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Toolkit: Scaling Up HIV-Related Legal Services
8. Resource mobilization
FINANCIAL RESOURCES Possible sources of funds for HIV-related legal services include: 1 National governments (the justice sector or the national AIDS programme).6 2 Private foundations, for example the Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, the Ford Foundation, the Foundation for AIDS Research, the Levi Strauss Foundation and the Elton John AIDS Foundation. 3 Bilateral donors, for example USAID, DFID, SIDA, AusAID: • HIV programmes. • Law and justice, governance and human rights programmes. 4 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund). 5 Multilateral agencies, such as UNDP, UNICEF, ILO, World Bank. 6 Universities. 7 Law firms (pro bono services and sponsorship). 8 Business coalitions on HIV. It is important to research the requirements of funders such as private foundations. Some guidance is provided in Appendix 6. Proposals should be adapted to the funders’ different geographic and thematic priorities that proposals will need to address. In some cases it may be appropriate to include legal services in a general proposal for HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services submitted to a funder. For example, legal services can be included in a country proposal to the Global Fund that addresses a range of other service needs. In this way, legal services are presented as an integral part of the continuum of HIV prevention, care and support services. Legal services should be integrated into the national HIV strategy for the country so that it can be funded, monitored and evaluated as a part of the national programme.
6 UNAIDS recommends that all governments ensure that legal services programmes are accessible to populations in need as part of any effective national AIDS response. Governments should ensure that such services are appropriately funded. See: UNAIDS, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (2006). International guidelines on HIV/AIDS and human rights. Geneva, UNAIDS. Available at http://data.unaids.org/Publications/IRCpub07/jc1252-internguidelines_en.pdf.
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In addition to approaching grant-making bodies, it may be possible to raise money through charitable donations, corporate sponsorship (e.g. by law firms) and fundraising events. Rather than cash donations, some organizations may be willing to provide free office space, office furniture or computer equipment. HUMAN RESOURCES Legal services may be able to draw on volunteers, including lawyers whose firms allow them to work on cases on a pro bono basis. Law students are often keen to work on public interest cases as volunteers so as to gain experience. Community-based legal services can attract volunteer staff by forming a good relationship with local lawyers’ associations and university law schools. TECHNICAL RESOURCES Organizations that have experience with HIV legal services are a good source of advice on establishing and managing services (see Appendix 7).