Project Description

The SUM II project provides targeted assistance in leadership and management, strategic planning, human resource development, mobilizing most-at-risk populations (MARPs) and people living with HIV (PLHIV) and resources, advocacy, and financial management. RTI International employed the Chief of Party and served as the major implementing partner providing technical leadership and management, as well as administrative oversight. RTI managed $6.5 million in small grants to civil society organizations (CSOs) to build their capacity and expand interventions in communities or "hotspots" where there is a high concentration of MARPs–specifically female sex workers (FSWs) and their clients, men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender individuals (Waria), and injecting drug users (IDUs), as well as PLHIV–and a likelihood of high-risk behavior. These small grants provided working capital to improve organizational performance and leverage funds from non-US government sources, including local government and other donors. SUM II's goal was to strengthen CSOs capacity and the local government’s ability to plan, budget, manage and monitor the HIV response to ensure comprehensive HIV and AIDS services were scaled up to cover at least 80% of MARPs by 2015.

Project Partners
Training Resources Group|USAID Asia Bureau
Project Open
Closed
Countries