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Calendar 2006

            GC EUROPE EVENTS AND MEETINGS

             

 

                         JanuaryFebruary MarchAprilMay JuneJulyAugust  SeptemberOctober November - December

 

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WHAT

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COMMENTS/ACTION

      JANUARY           

14 January

ACTSA Conference

London, UK

Co-hosted by Interact.

“In Her Mother’s Shoes” Exhibit displayed.

FEBRUARY

 

 

 

 

MARCH

6 – 7 March

International Conference “What about sex?”

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Deals with sex and sexuality and how to incorporate this into policies and programmes on SRHR.  Organised by WPF.

 

3 banners of the exhibit displayed during both days.

 

6 – 7 March

The 9th Annual CHAPS Conference

 

London, UK

For providers and commissioners of HIV health promotion services for gay men. Organised by the Terrence Higgins Trust. 

 

Rectal microbicides advocacy workshop.

 

8 March

International Women’s Day

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12-14 March

Global Campaign Europe Strategy Meeting

 

Ferney, France

The meeting will seek to strengthen the regional advocacy effort and generate action plans and strategies.

 

20 March

What do we do about…MICROBICIDES?

London, UK

To bring together key workers within African community organisations to discuss the issue of microbicides and its implications for African communities in the UK. Organised by AHPN.

 

Funded by GCM. Presentation by Arwa Meijer.

 

30 March

MTV event, 9th National Spanish AIDS Conference

 

Barcelona, Spain

The symposium will be on the Microbicides-Access to Treatment-Vaccines (MTV) approach and will serve to develop awareness on the need to build a comprehensive response to the HIV pandemic. Organised by GTT.

GCM will fund and attend this meeting.

APRIL

23-26 April

Microbicides 2006

Cape Town, South Africa

 

The bi-annual scientific conference on microbicides science:

www.microbicides2006.org

 

GCM will hold a pre-conference workshop.

18 – 25 April

Exhibit “In Her Mother’s Shoes”

European Commission, Belgium

Organised in collaboration with the Human and Social  Development Unit within DG Development 

MAY

18 – 19 May

National African
HIV Prevention Programme (NAHIP)
 Conference 2006

LondonUK

The conference will focus on HIV prevention, treatment and care within African communities. It will include expert papers, workshops and skill-building sessions.  Organised by AHPN.

 

30 - 31 May

Conference on migrant health

Dublin, Ireland

Exhibit “In Her Mother’s Shoes” will be displayed

 

31 – 02 June

2006 HIV/AIDS UNGASS Review

New York

The high-level meeting will take place on June 2, where a short political declaration reaffirming commitment to the DoC will be adopted. The first two days of the meeting will be technical in nature, and will include an interactive hearing with civil society, roundtables, panel discussions and plenary sessions.

 

JUNE

6 – 9 June

EURONGOS Annual Meeting

Vilnius, Lithuania

This two-day event will focus on the role of the enlarged EU in advancing the ICPD agenda internationally.

 

There will be a microbicides session given by GCM and IPM.

 

2 June

Irish NGO Microbicides Training Day

Ireland, Dublin

Organised by Cairde in cooperation with GCM

 

15 June

Irish AIDS Day

Ireland

 

15 – 18 June

The 12th International Congress on Infectious Diseases

 

Lisbon, Portugal

www.isid.org/12th_icid/

 

16 – 23 June

ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly  Session

Vienna, Austria

Liaising with co-president MEP, Glenys Kinnock to display “In Her Mother’s Shoes” Exhibit.

 

21 June

14th International Symposium on HIV and Emerging Infectious Diseases (ISHEID)

Toulon, France

http://www.isheid.com/index.html

‘Challenges in Microbicides Development’ session

 

 

 

JULY

 

 

 

 

AUGUST

13- 16 August

XVI International AIDS Conference

Toronto, Canada

GNP+ and ICW are co-organisers of this conference. http://www.aids2006.org/

 

SEPTEMBER

 

 

 

 

OCTOBER

19 – 21 Oct.

22nd Conference on Sexually Transmitted Infections

Versailles, France

Diagnostic Tests; Epidemiological Reporting; Epidemiological Research; Hepatitis Prevention; HIV/AIDS Prevention; International Health Policies; STD Prevention

www.iusti2006.com/index.htm.

 

Oct tbc

Exhibit “In Her Mother’s Shoes”

The Hague, Netherlands

At the Dutch Parliament

 

NOVEMBER

6 – 10 Nov.

Exhibit “In Her Mother’s Shoes”

Brussels, Belgium

In the European Parliament

DECEMBER

1 Dec.

World Aids Day

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