Check out the Programme Overview and Session Description Details for more information about the sessions
| DAY 1 | 23 November 2022, Wednesday |
| Session | Connect: Regional Discussions on Diversity and Inclusion in the Private Sector |
| Time | 08.30 am to 05.00 pm |
| Room | The Netherlands Embassy |
| Shuttle bus will be provided from Novotel 20 to Netherlands Embassy and vice versa. This transport service is ONLY for APCOM-supported participants who are not based in Bangkok. Departure time from Novotel 20 is at 08.00am. Departure time from The Netherlands Embassy is at 05.30pm. Bangkok-based participants are advised to proceed directly to The Netherlands Embassy. |
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Registration/Novotel to Netherlands Embassy | |
| 09:00 – 09:20 | Opening Remarks | |
| 09:30 – 11:00 | Panel Discussion 1: LGBTQI Situation on Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Philippines and Thailand | Panelists: Micro Rainbow, Cambodia Suara Kita, Indonesia CHIAs, Lao PDR Babaylanes, The Philippines APCOM |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Panel Discussion 2: Thailand experience DE&I in business sectors | Panelists: IBM Food Panda Sea Gate technology |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | LUNCH | |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Panel Discussion 3: Challenges and Ways Forward for Diversity and Inclusion | Panelists: Country partner organizations, UNDP Michael Bäk (Head of Public Policy, Thailand APAC Public Policy |
| 15.00 – 15.10 | Opportunities and Ways Forward: Elton John AIDS Foundation’s New Strategy | Anna MacDonald Elton John AIDS Foundation |
| 15:10 – 16:00 | Identification of Next Steps (Group work) | Group Workshop Format: World Café |
| 16.00 – 16.30 | Presentation of Word Café Outputs | Facilitators |
| 17.00 | Closing | APCOM |
| DAY 2 | 24 November 2022, Thursday |
| Session | GAC Project Steering Committee |
| Time | 08.30 to 17.00 |
| Room | Ekkamai Meeting Room, 7th Floor, Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20 |
This is an internal meeting for partners of the project supported by GAC.
| DAY 2 | Session 2 |
| Session | Utilizing the powerful combination: PrEP, HIVST and ART to fight HIV in Asia-Pacific |
| Time | 08.30 to 12.30 |
| Room | Benjasiri 3, 5th Floor, Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20 |
| 08.30 – 09.00 | Registration | |
| 09.00 – 09.05 | Welcome Optimizing the powerful combo The KP-led organizations and community-led service delivery providers must take back the space in delivering combination HIV prevention to the key population. – Introduction to APCOM’s HIV Program Portfolio – How can the participants use the Summit to advocate for community-led services at the country level? | Midnight Poonkasetwattana Executive Director APCOM |
| 09.05 – 09.20 | HIV Prevention Combination in Asia-Pacific: – In the context of UNAIDS Global AIDS Strategy – PrEP CAB-LA, HIVST and ART overview and updates: implementation studies and guidelines | Dr. Heather-Marie Schmidt Regional PrEP Adviser WHO/UNAIDS-RST |
| 09.20 – 09.30 | PrEP CAB-LA, HIVST and ART in program implementation: – PrEP CAB-LA, Examples and lessons from Pilot project in Thailand – the delivery of community services, and the demand creation – PrEP CAB-LA, HIVST, and ART vis-a-vis chemsex and risk reduction programs | Dr. Jakkrapatara Boonruang Institute for HIV Research and Innovation (IHRI) |
| 09.30 – 09.45 | Q & A / Discussions | |
| 09.45 – 10.15 | COMMUNITY PANEL – Sex, Drugs, Gay Men and Risk reduction programme (Community-Based Service Delivery) – The KRUBB Model: Private Sector (Corporate / Private Services) | Panelists: K’Danai Linjongrut Executive Director Rainbow Sky Association of Thailand Tono Permana Muhamad Executive Director YAYASAN KASIH SUWITNO, Indonesia Murugesan Sivasubramanian Project Director Humsafar Trust India K’Arm Akkraset Chawengchinawong Co-Founder KRUBB Bangkok Thailand |
| 10.15-10.30 | Break | |
| 10.30-10.40 | Presentation of result from supplemental TA meeting for 4 countries partners. | Arm Siripong |
| 10.40- 12.15 | Activity: Mapping countries advocacy opportunities in Asia Pacific, in relation to PrEP , PrEP CAB-LA and chemsex: – challenges, opportunities, what can partners and APCOM do – Implementation considerations – for adaptation to country context. – Information / awareness campaigns – Community service delivery – Demand creation | Arm Siripong |
| 12.15 – 12.30 | Plenary Report back by group rapporteurs (5 mins each) Followed by Q&A (10 mins) |
| DAY 2 | Session 3 |
| Session | Is the ‘person-centered approach’ person-centered? |
| Time | 13.30 to 17.30 |
| Room | Benjasiri 3, 5th Floor, Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20 |
| 13.30 – 13.45 | Group activity: What is Person-Centered Care Approach? | Arm Siripong, APCOM |
| 13.45 – 14.30 | Is the ‘person-centered care’ person-centered?: Examples from Asia Vietnam Example Philippines Example Q&A | Doan Thanh Tung Executive Director Lighthouse Enterprise Rod Olete, GPLI Program Manager Gabay Sa Pulang Laso, Inc |
| 14.30 -15.00 | Discussion: Translating person-centered approach in service delivery | Rod Olete, GPLI Gabay Sa Pulang Laso, Inc |
| 15.00 – 15.15 | Coffee break | |
| 15.15 – 16.30 | Country Advocacy and Regional Strategy | |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Discussion: Organizational capacity (Referencing APCOM RapApp Tool) | APCOM |
| DAY 2 | Session 4 |
| Session | LGBT Decriminalization in Asia |
| Time | 19.00 – 20.30 |
| Room | Foreign Correspondents Club Thailand P Floor, 518/5 Ploen Chit Rd, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok (Next to BTS Chit Lom Station) Participants may take the sky train from BTS Phrom Pong station to BTS Chit Lom Station. Registration is FREE. |
| Event will be Live streamed from the Foreign Correspondents Club Thailand Facebook page |
| 18:30 – 19:00 | Registration | APCOM |
| 19:00 – 19:15 | Welcome Keynote speaker | APCOM Professor Emeritus Vitit Muntarbhorn – UN Special Rapporteur; former member of UN Commissions of Inquiry on human rights; former UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (UN IE SOGI). |
| 19:15 – 19:45 | Panel 1: Decriminalisation in Asia According to ILGA World’s 2019 State Sponsored Homophobia Report, around 35% (68) of UN Member States continue to criminalise consensual same-sex sexual acts, and with two out of five of these countries are located in the Asia Pacific region that is punishable by death. In light of recent successful decriminalisation efforts in India (2018), Bhutan (2021), and efforts to decriminalisation in Sri Lanka and Singapore. It is timely to convene an Asia discussion on the strategies and challenges of decriminalisation. The experiences of human rights defenders, lawyers, political leaders from these jurisdictions can inspire and assist others the Asia Pacific states fighting to realise decriminalisation in their own societies. We will hear from two community leaders from Singapore and Sri Lanka who have challenged this colonial law. | |
| Singapore | Bryan Choong APCOM Chair Chair of Oogachaga, Singapore | |
| Sri Lanka | Rosanna Flamer-Caldera Executive Director Sri Lanka | |
| 19:45 – 20:15 | Panel 2: Trans and Intersex Recognition in Thailand The lack of legal gender recognition in Thailand has a negative impact on transgender and Intesex individuals’ ability to secure their right to be treated with dignity and respect. Thailand’s 2015 Gender Equality Act, the first national legislation in Southeast Asia to specifically protect against discrimination on the grounds of gender expression, specifically prohibits any form of discrimination if someone is “of a different appearance from his/her own sex by birth,” a critical clause for protecting transgender and Intersex people. There is currently a draft The Gender Identity, Gender Expression, and Sex Characteristics Act. B.E. 256x (GEN-ACT) with the transgender and intersex community involvement including specific forums and surveys. We will find out from the community where we are up on this Act. | |
| Transgender recognition | Atitaya Asa TEAK – trans empowerment member | |
| Intersex recognition | Nada Chaiyajit Intersex Thailand member | |
| 20:15 – 20:25 | Reflections | Ambassador Dr. Sarah Taylor Embassy of Canada, Thailand |
| 20:25 – 20:30 | Thank you and Close | APCOM |
| DAY 3 | 25 November 2022, Friday |
| Session | GAC Project Steering Committee |
| Time | 08.30 to 17.00 |
| Room | Ekkamai Meeting Room, 7th Floor, Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20 |
This is an internal meeting for partners of the project supported by GAC.
| DAY 3 | Session 5 |
| Session | Convening Community Leadership and USAID/PEPFAR: Discussions for engagements and priorities for COP/ROP23 |
| Time | 08.30 to 12.30 |
| Room | Benjasiri 3, 5th Floor, Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20 |
| NOTE: This session has a virtual component intended for the PEPFAR Country Offices. The Zoom Link was separately shared with the PEPFAR OUs. |
| 08.30 – 09.00 | Registration | Session Facilitator: Arm Siripong |
| 09.00 – 09.05 | (Opening) Breaking the Grounds This session is groundbreaking. This is the first time that APCOM convenes its KP and Community partners from 10 PEPFAR countries, PEPFAR Asia, USAID RDMA, PEPFAR Country OUs, and CDC. Why is this relevant?How do we maximize this opportunity? | Midnight Poonkasetwattana Executive Director APCOM |
| 09.05 – 09.15 | Presentation of COP/ROP21 and COP/ROP22 Engagements | Inad Quinones Rendon HIV Programming and Advocacy APCOM |
| 09.15 – 10.00 | COMMUNITY PANEL 1 How do we assess our engagements last COP/ROP23? What are the biggest challenges in engaging with the COP22-related discussions? What are some easy but incremental steps that the community can take for effective engagements in the next COP processes? | Facilitator: Inad Quinones Rendon Panelists: TBC |
| 10.00 – 10.20 | LEARNING ABOUT PEPFAR STRATEGY AND COP/ROP23: The Pillars of PEPFAR Strategy 2023 What do we know about COP/ROP23 so far? | Cristina Garces PEPFAR Asia |
| 10.20 – 10.30 | Coffee break | |
| 10.30 – 11.15 | COMMUNITY PANEL 2 How do we ensure that priorities/needs identified by key populations are included in the COP23? Recommendations to engagements at Regional Level Recommendations to engagements at Country Level | Facilitator: Inad Quinones Rendon Panelists: TBC |
| 11.15 – 11.45 | PEPFAR and USAID Responses to Community Panels Discussions | Facilitated by APCOM Also expected to join: PEPFAR Asia USAID-RDMA CDC |
| 11.45 – 12.30 | Next Steps for effective COP/ROP23 Engagements |
| DAY 3 | Session 6 |
| Session | KEYPOP APP: Launching of APCOM’s KeyPop Mobile App |
| Time | 13.30 to 17.00 |
| Room | Benjasiri 3, 5th Floor, Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20 |
| 13.30 – 13.45 | The Community-Led Audit Tool | |
| 13.45 – 14.30 | The KEYPOP APP Q&A | |
| 14.30 -15.00 | Discussion |
