HIV/AIDS

Category 5: Training and capacity-building

Training approaches and methods

Training can be provided through various approaches, including the organization of one-to-one technical support, mentoring, shadowing, workshops, exchange visits, and study tours.  Although the requirements for training should be customized for each situation, HIV-related training issues and programmatic and organizational capacity building should be addressed in any training programme.

Training on issues related to HIV

Project staff and peer educators need basic orientation to generic HIV-related topics as well as inputs for more specific technical components of projects (Category 2). Themes commonly included in initial training are:

  • basic information on HIV and STIs;
  • community development and strategies for personal development and empowerment of sex workers;
  • stigma and discrimination;
  • gender and sexuality;
  • sex work and the law;
  • human rights;
  • violence;
  • advocacy;
  • participation and community involvement;
  • HIV testing and counselling;
  • communication on behaviour change, and development of communication materials;
  • peer education and community outreach, i.e. working with marginalized and hard-to-reach groups;
  • STI management;
  • condom programming;
  • safe sex negotiation;
  • HIV-related treatment, care and support.

Teaching about sex and sexuality

This training manual is designed for sexual health trainers or workers, to introduce them to basic concepts of sex and sexuality, and some of the societal forces which shape overall sexual health. It has four components: (1) becoming sexually aware, (2) our bodies, our selves, (3) sexual behaviour and (4) sexuality in social context.

Ethics and sexual health

This training manual is written for sexual health trainers/workers. It aims to introduce common ethical issues and dilemmas that arise in sexual health work, especially around HIV testing, care and support and advocacy. It has an interactive format including exercises and discussions, and includes some examples from sex work.

Programmatic and organizational capacity-building

In the rapidly changing environment of HIV and sex work, organizational systems should be flexible and responsive. At the same time, projects are often concerned with building up the capacities of local organizations to assume increased responsibilities. The requirements for training in this area vary. They may include issues related to:

  • structures, policies and procedures;
  • good governance, management and decision-making;
  • management information systems and institutional learning;
  • critical analysis and strategic thinking;
  • human and financial management systems;
  • external relations and partnership-building;
  • resource mobilization.

In addition to the HIV-specific technical areas, project staff should acquire more generic skills enabling them to implement and manage interventions, such as conducting assessments, project planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation.

Raising funds and mobilising resources for HIVAIDS work

This toolkit introduces an approach to planning and carrying out resource mobilisation strategically and systematically for HIV/AIDS work. The toolkit provides a collection of information and skills-building activities focusing on resource mobilisation, rather than fundraising.

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