Budget and Expenditure Monitoring Forum (BEMF)

The Budget and Expenditure Monitoring Forum (BEMF) is a group of civil society organisations that monitors the National Strategic Plan on HIV and AIDS 2007-2011 (better known as the NSP).

Contents Main Objective Next Meeting Past Meetings Forum Documents Members

Our main objective

We want to make sure there is enough money allocated by the state and donors to meet the treatment and prevention targets of the NSP. We also want to make sure that money is spent correctly.

Next meeting

Our next meeting is provisionally set for mid August.

Past meetings and presentations

• 3rd meeting: May 2010-Analysis of provincial budgets and capacity building for communities to monitor health budgets
• 2nd meeting: 5 February 2010 – The treatment guidelines and the ARV tender
• 1st meeting: 21 August 2009 – Inaugural meeting

Forum-related documents

• 23 October 2009: Answer to question in Parliament about ARV tender
• 22 October 2009: Minutes of meeting with Department of Health
• 22 October 2009: Briefing for Department of Health
• 10 September 2009: Letter to Minister of Health
• 10 September 2009: Letter to Minister of Finance
• 22 September 2009: Press statement announcing launch of BEMF
• 24 April 2009: Free State IST Report

Forum members

• AIDS Law Project
• Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa
• Democractic Nursing Organisation of South Africa Africa(DENOSA)
• Enhancing Children’s HIV Outcomes (ECHO)
• Equal Education
• Free State AIDS Coalition
• Health Systems Trust
• NEHAWU
• Public Service Accountability Monitor
• Rural Health Advocacy Project
• Southern African HIV Clinicians Society
• Treatment Action Campaign