Annual Report 2010 (4.1MB) - Nelson Mandela Foundation

DIALOGUE PROGRAMMEthe hyper-endemic pillar of the aids2031 initiative. Thisis a global effort to stimulate longer-term planning for theglobal AIDS response. While the emergency response isstill needed, greater attention has to be paid to makingthe response more systemic and integrating planninginto ongoing state, non-government and internationalorganisation policy and practice. The Southern Africanpillar’s core mandate was to facilitate regional discussionson these two issues. The Foundation’s DialogueProgramme hosted the pillar’s secretariat.The Promise of Leadership dialogue.evident at the conclusion of this dialogue series that thiskind of interaction needs to take place within communitiesin order to create greater awareness of existingopportunities and to stimulate a ground-swell of voicescapable of influencing state and private sector policies.Various NGOs have indicated interest in continuing thiswork with women in communities.Promise of Leadership DialogueThe Promise of Leadership (POL) dialogue, convened inpartnership with the African Leadership Initiative, focusedon the leadership challenges Africa faces in initiating andimplementing sustainable economic development, creatingwealth aimed at overcoming inequality and eradicatingpoverty. Rwandan President Paul Kagame delivered thekeynote address titled “From Conflict to Reconstruction:Development in Rwanda”.This set the scene for intensive, solution-oriented discussionamong leading figures from academia, business, civilsociety and government from across Africa. POL involveda number of young people in order to empower futureleaders. Discussions have ensued about the possibility ofother organisations replicating POL elsewhere in Africa.AIDS2031Emanating from consultations during the 2008 DurbanAIDS Conference, the Nelson Mandela Foundation andthe Joaquim Chissano Foundation were asked to co-chairFollowing a number of regional consultations, and utilisingexisting research and data, the pillar compiled an initialsynthesis paper called Turning Off the Tap – LookingForward to 2031.Two supporting papers titled Future Leadership in HIV/AIDS and HIV/AIDS Financing and Resource Capacitiesin the Future will be finalised in the first quarter of 2010.The latter of the two papers is intended to define the typeof financing and resource capacities required in the futureto address the question, “What should be done to turn offthe tap?”The overall report will be completed in 2010 andpresented at the final regional consultation. It is intendedthat the ongoing policy and advocacy work will be handedover by the two co-chairing Foundations to a moreappropriate regional mechanism, such as the Championsformed by former Southern African DevelopmentCommunity heads of state.ConclusionThe Dialogue Programme met its primary goal during theyear, namely to play a catalytic role by maintaining theDialogue momentum, piloting and seeding initiatives thatothers can take ownership of – at community level, amongother non-government organisations and, indeed, withinstate institutions. A platform has now been created throughthe Mandela Day campaign that will allow the Foundationto intensify this process, locally and internationally, so thatMr Mandela’s legacy can be used to improve people’s liveswithout requiring the direct intervention of one man orone organisation.18 NELSON MANDELA FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2010