights in their own communities.

It is also hoped that the workshop will equip participants with the

necessary skills to ensure that they, as future community leaders,

will advocate the care of people living with HIV/AIDS in an ethical,

judicious and most appropriate manner.

The training workshop will train 40 participants, with the

participants being young, dynamic youth leaders from regional

countries. About 10 Asian countries will be included, with each

country being represented by 4 participants. The workshop will last

5 days, during which time participants will receive intensive

training on skills and capacity building and problem-solving with

regards to the psychosocial and cultural aspect of the connection

between HIV and Human Rights.

The workshop will take place between 3rd November and 9th November

2001 inclusive. It will take place at Grand Hotel Preanger, Bandung

which is situated right in the heart of historic Bandung. This five

star hotel is within walking distance to most of the business and

financial district and close to shopping center. It is just 10

minutes by car from the airport or the train station. Designed in the

Indische Empire style, it opened on Jl. Grooten Postweg (now Jl. Asia

Afrika) in the 1920s and gained its international reputation.

Later, it was redecorated with new art deco flourishes, and Today's

Grand Hotel Preanger reflects a pleasant blending of deco design and

Sundanese touches.

Bandung, City of Flowers, is the provincial capital of West Java and

Indonesia' s third largest city. Host to the historic Asia Africa

conference in 1955, Bandung is now a center of higher education,

commerce and aircraft industry which despite its modern amenities

still retains much of its colonial era charm.

We warmly invite you to sign up for our workshop. If you are

interested in receiving more information and you want to register,

the contact persons are:

Arief Tri Putranto (email :

arieftp@b...)

Riyadh Firdaus (email : riyadh_firdaus@y...)

We would like to ask you to forward this e mail to all people, that

might be interested in participating this workshop.

We look forward to seeing you in Indonesia!

If you would like to receive more info before applying please contact

by e-mail Arief Tri Putranto (arieftp@...) or Riyadh

Firdhaus (riyadh_firdaus@...) of the organising committee.

HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Asian Regional Training Workshop

Secretariat General:

Jl. Cikutra Baru IV/16 Bandung 40124 INDONESIA

Phone: +62-22-720 3350

Fax: +62-22-720 3350

Mobile: +62-812 236 8337

Email: arieftp@...

Greetings,

Barbara Schimmer

6th year medical student

University of Groningen, The Netherlands

IFMSA/UNESCO liaison officer 1999-2001

E-mail: barschimmer@...

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