This guide has been produced by the Alliance and the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) as part of a series of good practice guides. This series brings together contributions from Alliance's global community-level HIV programming to define and guide "good practice" in a range of technical areas.

The guide is written for non-governmental organisation HIV support programmes, citizen-based organisations, training organisations, and individual trainers. It contains information, strategies, and resources to help programme officers meet the "good practice" standards and translate the principle of greater involvement of people living with HIV (GIPA) into practice at programme level. While the guide is focused on the programme level, it may also be useful for enhancing the involvement of people living with HIV in policy processes and research, and can be applied to many different contexts. The guide is also available to programme officers working on other global health issues, particularly tuberculosis.

The “good practice” standards, as stated in the guide, are:

• “Good practice standard 1 - Our organisation is committed to ensure equal and full participation of all stakeholders, especially potential programme beneficiaries, at all stages of the programme cycle.
• Good practice standard 2 - Our organisation is committed to the effective implementation of the GIPA principle throughout all areas of our organisation.
• Good practice standard 3 - Our programmes promote and provide an enabling and protected environment to facilitate the participation of people living with HIV."

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