• Technical guidance in formulating local HIV/AIDS workplace policies
  
  
• Technical assistance and options for HIV/AIDS Behaviour Change Communication
  
  
• Technical advice and support for Condom Distribution programs
  
  
• Technical support for identifying quality training resources for Voluntary Counselling and Referral for Testing, STI Counselling and Referral
  
  
• Guidelines for Work Related Hazards Management

Advisory services

Company visits of GBCA Program Officers
Quality auditing of workplace programmes

Trainings

Peer education (basic course, 5 days)
This course equips employees with basic knowledge about HIV / AIDS as well as teaching and facilitation skills.

 Peer education refresher course (3 days)
This course updates the knowledge and teaching base of peer educators.

Management of HIV workplace programmes
This course enhances skills to plan, budget, implement, communicate and monitor an HIV programme. Though the focus is on HIV, the skills that are taught can be used on any other daily business task. A manual is included.

1 day workshops on various topics
-         Care and treatment
-         Monitoring and evaluation
-         Sensitization

HIV/AIDS in-house trainings for company management staff
A trainer will conduct this 1-day training for middle management in the company.

HIV/AIDS Counselling
This 6 weeks course is offered by the government. GBCA will reserve a slot for company participants.

Peer educators' conference (2 days)
Field visits to good practice companies
Forums

Company exchange forums
Public-private sector exchange forums

Resource materials

Best Practice collection
GBCA Toolkit for HIV/AIDS workplace programmes
Generic HIV/AIDS Policy for Companies

Directory of HIV Services

Achievements of GBCA

A Secretariat has been set up within a few months and has held a number of programs for its founding members and potential members. These include

• A reception for the founders to apprise them of progress and to call them to action.
• A recruitment drive and seminar to disseminate the National HIV/AIDS Workplace policy for more that 140 companies
• A seminar for its Ambassadors from the Founding Members to train them on the Ambassador role.
• A Website has been developed.
• The appointment as one of Ghana's private sector representatives to the Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM)
• An Invitation to two international seminars under the auspices of the Global Fund
• Membership of the National HIV/AIDS Technical Working Group
• Membership of the Resource mobilization Committee of the Ghana AIDS Commission
• Membership of the drafting Task force of the National Behavioral Surveillance Survey report of 2006
• Significant support and Technical assistance has been obtained from the development partners including GTZ, WHO, ILO, UNAIDS and The Stanbic Bank.