Improve the effectiveness of HIV prevention initiatives in Europe by providing tools and technical assistance to implement quality improvement practices.
Objectives
Promote the routine inclusion of quality improvement practices into HIV prevention across Europe at the project, program and policy levels.
Disseminate information on quality improvement practices that have been shown to enhance the effectiveness of HIV prevention at the project, program and policy levels.
Strategies
Develop and promote a core set of principles and standards for quality improvement in HIV prevention.
Collect, develop, evaluate and disseminate practical models, approaches and tools for quality improvement for use in HIV prevention.
Catalogue and disseminate information on relevant quality-assurance/improvement training, coaching and other supporting resources with a focus on HIV prevention in the European context.
Organise training and capacity-building activities to support the uptake of effective models, approaches and tools for quality improvement in HIV prevention.
Key Actions
Draft, adopt and disseminate a charter of standards and principles for quality improvement in HIV prevention. The process of drafting the charter shall be based on consultations and consensus building among key stakeholders.
Build a website of approaches, methodologies and tools on quality improvement in HIV prevention.
Develop an online tool to help HIV prevention programs and projects choose the most appropriate approach for their context.
Build a network of organizations, trainers, coaches and consultants who can support programs and projects to choose and implement quality improvement.
Collect input from HIV prevention projects, programs and policies related to their experiences regarding quality improvement and disseminate results, lessons and recommendations.
Hold an annual meeting to present results of the group’s activities and plan future work.
Develop a general presentation on quality improvement and promote its use in HIV prevention projects, programs and policies across Europe.
Advocate for the inclusion of quality improvement to improve the effectiveness of HIV prevention programs and projects.
Promote the publication of scientific articles on quality improvement in HIV prevention.
Raise funds for the abovementioned activities as well as to provide subsidised support in quality improvement to programs and projects with limited means.
