The Alliance – shaped and shaping
We have become one of the leading organisations responding to HIV globally, with the ability to influence the context and respond to changing demands within it.
One of our strengths is that we work with non-governmental and community-based organisations whose core work is not necessarily specific to HIV, but involves broader health, development or human rights activities. We help these organisations integrate HIV considerations into whatever they are doing. This adds an extra dimension to the response: addressing the complex reality of an epidemic that is so bound up with other social and economic challenges.
An additional strength lies in our ability to help national organisations compile, analyse and share their knowledge and expertise, and disseminate innovation and lessons that have been learned.
Because of the way in which we operate, we are rooted in community experience. We benefit from our local proximity to the issues, the work and the population groups that are likely to affect, and be affected by, the spread of HIV (key populations). Our capacity is multiplied by the efforts of thousands of local non-governmental and community-based organisations, which we in turn support with professional technical input and finances.
At the same time, we provide a link between our local organisations and communities and the international level. This enables us to harmonise everyone’s efforts without stunting their innovation and creativity.
The way our organisation is set up is innovative and powerful, but it brings its own challenges. How can we balance diversity and consistency? How do we maximise and share learning? How can we form partnerships with government at different levels so that we have a greater impact on the epidemic?
