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47akzente 1/15 TRANSPARENCY Governments, institutions, asso- ciations and even companies are increasingly coming under critical public scrutiny. Around the world, the fight against corruption and abuse of power is seen as one of the top priorities, while greater transparency is considered essential for PREVIEW akzente issue 2/15 progress, growth and development. What kind of formulas are available for achieving a balance be- tween viability und confidentiality? What solu- tions can create enhanced transparency for the good of society? Answers to these and other ques- tions will be provided in akzente 2/15. Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Registered offices: Bonn and Eschborn • Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 40, 53113 Bonn, Germany Tel.: +49 228 44 60-0, Fax: +49 228 44 60-17 66 • Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5, 65760 Eschborn, Germany Tel.: +49 61 96 79-0, Fax: +49 61 96 79-11 15 Dorothee Hutter, Director of Corporate Communications Email: akzente@giz.de Internet: www.giz.de/en/mediacenter/akzente.html Responsible: Anja Tomic, Deputy Director of Corporate Communications (GIZ) Content concept and editing: GIZ: Heidi Beha (editor), Kerstin Nauth, Jenny Fuhrmann Frankfurter Societäts-Medien GmbH: Helen Sibum (project management), Judith Reker, Oliver Hick-Schulz (layout), Corinna Potthoff (photo editing) English translation: Laura Ball, Hillary Crowe, Alan Seaton, Gill Lester; Karl Stellrecht (GIZ Language Services) Proofreading: textschrittmacher, Lübeck, Germany Graphic design/lithography: Frankfurter Societäts- Medien GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany Printed by: SZ-Druck & Verlagsservice GmbH, Troisdorf, Germany Printed on: Arctic Volume, certified to FSC standards Maps: GIZ/Ira Olaleye The maps are for information purposes only and do not constitute recognition under international law of boundaries and territories. GIZ does not guarantee in any way the current status, accuracy or completeness of the maps. All liability for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly out of their use is excluded. Cover: Getty Images/Paula Daniëlse All images: GIZ unless otherwise stated Published: Quarterly Current issue: February 2015 ISSN: 0945-4497 Articles by individual authors do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the publisher. akzente was honoured with a Gold and a Silver Fox Award 2014. AKZENTE Then and now A look back at a project and its results ProjeCt: German-Ukrainian Partnership Initiative FOR HIV/AIDS PREVENTION Commissioned by: German Federal Ministry of Health Term: 2008 to 2011 THEN: Ukraine has the highest HIV rate in Europe, and the percentage of the population classed as HIV positive is one of the fastest growing in the world. In 2009, around 161,000 people were officially registered as HIV positive, and nearly 20,000 new infec- tions were recorded. By comparison, the number of new infections in Germany in 2013 was a little over 3,000. Against this background, the German Federal Ministry of Health commissioned GIZ to oversee the German-Ukrainian Partnership Initiative for HIV/AIDS Prevention. The large-scale initiative aimed to improve access to as well as the avail- ability and quality of services offered in Ukraine to those affected by HIV/AIDS. The ser- vices it provided included prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care as well as mitigat- ing the effects of the disease. NOW: The German-Ukrainian Initiative has made great progress in many areas. One of these areas is prevention in schools, which those involved in the project supported by offering a teacher training course. There have also been improvements in clinical treat- ment as well as in prevention and in screening for risk groups. Modelled on the German campaign ‘Gib Aids keine Chance’ (Don’t give AIDS a chance), run by the German Fed- eral Centre for Health Education, 1,075 posters were placed alongside busy roads in Ukraine and 1,480 illuminated adverts were installed in Ukraine’s cities. Awareness-rais- ing campaigns were held at concerts, through which the project reached around 10,000 young Ukrainians; television coverage of the topic reached approximately ten million viewers. www.hiv-initiative-ukraine.org SUSTAIN- ABILITY PHoto:MALIKSOHAIL(PAGE46),GettyImages/MichaelHall(PAGE47) Tel.: +492284460-0, Fax: +492284460-1766 Tel.: +49619679-0, Fax: +49619679-1115