Welcome to the website of the Danish NGO Network on AIDS and Development!

We live in a world that becomes more and more networked. No NGO is an island and a number of Danish NGOs and research institutions have chosen to align in order to achieve greater synergy in reproductive and sexual health matters. We have decided to work together in a network – Aidsnet.

We are an open network that combines a diversity of members with a common purpose: to create a supportive environment to support information sharing, exchange of experiences and advocacy in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

What is the Danish NGO Network on AIDS and Development?

A Danida-supported alliance of 31 diverse partners including:

• international development and emergency NGOs;
• Danish HIV-organisations; and 
• research institutions working with HIV/AIDS interventions.

Goals 

To strengthen the capacity of NGOs to address HIV/AIDS prevention, care, support and treatment in developing countries.

Strategies 

To create a platform for knowledge sharing where NGOs can exchange knowledge and experiences, interact and build up trust and thereby become 'learning organisations'.
 
Institutional set-up

The network's different actors include (i) a steering committee that provides facilitative leadership, (ii) three working groups and (iii) the secretariat.
 
Structure
The structure of the network has evolved over time and now includes a co-ordination centre in the secretariat and a representation of the member organisations in the steering committee.
 
Core activities
A network depends entirely on the inputs from its members. The first activities of Aidsnet are therefore mainly initiated and driven by the working groups. The core activities include:

• baseline surveys on Danish NGOs' use or non-use of strategies and policies
• surveys on best practices in the work with children and young people
• courses on stigmatization and denial, etc.
• tailor-made electronic access to research, information and activities of likeminded organisations, etc.
• basic evidence courses for NGOs to train programme managers to demand and use research
• informal meetings where researchers present their findings in a ‘user-friendly' way/'research at a glance
• inviting students/interns to connect with the network in operational research
• linking up with Danish and European networks for synergy

Would you like to know more about Aidsnet? Please contact the secretariat.

 

Read a brochure about AIDSNET: Networking to fight HIV/AIDS: Investing in people's lives, peoples rights