HIV organisations in Ecuador back code of good practice
31 January 2007
Alliance linking organisation Kimirina is spearheading the implementation of the Code of good practice for NGOs responding to HIV/AIDS in Ecuador. So far, 25 Ecuadorian organisations have signed up to the code, intended to enable organisations to work more effectively and collaboratively in response to the rapid escalation of the epidemic.
The Ecuadorian Red Cross and Care Ecuador have joined Kimirina in an initiative to promote the code and to make actions and efforts in the country more effective. Kimirina has been developing tools to enable people to understand and start implementing the code.
In Ecuador, where an estimated 80,000 people are infected with HIV, there is urgent need for a committed response and concrete actions, alongside effective human, economic and material resource mobilisation.
The code proposes values, principles and other indicators that can be used to assess the quality of HIV work in the country. It is an instrument that allows organisations to:
- express and strengthen their commitment to principles, practices and knowledge that support satisfactory work
- improve their accountability to beneficiaries and associates
- collaborate better with each other
- strengthen their voice by adhering to a common strategy for raising awareness.
On 28 November 2006, the code was presented at the opening session of the HIV/AIDS National Congress, Success stories and advocacy, to 200 representatives of state institutions, non-governmental organisations and others involved in citizenship processes linked to ethics, bioethics and transparency. In addition to supporting the HIV response in Ecuador and ensuring the quality of responses, the code benefits organisations in their management, resource mobilisation, transparency and accountability, and in their collaborative work.
