TITLE: Department of State M&S budget details

This activity links to Activity ID 7846 - DOS ICASS, DOS VOA, DOS HIV Champions, HHS/OGHA M&S

entries.

The Management and Staffing costs under this submission address three approved positions associated

with the Country Coordinator's Office, a Fellowship rotation and ongoing support for the Emergency Plan

Outreach Coordinator. Post support for the Country Coordinator's Office is also included in this entry.

As a result of the Staffing for Results (S4R) process undertaken by PEPFAR/Tanzania earlier in 2007, the

following positions were identified by the interagency S4R team as necessary components to support the

work of the Country Coordinator's Office:

(1) Full-time Deputy Coordinator (vacant)

(2) Full-time Administrative Assistant (vacant)

(3) Strategic Information (SI) Liaison (filled)

(4) Rotation opportunity for Presidential Management Fellows or participants in other similar programs

Recruitment for the Deputy Coordinator and Administrative Assistant will start in Fall 2007 using prior fiscal

year funds. These positions will be filled by Eligible Family Members (EFM), locally engaged staff and/or

current international residents of Tanzania. The SI Liaison will move from its current placement at CDC to

the Country Coordinator's Office. The position will shift from its current level of effort of 50% for SI Liaison

duties to 100% effort. In-country discussions are underway regarding the best hiring mechanism for the

Deputy Coordinator and SI Liaison. The funds for these positions are being held in the unallocated line

pending the outcome of these discussions.

The Emergency Plan Outreach Coordinator, an EFM position, is located in the Mission's Public Affairs

Office and supports a range of public affairs activities under the Emergency Plan. The position will manage

and oversee the radio partnership with the Voice of America, launch a campaign to support HIV Champions

in Tanzania and provide ongoing public affairs support to the entire PEPFAR program. This position is also

the key in-country liaison to the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) Public Affairs office.

Finally, the management and staffing budget of the DOS includes a travel budget to support the Country

Coordinator's Office, including the Emergency Plan Outreach Coordinator, to undertake international travel

(trainings, meetings, and conferences), and local travel (U.S. Government strategic planning meetings,

partner meetings, workshops, and partner site visits).

The management and staffing budget also includes support for interns and/or fellows with relevant expertise

and experience. The final components of the budget support expenses of the Country Coordinator that are

most easily addressed by Post, including housing costs and related residential expenses, and the purchase

of needed office supplies and equipment, printing costs, meeting planning and support and special project

assistance.

The salary expenses and International Cooperative Administrative Support Service (ICASS) charges for the

Emergency Plan Country Coordinator are included in the Department of Health and Human Services/Office

of Global Health Affairs' Management and Staffing submission.

TITLE: PEPFAR Media Outreach

Ongoing Activity

This activity is designed to use public diplomacy and public affairs to heighten awareness of the HIV/AIDS

emergency and the efforts of PEPFAR funded programs in Tanzania. Activities will strive to highlight the

significant contributions and achievements that the USG has made in Tanzania, underscore the

collaboration between the USG, implementing partners and the Government of Tanzania (GOT) in the

implementation of PEPFAR and other related programs, raise public awareness regarding the availability of

HIV/AIDS related programs, and highlight on-going PEPFAR efforts to reduce stigma and raise acceptance

of people living with HIV.

The activity will be multi-faceted, cutting across the themes of treatment, prevention and care and will utilize

a wide range of public diplomacy tools. Examples of potential activities include: use of international

expertise and technical assistance to work with local journalist on "keeping the story fresh" and continuing

education on HIV/AIDS coverage; creation and distribution of PEPFAR related media kits in English and

Kiswahili which fully explain to journalists, media outlets, partners and high leveled visitors the work that

PEPFAR is accomplishing; development and implementation of a formalized Public Affairs Media Outreach

calendar of outreach activities; and increased airing of HIV messages to augment USG HIV programs and

including HIV/AIDS related speakers from the Department of State Speaker Program which augment on-

going PEPFAR activities.

In addition, the activity will enhance PAO's ability to cover the logistical needs of increasing public

awareness of PEPFAR and HIV/AIDS programming by providing support to activities such as: hiring

transportation for the media to attend/cover PEPFAR activities, augmenting the travel budget of the

PEPFAR Media Outreach Coordinator, and allowing for increased support for the Ambassador's and other

high level USG officials' participation in a wide-range of HIV/AIDS events including USG partner events,

donor /international community activities and advocacy and policy opportunities.