Response to HIV is complex and multilayered. It involves many paradigms that have seldom been tried before and the scale of operations place unprecedented demands on the government and its partners in civil society. In order to meet the challenges of management of the response, a number of trainings of public sector and civil society managers (those who are participating in the government funded programmes). Additionally an important function of the NACP/ PACPs is to provide guidance for HIV related programmes, surveillance and research. In this regard they must evolve to become the premier technical guidance body in the country for all HIV matters. This model has been successfully implemented in China and the United States, where the government’s Centre for Disease Control is the principal technical guide to the nation for a variety of diseases. In this regard a number of activities are underway at the NACP including hands on participation in surveillance and research, monitoring and evaluation and others. This PC-1 component provides support for these capacity building activities so the NACP technical staff can share experiences nationally and internationally.