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Meeting Report: 4th APCASO Regional Management Meeting Last Updated on 28 January 2011 SHARE \| A A A TEXT SIZE Kuala Lumpur, Jan 15-16 2010 Asian Pacific Council of AIDS Serving Organization (APCASO) organized regional meeting from 15-16 January in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to review the program and financial status of APCASO and to advice on the organization’s future work plan and the direction. Mr. Don Baxter, Regional Coordinator of APCASO, presided over the meeting with the representatives Cambodia, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, APN+ Malaysia, APN+ India, Malaysia and Philippine. The speaker presented the achievements of APCASO program made in 2006 to the present. The meeting also used to discuss on some important point on financial status, future direction of APCASO, governance structure, and operational challenge as following: Report on financial status of APCASO APCASO has current sources from ICASO, AusAID, UNAIDS, FEIM and Gestos with the total of 285,880$ will be used for 2011. Discussion on future direction of APCASO APCASO will review mobilize more national focal point from each country and will discuss further how to assign the national focal point. APCASO will help mobilize resource from GF and other sources in order to provide to national members. Discussion on governance structure of APCASO Governance structure of APCASO needs to be reviewed to avoid duplication efforts of Executive Director and the regional coordinator and also review the board of trustee and the council of Representatives. Discussion on operational matter National focal point and governance structure needed to be reviewed. In addition, Mr. don also helped to update the global architecture and AIDS response included the achievement of the MDG goal 6, reviewing the 2005 paris declaration on Aid Effectiveness, the international health partnership and related initiative (IHP+) and the national strategy application and the complex challenge. The meeting agreed to set up the Governance Review Committee that has Tim Vora, Swarna Kodagoda, Loretta Wong, Moi Lee Liow, and Don Baxter as management team. The committee will follow the plan scheduled as below: February: Action Plan developed and endorsed March–July: Implementation of NFP recommendations May‐June: Proposed Governance changes developed and approved July: RMM Members and Board of Trustees to consider and endorse proposed changes August: CoR endorses NFP and Governance changes September: Agree proposed changes to MoA document and submit to relevant authority for approval.
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Meeting Report: 4th APCASO Regional Management Meeting

Last Updated on 28 January 2011

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Kuala Lumpur, Jan 15-16 2010

Asian Pacific Council of AIDS Serving Organization (APCASO) organized regional meeting from 15-16 January in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to review the program and financial status of APCASO and to advice on the organization’s future work plan and the direction.

Mr. Don Baxter, Regional Coordinator of APCASO, presided over the meeting with the representatives Cambodia, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, APN+ Malaysia, APN+ India, Malaysia and Philippine.

The speaker presented the achievements of APCASO program made in 2006 to the present. The meeting also used to discuss on some important point on financial status, future direction of APCASO, governance structure, and operational challenge as following:

Report on financial status of APCASO
APCASO has current sources from ICASO, AusAID, UNAIDS, FEIM and Gestos with the total of 285,880$ will be used for 2011.

Discussion on future direction of APCASO
APCASO will review mobilize more national focal point from each country and will discuss further how to assign the national focal point. APCASO will help mobilize resource from GF and other sources in order to provide to national members.

Discussion on governance structure of APCASO
Governance structure of APCASO needs to be reviewed to avoid duplication efforts of Executive Director and the regional coordinator and also review the board of trustee and the council of Representatives.

Discussion on operational matter
National focal point and governance structure needed to be reviewed. In addition, Mr. don also helped to update the global architecture and AIDS response included the achievement of the MDG goal 6, reviewing the 2005 paris declaration on Aid Effectiveness, the international health partnership and related initiative (IHP+) and the national strategy application and the complex challenge.

The meeting agreed to set up the Governance Review Committee that has Tim Vora, Swarna Kodagoda, Loretta Wong, Moi Lee Liow, and Don Baxter as management team. The committee will follow the plan scheduled as below:

February: Action Plan developed and endorsed
March–July: Implementation of NFP recommendations
May‐June: Proposed Governance changes developed and approved
July: RMM Members and Board of Trustees to consider and endorse proposed changes
August: CoR endorses NFP and Governance changes
September: Agree proposed changes to MoA document and submit to relevant authority for approval.