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Governance and leadership The Swaziland Business Coalition on HIV and AIDS (SWABCHA) is governed by a board of directors responsible for setting strategic direction, resource development and mobilisation, advocacy efforts as well as monitoring progress. The Board also ensures the coalition complies with legal and ethical requirements, and communicates effectively with stakeholders’.
The Board of Directors for SWABCHA is drawn from private companies and parastatals, bodies representing unions and employers, NERCHA, Ministry of Labour, UNAIDS and civil society organisations. All Board members have an identified alternate, should the designated Director be unavailable. The Chair of the SWABCHA Technical Committee also attends Board meetings. SWABCHA’s Board meets quarterly.
The Board has established one committee, the Finance Committee, which also meets quarterly. This is comprised of seven members (SWABCHA CEO, SWABCHA Finance Officer, and five Directors, one of whom is Chairperson). Responsibilities of the committee span both finance and administration issues, including:
• Give the SWABCHA Board and Secretariat direction, support and advice on finance issues
• Plan and give input on how best SWABCHA can manage its finances
• Monitor SWABCHA finances
• Appoint auditors
• Put in place and monitor a fundraising strategy
• To set structures on issues relating to
o - Human resource recruitment, remuneration, maintenance, support, termination, benefits and other related issues
- Accounting policy
- Procurement policy
- Transport and travelling policy
- Asset registration and insurance
- Accounts signatories
SWABCHA has also established a Technical Committee to provide guidance on programming matters. Committee members include company HIV and AIDS focal persons, private sector doctors, and representatives of the Ministry of Labour, unions, SWANNEPHA, CANGO, UNAIDS, and NERCHA. The Technical Committee meets once per month and is tasked to:
• Provide expert advice and problem-solving on technical matters
• Develop relevant protocols for SWABCHA activities
• Plan, support, evaluate and update SWABCHA programmes
• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to develop recognition for SWABCHA.
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