Guide to the strategic planning process for a national ... - UNAIDS

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?Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1998. All rights reserved. This publication may be

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Table of contents

I. Introduction

I.1

I.2

I.3

I.4

Why formulate a strategic plan?..........................................................

Different options of strategic plans ......................................................

? Example: Philippines National HIV/AIDS Strategy ...............................

Using this module ...............................................................................

Who will use the finished strategic plan? ............................................

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II. Responsibilities

II.1

II.2

II.3

II.4

Overall responsibility............................................................................ 8

Strategic plan formulation team ......................................................... 8

? Example: Members of a working group on youth................................ 9

Administration of strategic plan formulation........................................ 9

Scheduling of steps ............................................................................. 11

III. Formulation a strategic plan

What is a strategy.......................................................................................... 12

? Example: Multi-initiative strategy for increasing condom use......................... 12

III.1 Re-examine the national guiding principles......................................... 13

III.2 Confirm priority areas for a national response ..................................... 13

III.3 Set objectives in priority areas.............................................................. 14

III.4 Develop strategies to reach objectives in priority areas........................ 14

? Example: Turning an obstacle into an opportunity ............................... 15

III.5 Develop a strategic framework for the national response.................... 15

III.6 Examine the strengths and weaknesses of proposed strategies........... 16

III.7 Revise objectives and strategies where necessary................................ 17

III.8 Plan flexible management and funding to ensure support for

emerging strategies ............................................................................. 18

? Example: Strategy formulation for one priority area: Reducing HIV

? transmission among young people ..................................................... 19

IV. Producing a strategic plan document

IV.1

IV.2

IV.3

Example: Outline of a strategic plan.............................................................. 24

Circulating the strategic plan......................................................................... 25

Using the final strategic plan......................................................................... 25

V. Next steps: resource mobilization, operational plans,

V. implementation ............................................................................................. 26

VI. Bibliography ................................................................................................. 27

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