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As part of the 2006-07 UNAIDS Unified budget
and Work plans (UBW) the UNESCO Director General has approved the above
project for an amount of USD$200,000. The project will be implemented by the
Harare Cluster Office. The project seeks to address policy formulation and
advocacy, pedagogical skills, risk reduction of college community members,
coping skills and care and support. Specific attention goes to capacitating
Teacher Training Institutions to address child-centred life skills
education, VCT and setting up Post-test Support groups, counselling skills,
treatment education, creation of referral lines, and to ensure Greater
Involvement of People Living with AIDS.
Therefore the main objectives of the project include the following:
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To
strengthen the capacity of institutions to develop and implement policies.
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To
equipping teachers with the skills to teach and cope with HIV/AIDS.
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To
provide and share best practises in the participating countries
Activities to be implemented include:
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Support for policy development and/or policy reform;
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Development and dissemination of multi-media learning materials;
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Capacity building training workshops using various pedagogic delivery
strategies including online courses through the Harare Cluster virtual
institute and face to face sessions;
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Publication of an electronic newsletter, development and management of a
special website and development of a knowledge base; and
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Dissemination of good practices.
Sustainability
Sustainability of the project will be achieved
through implementation of a series of actions including the following:
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Use
of the Harare Cluster Virtual Institute for Higher Education in Africa:
www.viheaf.net. An online course on HIV/AIDS prevention education aimed
at strengthening capacity of teachers at all levels and teacher training
institutions on HIV/AIDS education. The institute has already trained more
than 30 000 learners.
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Cooperation with various stakeholders within the EDUCAIDS initiative in
Zambia and Zimbabwe and the Teacher Education initiative in Zambia.
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Partnership with other United Nations agencies in the context of
implementation of the activities of the UN working groups on HIV/AIDS in
Zambia and Zimbabwe. The United Nations Country Team has developed a joint
programme involving 7 agencies. UNESCO is leading the component on higher
education and teacher training.
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The
programme is currently funded by DFID and UNESCO has recently received
from DFID a first grant of 150,000 Pounds Sterling to recruit a P3
programme specialist and an assistant programme specialist and to support
establishment of a UNESCO chair on HIV/AIDS at the University of Zimbabwe.
DFID has indicated that it will also provide funds for implementation of
programme activities.
Achievements of this project in 2004-2005,
include support to the governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe in the development
of their National HIV/AIDS Policy for Teacher Training Colleges. Click to
view the Zimbabwe policy
http://www.harare.unesco.org/hivaids/. As a result of this 6 Teacher
Training Colleges in Zimbabwe further developed their college specific
HIV/AIDS policies in 2005. |
