Hosted by Georgia State University
May 21-25, 2006
Atlanta, Georgia, USA

For more information, please contact:
Daniela Salas
Phone: 404.962.4842
Fax: 404.962.4843
Email: dsalas@cifalatlanta.org

Workshop Proceedings

• Workshop Description
• Workshop Agenda
• Participant Briefing Book
• Participants, Organizers and Volunteers [Excel]
• Links to Organizational Resources

CIFAL Atlanta would like to give special thanks to all the interpreters, volunteers and student organizers who made this program possible.

• Keynote Presentations

25 Years of the HIV Pandemic: Lessons Learned
Dr. James Curran
Dean and Professor of Epidemiology
Co-director, Emory Center for AIDS Research
Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University

Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in U.S. with focus
on Hispanic/Latinos and Children
Dr. Kenneth Dominguez
HIV Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV/AIDS in the Americas Region
Dr. Rafael Mazin
Regional Advisor for HIV/AIDS
Pan-American Health Organization

City AIDS: A Global Initiative for AIDS Competence in Urban Areas
Mr. Axel Leblois
Executive Director of CIFAL Atlanta and Senior UNITAR Fellow

• Knowledge Fair

The "Knowledge Fair" is the space where peers exchanged offers of good practices and requests for learning. Peers learned from each other and increased their capacity to transform the community they belong to.

Offers from Participating Cities [Excel]
Requests from Participating Cities [Excel]

• Knowledge Assets

Workshop participants shared their experiences and lessons learned to improve their city's response to HIV and AIDS. This advice constitutes "Knowledge Assets", upon which others can build and reuse. The exchange of assets among peers led to the identification of new possibilities for concrete action in their local context.

Acknowledgment and Recognition
Linking Care with Prevention
Access to Treatment
Identify and Address Vulnerability
Learning and Transfer
Ways of Working
Mobilizing Resources

• Action Plans

Each city delegation developed an action plan for the next 12 months, with a focus on new partnerships and exchange of information in identified priority areas. Personal commitment of the member's delegation regarding the plan was stated.

Atlanta, USA
Austin, USA
Azuay, Ecuador
Barranquilla, Colombia
Bogotá, Colombia
Brasilia, Brazil
Denver, USA
Ft. Lauderdale, USA
Georgetown, Guyana
Guadalajara, Mexico
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Houston, USA
La Paz, Bolivia
Los Angeles, USA
Medellin, Colombia
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Newark, USA
Panama City, Panama
Phoenix, USA
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Quito, Ecuador
Rosario, Argentina
Salvador Bahia, Brazil
San Salvador, El Salvador
Washington DC, USA

• Photos

City AIDS Quilt
Best Practice Sharing
CARE Dinner
CDC Visit
Community Breakfast
Delegates
Lunch Presentations
Opening Reception
University Village
Organizers and Volunteers