EATG has published its Strategic Review Launch Report, documenting the discussions, findings, and initial priorities emerging from the Strategic and Governance Retreat held in Faro in June 2026. The report provides a detailed overview of the external and internal factors shaping EATG’s future, reflects on the organisation’s strengths and challenges, and sets out the key questions and next steps for the strategic review. It marks the beginning of a wider process that will involve EATG members, communities and stakeholders in shaping the organisation’s next strategic framework.
Read the full report to explore the conclusions from Faro and the roadmap for the months ahead.
In 2026, we are undertaking a strategic review to help determine EATG’s future direction and prepare the next strategic framework. This comes at a time of significant change in our environment, which is more complex: financial pressure, shrinking civic space, evolving needs, and geopolitical uncertainty. This process gives us an opportunity to assess what we have achieved, examine how we work and identify where EATG can make its most relevant contribution in the years ahead.
The review was formally launched with the Strategic and Governance Retreat in Faro (Portugal) in June 2026, which brought together members, programme and stream leads, Board members and the office team. While the retreat was not intended to decide the next strategy, it created a constructive and respectful space to take stock of EATG’s current situation, discuss the changes affecting our work and clarify the questions that the wider review needs to address.
The discussions reaffirmed important elements of EATG’s identity. These include our roots in treatment activism, our scientific and regulatory expertise, our role in connecting communities with researchers and decision-makers, and the legitimacy provided by our direct membership model. Faro also identified issues requiring further attention, including membership engagement and renewal, organisational functioning, governance, communication, financial sustainability and EATG’s external positioning.
These initial findings were a starting point. The review must reach beyond those who participated in Faro and reflect the knowledge, experience and perspectives of our wider community.
Our work during the second half of 2026 is organised around four stages: assessment, consultation, prioritisation and finalisation.
The assessment stage examines both EATG’s 2020–2025 Long-Term Strategy and the organisation’s internal functioning. Existing documentation was reviewed, and perspectives are being gathered through interviews and surveys. This work considers what EATG achieved during the previous strategic cycle, where progress was more limited and what we can learn for the future. In parallel, the organisational assessment looks at governance, roles and accountability, participation, communication, the organisation architecture and operational capacity.
Consultation is key to the process. Members, partners and other stakeholders will have opportunities to contribute through consultations, surveys, town halls and written feedback. Currently, interviews with EATG members, staff and external stakeholders are underway to gather perspectives, experiences and priorities that will inform the process. Emerging priorities will be considered against EATG’s mission, community impact, strategic relevance, organisational capacity, financial sustainability and potential partnerships. Considering the wider external environment, these stages will help us make choices and translate a broad range of contributions into a coherent direction.
By the end of 2026, we aim to have completed the strategic review and developed a package of strategic recommendations. This will include a proposed framework for EATG’s future direction and a transition roadmap to support the next strategic cycle. Members will have an opportunity to comment on the emerging recommendations before the process is finalised.
The quality and legitimacy of the review depend on how we conduct it as much as on its final conclusions. We therefore aim to keep the process inclusive, structured and visible.
This is a shared process. EATG’s expertise, credibility and community legitimacy come from the involvement of its members. A Strategy Review Working Group of ten EATG members has been established to contribute throughout the process, bringing diverse perspectives and helping to guide the review. By contributing experience, critical reflection and ideas, our community can help shape an organisation that remains relevant, sustainable and able to advance the health and rights of people living with and affected by HIV.
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