youth participant from Ireland
iscussions at the GPF 2008 were informed by two key background papers: The evidence-based synthesis paper capturing children's vulnerability to the epidemic presented at the forum by UNICEF and a background document from the Joint Learning Initiative (JLICA). The synthesis paper provided an overview on the outcomes from IATT working groups and the proceedings of the regional meetings that were carried out over the past two years since the last GPF. The paper submitted by JLICA summarized the initiative's emerging findings and policy recommendations. The key messages about what works and priorities on what needs to be scaled up were very harmonized in both papers. Presenters from UNICEF, the IATT and RIATT as well as JLICA summarized the key findings of the background papers as the evidence base to inform action and joint commitment of the global partners.
