On December 1st 2009 GIP-Hilversum submitted two proposals to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for MFS II (2011-2015), as lead partner in the MAIDS alliance and as co-partner in the TEA alliance.

Under the leadership of GIP, the alliance on Mental health and HIV/AIDS will improve mental health services in sub-Sahara Africa for people living with HIV/AIDS, people living with a mental illness, and for their caregivers. The alliance aims to improve the quality of life of the target groups and to reduce the transmission of HIV in seven countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana and South Africa. Co- partners are HealtheFoundation and WorldGranny.
 
The three organizations of the alliance each bring different experiences and perspectives to the field of Mental Health. GIP as a lead agent has 30 years of experience in the field of mental health, HealtheFoundation has extensive experience in the training of health workers in Africa (in HIV/AIDS and other communicable and poverty related diseases) and WorldGranny is specialized in community based support for caregivers affected by HIV/AIDS.  

This creates a synergy, which makes it possible to establish a multilevel strategy to an issue that is increasingly recognized by international agencies such as the WHO but has so far not triggered any response from development organisations. Hence this provides an opportunity to jointly draw attention of policy makers, something that is difficult to achieve on our own, due to our specialized and also marginalized fields of expertise.

The Transition in the East Alliance seeks to secure basic rights of vulnerable groups through livelihood development, civil society strengthening, and comprehensive care in eight countries: Cambodia, Georgia, Laos, Moldova, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. TEA's target groups are people with mental health problems, disabilities, senior citizens, ethnic minorities and the poor. MCNV is the leading organization of TEA, partnering with GIP and WorldGranny.   

MCNV has focused on a number of disadvantaged groups, using a common participatory and empowering approach to enable them to benefit from the development going on around them. GIP adds expertise on working with mentally disabled and mentally ill, while WorldGranny adds knowledge on the (often forgotten) elderly. Drawing on each other's unique experience, approaches and thematic specializations, the alliance members can bring attention to those who do not benefit yet from the rapid economic and social change in their countries.  

The Transition in the East Alliance taps straight into the new opportunities offered by transition, but also aims to fill gaps created by the processes of economic and demographic transition in several countries in the East. It will do this by focusing on the people who are being left behind by development, and working with emerging institutions and civil society movements.