"No war on the face of the Earth is more destructive than the AIDS pandemic."

-- Colin Powell


 


Parliament and HIV/AIDS:
Unit 6: Parliamentary Oversight and HIV/AIDS

 

Unit 6: Questions
Please answer each of the following questions. If you are taking this course in a group you may then meet to discuss your answers.

  1. What role does parliament have in the various stages of the budget process, and how can parliament use these roles to address HIV/AIDS more effectively?

  2. How can parliamentarians use National Development Plans, Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and Medium-term expenditure frameworks (MTEFs) to ensure proper allocations to HIV/AIDS programs in the budget?

  3. Why is disaggregated data on HIV/AIDS in the budget important? Does your country’s budget provide disaggregated information on HIV/AIDS? If yes, to what extent does the budget take in consideration the various needs according to geographical area or specific groups of beneficiaries?  If not, choose a sector, for example health or social affairs, to identify relevant ways of disaggregating the data to show type of intervention, function, provider or beneficiaries.

  4. What tools does parliament have to its disposal to conduct oversight during the development as well as the implementation of the budget? How have these tool been used in your country, in particular in relation to HIV/AIDS?

Select Bibliography:
Budget monitoring and policy influence – Lessons from civil society budget analysis and advocacy initiatives, ODI Briefing Paper, March 2007

Citizen and Community Scorecards: Participatory follow-up evaluation tools to ensure effective development, by Paul Ouedraogo and Guy Amédée Ajanohoun, APRN Newsletter, Vol. 2 Issue 1, June 2006

Funding the Fight – Budgeting for HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries, edited by Teresa Guthrie and Alison Hickey, IDASA, 2004

How Parliamentarians Can Help Ensure Accountability for Spending on HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health, Amanda Glassman, World Bank Institute, 2007

Mutual Accountability and Aid Effectiveness – Notes from the 2006 Africa-Canada Parliamentary Dialogue, Parliamentary Centre, 2006

Parliamentary Oversight, HIV and AIDS – Recommendations and decisions of the regional meeting, Johannesburg, February 2006, IDASA and Parliamentary Centre

World Bank Parliamentary Staff Strengthening Program - Parliament and Governance, by John K. Johnson, State University of New York’s Center for International Development, 2007

Parliaments, Politics and AIDS, IDASA and Parliamentary Centre, 2006

Parliaments and the budgetary process including from a gender perspective, Regional seminar for ASEAN, Manila (Philippines) 23-25 July 2002, IPU and Congress of the Philippines

Parliaments and the budgetary process including from a gender perspective, Regional seminar, Colombo (Sri Lanka) 26-28 May 2003, IPU and the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Parliament, the Budget and Gender, IPU, UNDP, WBI and UNIFEM, 2004

Pilot Projects on Community Monitoring in Ten African Countries, by Petra Andersson, APRN Newsletter, Vol. 3, Issue 2, December 2007

Public Expenditure Management Handbook, the World Bank, 1998

Sharing Solutions, Taking Action: What African and Canadian Parliamentarians Can Do in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS - Report from the 2005 Africa-Canada Parliamentary Policy Dialogue, Parliamentary Centre, 2005

Taking Action Against HIV - A handbook for parliamentarians, IPU, UNAIDS and UNDP, 2007

The Role of Parliament in the Budget Process, Parliamentary Centre, 2007

The Role of the Budget Committee and the Parliamentary Budget Office, by Hon. William Okecho, Member of Parliament, Uganda, Chairperson, Parliamentary Budget Committee

 

Internet Resources:

Organizations working on budget monitoring and resource tracking for HIV/AIDS:

Centre for economic governance and AIDS in Africa (CEGAA):
www.cegaa.org

Development Initiatives for Social and Human Action (DISHA):
www.disha-india.org

FUNDAR, Centro de Anánalisis e Investigaación:
www.fundar.org.mx

International Budget Project (IBP):
www.internationalbudget.org

Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA):
www.idasa.org.za

Other Internet Resources:

Paris Declaration on Aids Effectiveness
www.oecd.org/document/18/0,3343,en_2649_3236398_35401554_1_1_1_1,00.html

www.aidharmonization.org

www.accrahlf.net

Governance and Social Development Resource Centre - Public Financial Management and Accountability
www.gsdrc.org/go/topic-guides/public-financial-management-and-accountability

 

Suggestions for further reading:

Budget Factsheet – A Glimpse at HIV and AIDS Funding in Budget 2006, by Nhlanhla Ndlovu, AIDS Budget Unit, IDASA, 2006

Financial Resources Required to Achieve Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support, UNAIDS, 2007

HIV/AIDS domestic financing in South Africa, by Valiet Mukotsanjera, IDASA, 2008

Making the Money Work for the People – An Analysis of 2006 Budgetary Allocations and Debt Relief Gains to fund HIV and AIDS interventions in Nigeria, Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria, 2006

National AIDS Programs – A Guide to Monitoring And Evaluation, UNAIDS, 2000

Planning, Costing & Budgeting Framework – User’s Manual, UNAIDS, 2003

Strengthening oversight by legislatures, The World Bank, PREM notes, Number 74, October 2002

World Bank Parliamentary Staff Strengthening Program - Effective Financial Scrutiny: The Role of Parliament in Public Finance, by Joachim Wehner, 2007

 

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