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twinning against AIDS Survey Response

Section 6.3


6.3 Respondents rating of the importance of the following methods to enable and improve mutual learning and support between organisations at a distance from one another crisis on a scale of 1 to 5:

 
Africa
Asia and Pacific
Latin American
Europe and North America
Overall
University Courses     
1. Lowest7 (15%)3 (10%)2 (10%)7 (19%)19 (14%)
2.4 (8%)4 (13%)2 (10%)9 (25%)19 (14%)
3.14 (31%)8 (27%)7 (36%)14 (38%)43 (33%)
4.13 (28%)5 (17%)4 (21%)1 (2%)23 (17%)
5.7 (15%)9 (31%)4 (21%)5 (13%)25 (19%)
Short courses and training     
1. Lowest1 (2%)1 (3%)
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2 (5%)4 (3%)
2.
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2 (6%)1 (5%)(
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3 (2%)
3. 7 (15%)2 (6%)2 (10%)(9 (25%)20 (15%)
4. 11 (23%)12 (41%)6 (31%)(10 (27%)39 (30%)
5. Highest 27 (58%)12 (41%)10 (52%)(15 (41%)64 (49%)
Workshops and conferences     
1. Lowest2 (4%)
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-
(
1 (2%)3 (2%)
2.3 (6%)1 (3%)
-
-
4(3%)
3.6 (13%)1 (3%)1 (5%)5 (13%)13 (9%)
4.10 (21%)15 (51%)6 (30%)16 (44%)47 (35%)
5. Highest25 (54%)12 (41%)13 (65%)14 (38%)64 (48%)
Staff exchanges and secondments to other organisations     
1. Lowest1 (2%)
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-
-
1 (-%)
2.
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-
-
2 (5%)2 (2%)
3.7 (15%)4 (13%)3 (15%)7 (18%)21 (16%)
4.15 (34%)9 (31%)6 (30%)16 (43%)46 (35%)
5. Highest21 (47%)16 (55%)11 (55%)12 (32%)60 (46%)
New training materials     
1. Lowest1 (2%)
-
-
1 (2%)2 (1%)
2.1 (2%)1 (3%)
-
2 (5%)4 (3%)
3.2 (4%)6 (29%)1 (5%)6 (16%)15 (11%)
4.13 (28%)11 (37%)4 (20%)10 (27%)38 (29%)
5.29 (63%)11 (37%)15 (75%)17 (47%)72 (54%)
Distance Education     
1. Lowest8 (18%)3 (10%)1 (5%)3 (8%)15 (11%)
2.9 (20%)2 (6%)2 (10%)7 (20%)20 (15%)
3.6 (13%)8 (27%)7 (36%)8 (22%)29 (23%)
4.7 (16%)6 (20%)2 (10%)7 (20%)22 (17%)
5. Highest13 (30%)10 (34%)7 (36%)10 (28%)40 (31%)
Distance Mentoring     
1. Lowest
-
-
-
-
-
2. 1 (2%)2 (6%)1 (5%)1 (2%)5 (3%)
3. 4 (9%)4 (13%)2 (10%)2 (5%)12 (9%)
4. 11 (25%)2 (6%)2 (10%)12 (33%)27 (21%)
5. 27 (62%)21 (72%)14 (73%)21 (58%)83 (65%)
Telephone and Fax     
1. Lowest2 (4%)
-
2 (10%)1 (2%)5 (3%)
2.9 (20%)3 (10%)1 (5%)2 (5%)15 (11%)
3.4 (9%)7 (25%)1 (5%)7 (19%)19 (14%)
4.13 (29%)9 (32%)7 (35%)14 (38%)43 (33%)
5. Highest16 (36%)9 (32%)9 (45%)12 (33%)46 (35%)
Internet and Electronic Mail     
1. Lowest3 (6%)
-
2 (10%)1 (2%)6 (4%)
2.7 (15%)3 (10%)
-
2 (5%)12 (9%)
3.5 (11%)6 (20%)4 (21%)7 (19%)22 (17%)
4.14 (31%)12 (41%)5 (26%)14 (38%)45 (35%)
5.15 (34%)8 (27%)8 (42%)12 (33%)43 (33%)



Respondents who scored each section high – 4 or 5

 
Africa
Asia and Pacific
Latin America
Europe and North America
Overall
University Courses     
 20 (43%)14 (48%)8 (42%)6 (15%)48 (36%)
Short Courses and Training     
 38 (81%)24 (82%)16 (83%)25 (78%)103 (79%)
Workshops and conferences     
 35 (75%)27 (92%)19 (95%)30 (82%)111 (83%)
Staff exchanges and secondments to other organisations     
 36 (81%)25 (86%)17 (85%)28 (75%)106 (81%)
New training materials     
 42 (91%)22 (74%)19 (95%)27 (74%)110 (83%)
Distance Education     
 20 (46%)16 (54%)9 (46%)17 (48%)62 (48%)
Distance Mentoring     
 38 (87%)23 (78%)16 (83%)33 (91%)110 (86%)
Telephone and Fax     
 29 (65%)18 (64%)16 (80%)26 (71%)89 (68%)
Internet and Electronic Mail     
 29 (65%)20 (68%)13 (68%)26 (71%)88 (68%)



Selected other suggested ideas:


Site visits


Formal academic research whose results are returned to the target population


Exchange of educational material and media programs


Virtual forums


Joint research projects


Newsletters


Follow-up and evaluation


A net based 'encyclopaedia' of aids response


Interactive web sites and web forums


Chat with experts


It is vital to democratise information and to recognise that all of us have rights and responsibilities to our communities