 | Guide to Strategic Planning Process for a National Response to HIV/AIDS: Strategic Plan Formulation (UNAIDS, 1998, 32 p.) |
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|  | I. Introduction to strategic plan formulation |
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| | I.1 Why formulate a strategic plan? |
| | I.2 Different options of strategic plans |
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| | Example: Philippines National HIV/AIDS Strategy |
| | I.3 Using this module |
| | I.4 Who will use the finished strategic plan? |
| | II. Responsibilities |
| | II.1 Overall responsibility |
| | II.2 Strategic plan formulation team |
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| | Example: Members of a working group on youth |
| | II.3 Administration of strategic plan formulation |
| | II.4 Scheduling of steps |
| | III. Formulating a strategic plan |
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| | What is a strategy? |
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| | Example: Multi-initiative strategy for increasing condom use |
| | III.1 Re-examine the national guiding principles |
| | III.2 Confirm priority areas for a national response |
| | III.3 Set objectives in priority areas |
| | III.4 Develop strategies to reach objectives in priority areas |
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| | Example: Turning an obstacle into an opportunity |
| | III.5 Develop a strategic framework for the national response |
| | III.6 Examine the strengths and weaknesses of proposed strategies |
| | III.7 Revise objectives and strategies where necessary |
| | III.8 Plan flexible management and funding to ensure support for emerging strategies |
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| | Example: Strategy formulation for one priority area: Reducing HIV transmission among young people. |
| | IV. Producing a strategic plan document |
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| | IV.1 Example: Outline of a strategic plan |
| | IV.2 Circulating the strategic plan |
| | IV.3 Using the final strategic plan |
| | V. Next steps: Resource mobilization, operational plans, implementation |
| | VI. Bibliography |
| | Back Cover |
IV.3 Using the final strategic plan
Once it has been finalized and approved, the plan should be disseminated to all those who have participated in the strategic planning process, and to everyone with an interest in the response or whose partnership is sought. This will include:
· ministries and departments in all social, economic, and development sectors;
· academic institutions concerned;
· groups already working in the response;
· communities affected by HIV;
· local and international development organizations;
· local and international donors; and
· private sector companies and organizations.
These groups should use the national plan to guide their contribution to the response - to help them identify the strategies and the priority areas to which they can best contribute, to give them ideas about partnerships, and to help them match resources to needs.
A strategic plan that creates space for both public and private initiative, guiding both towards a clear goal, is one that will do most to change the situations that make people vulnerable to HIV/AIDS and its impact. UNAIDS and its cosponsors are committed to supporting countries as they develop dynamic and inclusive plans to respond to the specific and ever-changing situations which drive HIV and obstruct development.
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