The COBATEST Network Steering Committee convened for the first time on the 19 November, coinciding with the meeting to launch the new COBATEST Network and AIDS Action Europe collaboration. The committee consists of community actors Lella Cosmaro (Lila Milano) Daniel Simoes (GAT Portugal) Sebastian Meyer (DEVO Network) and Andrey Chernyshev (Alliance Global Ukraine), AIDS Action Europe representatives Michael Krone and Christos Krasidis and CEEISCAT representatives Laura Fernandez and Jordi Casabona. The minutes from the meeting are available here.
On the 20 November we launched the COBATEST Network collaboration with AIDS Action Europe in at the Public Health Agency of Catalonia. The collaboration will allow the network to grow, expanding the focus beyond monitoring and evaluation to advocacy, capacity building and dissemination.
The minutes from the meeting are available here.