Harm Reduction Donor Conference

Between 28—30 January 2009 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a special conference brought together a range of high-profile decision makers from across the globe for the Harm Reduction Donor Conference.

HARP was an active participant in this event, which included representatives from bilateral and multilateral stakeholders, and donors such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the UK Department for International Development (DfID), the Australian Government’s Overseas Aid Programme (AusAID), and the Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (Norad), as well as other development aid agencies.

Some of those individuals who took part in the conference included:

  • Bert Koenders, Minister of Development Aid, The Netherlands [link to speech]
  • First Lady of Georgia Sandra Saakashvili–Roelofs [pdf, 2.2 mb]
  • Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) [pdf, 696 kb]
  • Paul Bekkers, Ambassador–at large for HIV/AIDS of the Netherlands
  • Malcolm McNeil, Team Leader, AIDS and Reproductive Health Team, Policy and Research Division, DfID, United Kingdom
  • Annette Verster, Technical Officer, Focal Point on HIV, Injecting Drug Use and Prisons, HIV Department, World Health Organisation (WHO) [pdf, 4.4 mb]
  • Rick Lines, Senior Policy Advisor, International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) [pdf, 1.1 mb]

To learn more, click on the link below to download further information:

  • Harm Reduction Donor Conference Report [pdf, 396 kb]
  • ‘Accra Agenda for Action: Mutual Accountability, the Case for Harm Reduction’, Ger Steenbergen, Royal Netherlands Embassy, Hanoi [pdf, 744 kb]
  • ‘Global Epidemiology of Injecting Drug Use’, Dr Bradley Mathers, University of New South Wales, Australia [pdf, 1.1 mb]
  • ‘Estimating Resource Needs and Gaps for Harm Reduction in Asia’, Sam Beever, AusAID, Bangkok [pdf, 204 kb]

Follow-up to the original conference:

  • 'Outcomes & follow-up', by Tanne de Goei [pdf, 132 kb]
  • 'Donor Co-ordination Meeting Notes', Bangkok, April 2009 [pdf, 179 kb]

Advocacy in Action

Health Connections International (HCI) is a proud member of the Harm Reduction Platform Netherlands (HARP). If you would like to learn more about HARP and its advocacy activities, write to dutchharp[at]gmail.com.