The expanded and accelerated national response requires a greater involvement by ministries, parastatals, the private sector, NGOs and faith-based organisations, in fact from all off the society. Grouping organisations by sector builds partnerships with common interests and provides opportunities to share resources and common experience. Some sectors are already having regular meetings with partners to discuss issues of sector interests. On such committees' agendas, HIV and AIDS will be included as a regular agenda sectionto cover the following responsibilities and tasks. In other sectors, the ministerial HIV and AIDS Committee will be expanded to include key actors from the sector. The obligations and commitments of each sector are spelt out in the medium term plan 2004-2009, MTPIII.

In the centre of Sectoral Steering Committee are the working groups. The members are from Ministry directorates, NGOs, FBOs and Development Partners. Four working groups are in place that meet on a monthly basis or as required: