Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM)  --  Outcome Assessment announced

What is APCOM?

APCOM is a regional coalition of MSM and HIV community-based organisations, the government sector, donors, technical experts and the UN system. The main purpose is advocating for political support and increases in investment and coverage of HIV services in Asia Pacific.

Why is the evaluation being conducted?

Hivos, UNDP and UNAIDS in cooperation with APCOM are conducting an Outcome Assessment of APCOM (2008 – 2011). To facilitate this process, two independent consultants, Paul Janssen and Jason Lee, will be conducting the outcome evaluation of APCOM.

As part of this process, the views of key stakeholders will be elicited. The result of this project will help to evaluate APCOM’s program to date and assess the impact of APCOM’s outcomes and workplan. In addition, it will provide strategic guidance to ensure that APCOM’s future work is effective, remains relevant and works in close partnership with relevant stakeholders.

Participation in the evaluation process

The survey will be open till the 31st January 2012. Go directly to the APCOM Assessment Survey.

The brief 15 minute survey will ask you to provide your opinion and feedback on multiple aspects of APCOM’s contributions and impacts in the following areas:

a)     APCOM governance and infrastructure

b)     HIV advocacy

c)     Partnership building

d)     HIV programming

Your confidentiality

The responses you make will be kept strictly confidential, unless otherwise specified with your consent, and where appropriate. The data will be securely stored and the access to the data is restricted to the evaluating consultants only. Neither APCOM nor other stakeholders will have access to any raw data collected during the evaluation.

Your participation is entirely voluntary and you are free to withdraw at any time without any prejudice.

Questions / further information
If you have any questions or would like to discuss your expectations of the evaluation process, please contact Jason Lee (email: apcom.evaluation@gmail.com).

Feedback to you
As part of the evaluation process, the draft findings of the survey will be made available for further comment and feedback.

Go directly to the APCOM Assessment Survey.

For more information on APCOM, please also visit the APCOM Facebook page.

Evaluation partners

• Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (Hivos)
• United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)