Years of mechanism: 2007 2008
Total Funding: $200,000
Funding for Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS): $200,000
The fight against HIV/AIDS in the workplace in Cote d'Ivoire is coordinated by the Ministry of the Fight
Against AIDS (MLS) and has two main target groups: the public sector and the private sector. In the public
sector, 26 ministries have established HIV/AIDS sectoral committees, which coordinate activities by 20
functional sub-committees targeting about 40,000 civil servants. Each sectoral anti-HIV/AIDS committee is
chaired by the minister in charge of the sector and is responsible for coordinating and monitoring the
strategic orientation of all sectoral activities with regard to HIV/AIDS. In the private sector, companies have
set up 200 HIV/AIDS committees targeting about 25,000 individuals and their families. These companies
are part of three umbrella organizations that are members of the Business Coalition (CECI).
With FY07 funds, in collaboration with the MLS, Abt subpartner, FHI is providing technical assistance to the
sectoral committees and the private-sector umbrella organizations in support of HIV prevention and care
activities in the workplace, in partnership with GTZ, ILO, the Global Fund, and other partners.
FHI provides technical support to MLS in strengthening the coordination of workplace interventions, the
documentation and dissemination of best practices, the standardization of quality assurance (policy, norms,
and procedures documents) and M&E tools, and the implementation of regular participatory program
reviews and supervision.
FHI is working to strengthen collaboration and coordination among service-delivery organizations by
supporting them in the establishment and operation of technical working groups and assisting in the design
and implementation of activities. Seven ministries (Labor, Health, Education, Industry, Security, Family and
Social Affairs, and Agriculture), three trade unions, and the CECI business coalition are benefiting from this
support in providing services to staff infected and affected by HIV as well as to their families and
communities, including HIV prevention interventions, counseling and testing, peer support, and linkages to
health and social services offered by providers from the public and private sectors. FHI is also supporting
these partners in developing and implementing HIV/AIDS activities in the workplace, including introductory
HIV/AIDS sessions through sensitization of public- and private-sector managers, establishment of technical
task forces, and development of training curricula and training workshops for peer educators.
FHI is supporting workplace networks and labor unions (UGTCI, FESACI and DIGNITE) in the development
of operational plans and follow-up of activities in the areas of prevention and referral for counseling and
testing, care, treatment, and support.
With FY07 funds, FHI is continuing to disseminate the national HIV-in-the-workplace policy, best practices,
and other norms and standards documents. FHI continues to assist the Ministry of Education (MEN) and the
Ministry of Health (MOH) by supporting activities of seven technical task forces and the training of 20
trainers and 40 peer educators. In addition, FHI has extended its support to the public sector by targeting
additional ministries (Handcraft, Interior).
FHI is also contributing to strengthening the monitoring and evaluation system for workplace interventions
through training sessions, revision of indicators and data-collection tools, and support for implementation of
M&E plans.
FHI is also receiving $30,000 from the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) to help build and strengthen health
and wellness activities for the Sustainable Tree Crop Program (STCP) over an 18-month period ending in
September 2008. The project targets four villages in the district of Abengourou and is designed to mitigate
the impact of HIV/AIDS and malaria on the agricultural population. With funds allocated by WCF and in
collaboration with key partners (STCP, MLS, MOH, ANADER, GTZ, CECI, and FDPCC), FHI is working to
conduct a situational analysis, develop prevention sessions through peer education, conduct training
sessions, and establish a referral network for services including HIV counseling and testing, care and
support, antiretroviral treatment (ART), and OVC care. Linkages have been established between the project
and local NGO/CBOs (CERAB, APROSAM). FHI is advocating for additional funds from WCF and/or others
to replicate the project in other villages and regions.
With FY08 funds, FHI will continue to assist the MLS and its Multisectoral Division in the establishment of a
collaboration platform between the private and public sectors in order to share materials and best practices
for the coordination of HIV activities in the workplace.
Based on the national workplace extension plan developed in 2006, FHI will use FY08 funds to support an
increasing number of public- and private-sector workplace committees, as well as to pursue public-private
partnerships through the STCP workplace interventions model.
Specific activities in FY08 will include:
1. Supporting the MLS Multisectoral Division in strengthening AIDS-control sectoral committees through
elaboration/review and implementation of their action plans. Two additional sector committees (ministries of
Trade and of Transport) will receive support, bringing to nine the number of workplace HIV/AIDS sectoral
committees receiving support.
2. Pursuing advocacy for HIV/AIDS-in-the-workplace programs, focusing primarily on 40 supervisors, 80
employees, and 40 influential women in the public and private sectors. Advocacy activities will be conducted
in partnership with GTZ, JHU/CCP, REPMASCI, and RIP+.
3. Continuing collaboration with PEPFAR and other partners, including the Chamber of Commerce, for the
integration of AIDS-control interventions in the workplace in the three departments hosting the IRIS model
(San Pedro, Abengourou, and Yamoussoukro), as well as in the four newly selected departments where
IRIS will extend its activities in FY08.
4. Continuing support for the 15 public- and private-sector committees in the development and
implementation of HIV/AIDS workplace activities, including the development and implementation of work
5. In collaboration with UNAIDS and ILO, updating and disseminating best practices for HIV/AIDS
workplace activities. FHI will re-examine and update a best-practice document elaborated in 2005, assess
Activity Narrative: existing practices, and organize a workshop to develop a consensus on best workplace practices and
6. Continuing the dissemination of documents related to policy, charter, minimum package of services, cost
analysis, and finance mechanisms for workplace programs.
7. In collaboration with Measure and CDC/Projet Retro-CI, continuing to strengthen the national M&E
system for AIDS control in the workplace through the revision of indicators, evaluation and revision of data-
collection tools, and training of 60 actors in the private sector and 20 from the public sector.
8. Supporting the MLS in mapping workplace interventions in order to better understand the distribution of
public and private workplace activities and identify needs and gaps.
9. Pursuing additional funds to replicate the public-private partnership with the WCF and STCP in five
additional villages of Abengourou and in two additional regions where STCP intervenes.
FHI will continue to implement an M&E plan tracking project-specific, PEPFAR, and national indicators and
will report to the USG strategic information team quarterly program results and ad hoc requested program
data. To help build a unified national M&E system, FHI will participate in quarterly SI meetings and will
implement decisions taken during these meetings.
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